PLAIN TWP. ‒ Pity the poor 1,469,388 women named Karen in this country. In the past few years, the name has become synonymous with entitled white privilege and racism, thanks to social media memes. A ...

First Karen. Then Ken. Now Brandon. The Internet, and some people, can be unforgiving if you happen to have a name that goes viral. Brandon is the latest name to show up in internet memes — in an ...

"I know that I'll definitely not have any family members naming their kids after me in the near future." The "Families of the Mafia" star Karen Gravano has a lot more on her plate to worry about than ...

In this exclusive excerpt of Brianna’s Holt debut book, In Our Shoes: On Being A Young Black Woman In Not-So “Post-Racial” America, the journalist skewers the widespread adoption of “Karen” as a ...

This year, only one baby was named Karen in the entirety of the United Kingdom. Blame it, of course, on the once-popular name becoming a slur for a certain type of middle-aged white woman — one who is ...

My family was at a rooftop restaurant in St. Augustine, Florida. The scene was idyllic, moonrise over the Atlantic and terns swooping for baitfish. We were salt-soaked and satisfied from a day of play ...

On January 5th, in a Forbes prediction piece for 2021, I forecasted the fall of Robinhood and the rise of Reddit. Right on. However, little did I realize how quickly these foresights would manifest, ...

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The World Meteorological Organization has used a rotating list of names for tropical cyclones since 1953. Hurricane names alternate between traditionally masculine and feminine names and are reused ...

PLAIN TWP. ‒ Pity the poor 1,469,388 women named Karen in this country. In the past few years, the name has become synonymous with entitled white privilege and racism, thanks to social media memes. A ...