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did she say he was hurting her fetus? jeez...
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when you read something and think 'there's no way this actually happened'
but then you have to concede that maybe it did
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She's just being a good Christian.
when you read something and think 'there's no way this actually happened'
but then you have to concede that maybe it did
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The name of National Geographic's new host for a show about birds may ring a bell: Christian Cooper, a Black man who was flung into the spotlight when a white woman called the police with false accusations against him, will now take viewers “into the wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds."
The world came to know Cooper's name after a video he took showed the life-long birdwatcher's public dispute between a white woman with an unleashed dog in New York City’s Central Park.
The woman, Amy Cooper, falsely accused Christian Cooper of threatening her and was shown in a widely-shared video calling police to report him. The two share a last name but are not related. Amy Cooper had faced a misdemeanor charge of falsely reporting the incident to police, which were dismissed in 2021 after she completed a psycho-education and therapy program focused on racial equity, prosecutors said............
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i bet this tickes her off immensely.
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First time hearing about ‘Ben’
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…….This wouldn’t be the first time a common name has been smeared via meme culture. Social media has been responsible for the ridiculing of men named Chad (a stereotypical alpha male), young women named Becky (slightly basic white women who love pumpkin spice lattes and Uggs) and, most notoriously, middle-aged women named Karen (we’ll get to that shortly).
Thousands of people unfortunate enough to possess one of these names might have to grapple with jokes made at their expense. But it’s debatable whether they’ve suffered real consequences as a result. Is being named Ben or Karen genuinely miserable in 2023?
Karen Van Hook is a 61-year-old voice coach from near Boston, Massachusetts. In 2019, she noticed that people were making fun of her name online.
The “Karen” meme depicted a photograph of a middle-aged white woman with straw-blonde hair cropped in an asymmetric bob, alongside the text: “I would like to speak to a manager.” It went viral.
As per the rules of the meme, a “Karen” is always white. She is over the age of 40. She shouts at baristas when her coffee order is wrong. She has a controlling, superior attitude. She demands to speak to the person in charge after every minor inconvenience.
The meme caught on, becoming a catch-all for any middle-aged white woman who faces the world with entitlement and rudeness.
Van Hook discovered that there were other Karens out there equally confused by the meme – and even a support group on Facebook called Karens United.
There, more than 2,000 women named Karen (or Karyn, or other variations on its spelling) were venting and debating what their name had come to symbolise. Van Hook joined after she saw jokes about Karens being anti-maskers (she herself wears a mask and has been shielding since the pandemic).
When I first hear about the group, I’ll admit there was something slightly humorous about it. But after I speak to Van Hook, it becomes clear that they’ve been seriously affected by the meme and are desperately wanting to clear their names.
“We got together to laugh about how we’re getting sick of these silly jokes,” she says. “But then, as it got more hateful, it became a more serious support group.” Van Hook assumed people would “snap out of it”. But they didn’t.
Van Hook tells me some of the stories she’s heard from Karens United members. Just last week, one woman named Karen gave her name in a bakery and was laughed at by the employees. Another was asked by a barista if she wanted to “change” her name so they didn’t have to call out “Karen” once her order had been made.
“Some women are even considering a legal name change,” she says. One member has a three-year-old daughter named Karen. “And she’s hoping that the fad will pass before little Karen is old enough to know what’s happening.”……..
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…….This wouldn’t be the first time a common name has been smeared via meme culture. Social media has been responsible for the ridiculing of men named Chad (a stereotypical alpha male), young women named Becky (slightly basic white women who love pumpkin spice lattes and Uggs) and, most notoriously, middle-aged women named Karen (we’ll get to that shortly).
Thousands of people unfortunate enough to possess one of these names might have to grapple with jokes made at their expense. But it’s debatable whether they’ve suffered real consequences as a result. Is being named Ben or Karen genuinely miserable in 2023?
Karen Van Hook is a 61-year-old voice coach from near Boston, Massachusetts. In 2019, she noticed that people were making fun of her name online.
The “Karen” meme depicted a photograph of a middle-aged white woman with straw-blonde hair cropped in an asymmetric bob, alongside the text: “I would like to speak to a manager.” It went viral.
As per the rules of the meme, a “Karen” is always white. She is over the age of 40. She shouts at baristas when her coffee order is wrong. She has a controlling, superior attitude. She demands to speak to the person in charge after every minor inconvenience.
The meme caught on, becoming a catch-all for any middle-aged white woman who faces the world with entitlement and rudeness.
Van Hook discovered that there were other Karens out there equally confused by the meme – and even a support group on Facebook called Karens United.
There, more than 2,000 women named Karen (or Karyn, or other variations on its spelling) were venting and debating what their name had come to symbolise. Van Hook joined after she saw jokes about Karens being anti-maskers (she herself wears a mask and has been shielding since the pandemic).
When I first hear about the group, I’ll admit there was something slightly humorous about it. But after I speak to Van Hook, it becomes clear that they’ve been seriously affected by the meme and are desperately wanting to clear their names.
“We got together to laugh about how we’re getting sick of these silly jokes,” she says. “But then, as it got more hateful, it became a more serious support group.” Van Hook assumed people would “snap out of it”. But they didn’t.
Van Hook tells me some of the stories she’s heard from Karens United members. Just last week, one woman named Karen gave her name in a bakery and was laughed at by the employees. Another was asked by a barista if she wanted to “change” her name so they didn’t have to call out “Karen” once her order had been made.
“Some women are even considering a legal name change,” she says. One member has a three-year-old daughter named Karen. “And she’s hoping that the fad will pass before little Karen is old enough to know what’s happening.”……..
Karens, ‘The Ben Stage’ and what happens when your name is ruined by the internet
As relationship gurus on TikTok warn women off dating men named Ben, Ellie Muir speaks to people whose names have become shorthand for unattractive – or even racist – behaviour
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday refused to reinstate a lawsuit by Amy Cooper, the white woman who became known as "Central Park Karen" after calling police on a Black bird-watcher, against the employer that fired her following the encounter.
In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said Cooper did not prove that Franklin Templeton illegally dismissed her on the basis of race or defamed her by branding her a racist...........
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DOD Now Accepting Applications for New Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot
The Defense Department launched a 12-week paid fellowship program to expand employment opportunities for eligible military spouses.
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Having a career assistance program for military spouses doesn't make military spouse a military rankDOD Now Accepting Applications for New Military Spouse Career Accelerator Pilot
The Defense Department launched a 12-week paid fellowship program to expand employment opportunities for eligible military spouses.www.defense.gov
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I shouldn't have done this, but there was this one lady who pissed me off and then demanded to see the owner (she didn't know it was me) so I told her I would go get him. I walked up to my office and chilled out for about 15 minutes before walking back there and saying in a very nice, pleasant voice "Hi, I'm the owner. I understand you wanted to see me?"
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