Idiot Nerd Girl — a meme featuring a girl in oversized glasses with the word "NERD" written across her hand — is one example of geek culture's entrenched misogyny, but recently one woman decided to ...

In light of the Cosplay Appreciation Day kerfuffle we covered this morning, now seems like a good time to revisit the “Idiot Nerd Girl” meme. It started last year as a way to insult women who refer to ...

Historically, women have been less involved in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) than men. Though it may be a problem deeply rooted in society, there has been a recent push to ...

The word “nerd” has gotten out of hand. It all started with Myspace—with ridiculously hot girls describing themselves as “nerds.” As if. Build a time machine, go back to middle school, walk a mile in ...

The meme, which surfaced in late 2010, depicts a teenage girl wearing thick glasses and showing the word “Nerd” written on her hand. It has been used to parody women who pretend to be geeks but in ...