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The Daily Dot

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

TikTok Trucker

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‘Who knows what she’s gonna say?’: Karen refuses to move car for truck driver, complains to his company in viral TikTok

TikTok Karen

‘You’re gonna get charged with assault’: Karen harasses delivery man over his parking, throws his phone in viral TikTok

Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.

Liza Bautista

white woman on phone is a hotel distressed

Is this a Karen?: TikTok sparks debate in woman’s hotel situation

‘Who talks to others like that?’: Video of TikToker’s mom freaking out over hotel mix-up sparks debate over whether she’s a Karen

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration, sexual violence, and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards. Follow: @Samideque

Samira Sadeque

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in 'white lives matter' groups on Facebook

Denise Bradley is exposing anti-Black content in ‘white lives matter’ groups on Facebook

‘I want them to feel uncomfortable’: Black influencer Aunt Karen is infiltrating ‘white lives matter’ groups to expose racism

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

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‘Shut up and give me my damn receipt’: Karen disrespects worker, gets banned from gas station in viral TikToks

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

A man running away from somebody recording him.

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‘Did you take a picture of me?’: TikToker confronts man, says he secretly took her photo at the mall

young girl reacts to woman yelling at fast food counter

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‘Oh the innocence’: Child’s reaction to a ‘Karen’ berating fast-food worker goes viral

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

Karen uses purse to hold place in line Chili's

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‘Karen’ uses her purse to gatekeep Chili’s in viral TikTok

A sign (L), an online review (C), and a coffee cup (R).

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‘Literal Karen’ organizes Karens on Facebook to boycott coffee shop over its anti-Karen sign, viral TikTok shows

White woman throws drink at Black officer

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White girl throws drink at Black cop’s face, allegedly calls him the N-word in viral TikTok

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

Air karen

‘Karens in the air’: Woman brings microphone onto airplane to rant about COVID-19 in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

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‘When the Kens unite’: Man blocks Black woman from her seat on flight—white flight attendant tries to move her to back of plane

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

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Karen calls worker ‘worthless,’ is shocked when they refuse her service

A woman yelling (L), a woman looking into camera (C), and a woman looking at another woman through a door (R).

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‘You mad because my titties nice?’: ‘Karen’ allegedly rips Black TikToker’s wig off over her outfit

woman getting out of car bangs door against a nearby car, sees her error, then climbs back in the driver's seat with caption "Karen took off on me"

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TikToker catches a Karen dinging his Mercedes-Benz with car door while he sits in it

Karens