“Karen” videos and similar viral images project the threat of social breakdown onto spectacles of ranting women – much like the Maenads of ancient Greece.
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“Karen” and the Maenads
The conspiratorial theories about the fireworks outbreaks in US cities tell us something about our collective inundation in another kind of noise.
The recent toppling of statues reveals the triumph of what Nietzsche called “critical history” over “monumental history.”
The In-Group Contrarian is a simultaneously marginal and a central figure for understanding social media dynamics.