Men and women are equal in value, but they are not interchangeable in function.
Volunteers tend a fire at a memorial to Renee Good in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 16, 2026. Protests have sparked up around the city after a federal agent fatally shot Good in her car during an incident in south Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Scott Olson/Getty Images
The internet loves to mock “Karens,” but the phenomenon is more revealing than it is ridiculous. What we are witnessing is not simply entitlement or bad behavior. It is the distortion of something real and ancient: women’s instinct to notice imbalance, protect the vulnerable, and care for social order.
Mollie Engelhart
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Mollie Engelhart, regenerative farmer and rancher at Sovereignty Ranch, is committed to food sovereignty, soil regeneration, and educating on homesteading and self-sufficiency. She is the author of “Debunked by Nature”: Debunk Everything You Thought You Knew About Food, Farming, and Freedom—a raw, riveting account of her journey from vegan chef and LA restaurateur to hands-in-the-dirt farmer, and how nature shattered her cultural programming.
