What's Up With Karen?!?

Are you there God, it's me Karen...  looks at what happens when the host has a "Karen" moment and the experience of being called in.  White privilege is a key topic, along with day drinking.

Even before I started searching for Karen I found myself wondering about the lack of an obvious male equivalent.  Was there no Ken to her Barbie?  Are there male Karens, and if so, what do we call them?  

Join me for an explanation of 5 possible answers to the question Are There Male Karens!

 Before there was Karen…  

Before there was Karen, there was Becky.   Maybe understanding Karen’s back story, or in this case, her “Beck-story”, will shed some light on who Karen is, where she comes from, and “What’s up with Karen?”

For today’s episode of WUWK?!  I decided to recruit some new voices for your listening pleasure.  So far, you’ve been listening to a mixture of 15 different white women’s voices talking about race, racism and all things Karen.  Which is why I reckon it’s time to welcome some men’s voices into the mix.  I’ve asked them to help me share the story of Becky, Karen’s predecessor.  With their help and the work of Michael Harriot, it should be a little more fun to talk about different forms that Beckys and Karens can take.  

For part two of this episode of Shhh - we’re hunting Karens, we have a few more topics:  What motivates Karen, what are her politics, if you just think a Karen thought but don’t actually say it in your out loud voice, is that still being a Karen, and do why we want to give a specific name like Karen to white woman who are being racist? 

Shhh!  We're hunting Kawens!   part I

This episode begins with the question of how to identify a Karen in her natural habitat - right in front of you in line at Starbucks, complaining about how the order isn't really half-caf like she asked for...  

We explore questions like does Karen have a specific socio-economic status?  How important is the haircut? Why is Karen always described as being middle aged, and are you optimistic about future or more of a conspiracy theory gal like myself.

In Episode 1 of What's Up With Karen?!  we explore the question of what makes a woman a Karen?  Can you tell a Karen by just her haircut?  Is she rich (or poor?)  And why is she nearly always described as being "middle aged"?

Welcome to What's Up With Karen?!  A white, anti-racism project that resulted in a podcast intended to help white people learn about and discuss racism and how to be anti-racist in a light hearted way.  This is the teaser episode, so it should give you a pretty good idea of what to expect throughout the series.