Karen’s Legacy: Deconstructing the Intersection of *Mean Girls* and Contemporary Societal Issues
Who, Then, is Karen Smith? The Character’s Foundation Have you ever encountered “the Karen”? You know the type – the woman in the grocery store demanding to speak to the manager, the neighbor relentlessly policing parking spots, the online commenter spewing vitriol with a distinct air of entitlement. The term, once simply a common name,…