# Gamer Girl Gamer Girl, also known as Gurl Gamer, is a label for women who play video games that gained traction online around 2010, often used as a pejorative aimed at women accused of chasing male attention on forums and streaming sites. The tag produced the catchphrase 'Yes I'm A Girl, Yes I Play Video Games,' which Tumblr users remixed through 2012 and 2013 with parody selfies involving dolls, GameCubes, and crossdressed send-ups. ## Origin The earliest documented use of 'gurl gamer' as a derisive label appears in a Gaia Online thread titled 'I'm a girl gamer! GIRL GAMER PRIDE …Okay,' posted by user Dimigo on January 24, 2010[3]. Two weeks later, on February 6, 2010, Urban Dictionary user Val-ness defined the term as 'a female who plays video games simply to catch the attention of males,' separating it from the neutral 'girl gamer'[8]. Critiques of gender dynamics in online gaming predate the Gamer Girl label by almost two decades. Sociologist Amy Bruckman's 1993 paper 'Gender Swapping on the Internet' is cited as the earliest academic treatment, and by the early 2010s women made up a sizable share of the US gaming audience even as the pejorative took hold on forums. - **Platform:** Gaia Online / Tumblr (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview In its parody form, Gamer Girl posts stage the stereotype so aggressively that the pose collapses into a joke. Common riffs include selfies with a controller held like a fashion accessory, duck-face poses next to a copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops, and the catchphrase 'Yes I'm A Girl, Yes I Play Video Games, don't hit on me you silly boys!' pasted onto photos of people, dolls, and inanimate objects[3]. The target is the performative version of the Gamer Girl label, not women who actually game. Controller Eating, a parallel photo fad, had participants pretend to bite gaming hardware the way suggestive model shoots had them cradle it. Tumblr blogger The Frogman joined in December 2011 with a photoset of himself rubbing two controllers on his nipples, a post that collected over 254,000 notes by July 2013[2]. ## How to Use Posts typically pair a staged photo with the catchphrase 'Yes I'm A Girl, Yes I Play Video Games' plus the follow-up 'don't hit on me you silly boys!' Common conventions include holding a controller near the face, duck-face expressions, or substituting the subject with a doll, a boy, or an unrelated object to mock the pose. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Gamer Girl? Gamer Girl, also spelled Gurl Gamer, is a label for women who play video games that online communities sometimes use as a pejorative for women accused of gaming for male attention[8]. ### Where did Gamer Girl come from? The derisive use first appears in a Gaia Online thread by user Dimigo on January 24, 2010, and an Urban Dictionary entry by Val-ness followed on February 6, 2010[3][8]. ### What does Gamer Girl mean? It has two readings: a neutral descriptor of a woman who plays games, and a mocking label tied to the catchphrase 'Yes I'm A Girl, Yes I Play Video Games'[3]. ### How do you use Gamer Girl? People typically pair the catchphrase with staged selfies, duck faces, or substitute subjects like dolls, controllers eaten on camera, or crossdressed poses[4][5]. ### Is Gamer Girl still popular? The Tumblr-era parody posts peaked between 2010 and 2013, with three signature catchphrase posts collecting around 123,000, 100,000, and 116,000 notes by mid-2013[4][5]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBv-JjKiOI]() 2. [http://thefrogman.me/post/14997854769/adding-my-contribution]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/gamer-girl]() 4. [http://tookiebelle.tumblr.com/post/37945652269/yes-i-am-game-yes-i-play-girls-game-girler]() 5. [http://paranoidandroid42.tumblr.com/post/18776262795/yes-im-a-boy-yes-i-play-videogames-dont-hit]() 6. [https://iwishihadafather.tumblr.com/post/44831904027/shmeeshed-clevergenius]() 7. [http://yesweplaygames.tumblr.com]() 8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gamer%20Girl]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/gamer-girl Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library