Posted on 04/11/2020 5:36:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Julie Bindel is widely known for her activism when it comes to women’s rights and gender equality. Still, when Bindel attempted through social media to push the idea of “Karen” as a form of misogyny, the internet was not having it. Many online often use “Karen” to describe white privilege.
Dictionary.com defines Karen as a mocking slang term for an entitled, obnoxious middle-aged white woman. The term, which is generally featured in memes, gives the stereotype of a white woman with a blonde bob haircut who will ask to speak to retail and restaurant managers to voice complaints or make demands, according to the Urban Dictionary.
“Karen” came into use in 2018 as a way to shed light on discriminatory and injurious power differentials between Blacks and whites.
Julie Bindel is widely known for her activism in women’s rights and gender equality. She recently took to Twitter to push the idea of “Karen,” a term used in reference to white privilege, as a form of misogyny. (Source: Julie Bindel official website) Bindel, a journalist and English radical feminist writer, sought to begin a new campaign in protest against its original use. The 56-year-old co-founder of the law group Justice for Women believed the reference alludes to sexism, and acts as a basis for class prejudices.
“Does anyone else think the “Karen” slur is woman-hating and based on class prejudice?” she asked via Twitter on Sunday, April 5.
Julie Bindel ✔ @bindelj Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman hating and based on class prejudice?
2,203 7:04 AM - Apr 5, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 10K people are talking about this Her question quickly received backlash from users who not only called her out on her own bias in relation to the term, but also educated her about its origin.
“My understanding is that the Karen/Sally/Linda thing was started by Black women as a way to address racialised dynamics in the workplace – whether Karen is the racist manager or the middle class customer with nothing better to do than belittle people on minimum wage,” one Twitter user replied.
“Karen was a term created *specifically by Black women* to talk about white women’s interpersonal + state violence against us and our communities: calling the police on us for getting coffee, threatening to have us fired, talking down to us at work (where we’re now “essential”),” another user responded.
Julie Bindel ✔ @bindelj · Apr 5, 2020 Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman hating and based on class prejudice?
alicia sanchez gill. @aliciasanchez “Karen” was a term created *specifically by Black women* to talk about white women’s interpersonal + state violence against us and our communities: calling the police on us for getting coffee, threatening to have us fired, talking down to us at work (where we’re now “essential”).
9,156 10:06 AM - Apr 5, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 979 people are talking about this Bindel, however, remained content on her stance to flip the term and use it for her personal platform in women’s rights.
“It is certainly used by enough white men for it to be morphed into a misogynistic slur,” she replied. “Also, those names are classically working-class, and I do object to the classism within this narrative. The ageism too is a massive problem. I think countering racism with ageism is not great.”
While there were some users who supported her argument, most felt it detoured from its original context and alluded to the irony of its true definition.
“This is about the most Karen thing I’ve seen all day,” one Twitter user replied.
Julie Bindel ✔ @bindelj · Apr 5, 2020 Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman hating and based on class prejudice?
Karen Democrats ⚖️ @JuneSummer1 This is about the most Karen thing I’ve seen all day.
Embedded video 113 4:53 PM - Apr 5, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy See Karen Democrats ⚖️'s other Tweets Others humorously suggested the term be renamed “Julie,” in response to her misrepresentation of the term.
“petition to change karen to “Julie”. definition: a woman who erases Black women & woc and manipulates misogyny to evade accountability in regards to whiteness and the many forms in which it commits aggression,” Bolu Babalola tweeted.
Bolu Babalola @BeeBabs · Apr 5, 2020 Replying to @bindelj 😂😂😂
Bolu Babalola @BeeBabs petition to change karen to "julie". definition : a woman who erases black women & woc and manipulates misogyny to evade accountability in regards to whiteness and the many forms in which it commits aggression
20.7K 10:11 AM - Apr 5, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,878 people are talking about this “We can change it to ‘Julie’ real quick if you like,” another user wrote.
She is an odd form of a Shelia, I guess.
Hmmmm! Thought it was a derisive term for ladies who are, less than lady like. AKA Biotch. Guess it would apply to some guys as well. Or is that Karl.
The author’s name is “Neferteria.”
“Black” Twitter. Is there a White twitter? whitetwitter.com maybe?
I think “Karen” could describe someone who accuses others of cultural appropriation.
It would be easier to read this in Braille than in the format that is posted...ridiculous to post anything with all the different formats - a person WOULD easily go blind...
Her Mom was drinking a Nestle iced tea in a cafeteria when she was born?
Karen is a Scandinavian name.
Or watched “The Ten Commandments.”
trying to follow an MSM story about the twisted slogans and ideology of a feminist, and then the equally twisted counter-points other leftists make - is like trying to follow an MSM story about transgenders in a love triangle who’ve had children.
> Dictionary.com defines Karen as a mocking slang term for an entitled, obnoxious middle-aged white woman. <
I would suggest “Hillary” instead. As in:
My daughter-in-law wants to be president of the PTA so bad that she ordered the murder of her two opponents. She is such a Hillary.
It became popular in the United States in the mid 20th century. I have a cousin named Karen; she was born in 1951.
Almost
Breaking news: two not-at-all famous women tweet at each other. Hold the presses.
Great news source this one is. A thanks gif posting.
(flush drugs down toilet)... :)
Or is that Karl
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