Social Media Ovarit post on o/Lesbians: "Where have we all gone?"
Social Media Ovarit post on o/Lesbians: "Where have we all gone?"
Looking from a wider lens, an apparent "over focus" on the term "Karen" on Ovarit can indeed suggest that a large part of the userbase are white older women. Which, from looking at voting demographics from the 2024 USA election exit polls, can tell one a bit about their general political views, and thus the overall political views of the website itself.
I think that Karen is definitely derogatory slang used to disparage women. It's certainly not a racist slur, as YYN points out the reasons for that. I hesitate to consider it a slur, because I don't see how a common name could be a slur. I guess because to me there is a massive difference in offense to being called "b*tch" versus "Karen," because of the etymology of the words themselves. And also because of the watering down ExitStageLeft points out: “it is now used to insult any woman for being anything other than demure.” So it's 1. so overused it has become noise, and 2. at its core, it's a formerly popular "female" name from a few decades ago. (Which means the most women with that name are now middle-aged and thus demonized, Victoria Smith's Hags has a good section on the term "Karen.")
Looking from a wider lens, an apparent "over focus" on the term "Karen" on Ovarit can indeed suggest that a large part of the userbase are white older women. Which, from looking at voting demographics from the 2024 USA election exit polls, can tell one a bit about their general political views, and thus the overall political views of the website itself.
