These common colloquialisms, used to dismiss both women and men who act a certain way, sneak into our everyday vernacular inside and outside the workplace: Chatty Kathy, Negative Nancy, Nervous Nellie, Debbie Downer, Lazy Susan, and the most recent, Bye Felicia. We are inundated with phrases that associate negative behaviors with women.
We know there are threats, but when don’t those exist in our business?” Knowing the significant risks involved, your co-worker John speaks up against the proposal and gets this feedback: “Quit being such a Negative Nancy, John. Maybe you can come up with some alternatives Johnny on the spot.Picture this. Your team is sitting around the conference room discussing the feasibility of switching to a new website platform. More of an Anytime Annie, than a Negative Nancy. If you’re going to be a Chatty Cathy, you should be a little less Nervous Nellie or Debbie Downer. “Gosh Karen, you’re really being a bit of a Pessimistic Patty. I have a million things to say but think mystisai’s comment takes care of this one. How would you feel? Please don’t continue the labeling of calling someone who is behaving badly a “Karen.” It is hurtful to us kind Karens. But you might want to think about how it feels to have your name associated with being something negative through no fault of your own. Maybe they’re calling you a Karen because you’re making their lives miserable as most teenagers assume every teacher is out to do. Maybe it’s time to channel into that “caring” and “kind” aspect of your name more. If you can’t handle HIGH SCHOOLERS disliking you as a TEACHER, maybe you shouldn’t be a teacher? High schoolers are jerks, but teachers can be huge jerks, too. Some of my own high school students have called me a “Karen” when they choose to be disrespectful, which teenagers can be sometimes. (Remember that “can’t look away from a train wreck” feeling? It’s bad). She’s literally comparing her name to derogatory slurs?! This woman really thinks her 5 letter name holds the same negative connotation as racism and homophobia!? Someone take my keyboard away from me before I go off.ĭeep breaths, people there’s still a little more to go. But now we no longer say “r-–” or “n-–.” That is because those words are finally considered offensive, filled with hate and evil. People can be so thoughtless and without empathy. Just like when teens say, “That is so gay” when they mean “That is so stupid, ugly, bad, etc.” Words have power to hurt. Is this Karen…literally about to pull a “Karen”… in an attempt to get us all to stop using “Karen”…? Now it is used so thoughtlessly to describe someone that I do not identify with. They’re entitled and desire to make everyone’s life absolutely miserable by complaining about anything and everything they can.
Yet it’s quite ironic that “Karens” are the complete opposite of caring and kind. There’s no need to take it so personally.
While there’s nothing wrong in taking pride in one’s name, what’s in a name, really? It’s just an Internet trend, man. To me it has always been connected in my heart with caring and kindness. Long before this current meme defining a “Karen” as a privileged white woman, a racist, a mask-refusing, histrionic, complaining snob, above it all and especially entitled, I was born a Karen. Our author begins with quite an introduction for herself: I am a Karen. But just like watching a train wreck, I can’t stop looking no matter how horrible it is. To have their name smeared by the insanity of other Karens. We understand it’s not easy being one of the nice Karens. A woman named Karen (for real, not a joke) recently wrote into Magic Valley’s opinion column expressing her concerns with the labeling term “Karen” in today’s society.
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