# Good Girl Gina

Good Girl Gina is an advice animal image macro that hit Reddit in December 2011, using an iStockPhoto headshot of a smiling brunette to caption an idealized, overly accommodating girlfriend. The template ran hot on r/AdviceAnimals through 2012 and drew a well-known sexism critique later that year.

## Overview
Good Girl Gina is an advice animal image macro featuring a smiling brunette woman, with captions casting her as a considerate, sometimes overly accommodating girlfriend and a direct counterpart to Scumbag Stacy[3]. The base image comes from a March 27th, 2009 iStockPhoto upload shot by photographer Jacob Yuri Wackerhausen[5].

Captions typically follow the two-line advice animal structure: a setup describing a small domestic or relationship scenario on top, then a punchline flipping conventional gender friction on the bottom. Many read as wish-fulfillment fantasies about a low-maintenance partner, which is exactly the pattern that drew a formal sexism critique in late 2012[1].

## How It Spread
On January 30th, 2012, a Good Girl Gina macro captioned "Wears a t-shirt at the beach / So overweight friend isn't the only one" hit the Reddit front page with 5203 upvotes, cementing the template's viral run[6]. That summer brought two supporting outposts: the single-topic blog GoodGirlGina.com launched in July 2012, alongside a curator Twitter account, though both went quiet within a couple of months[3].

By November 2012, r/AdviceAnimals hosted more than 670 Good Girl Gina posts, Quickmeme carried nearly 2000 submissions, and a Facebook fan page passed 2300 likes. That same month, Redditor LaTeX_fetish published a data breakdown of 1390 Quickmeme captions, finding 443 centered on sexualization or objectification and most others reinforcing male-centric ideals like constant sexual availability, domestic labor, and steering clear of anything controversial. The Daily Dot ran a piece on the survey on November 28th, 2012[1].

The identity of the woman in the photo stayed a mystery until October 2nd, 2013, when Emma Katherine outed herself as Good Girl Gina in an r/IAmA session that pulled over 13,000 upvotes by April 2014[4].

## How to Use
The format typically uses the brunette iStockPhoto headshot with Impact-style white text stacked in two lines: a small domestic or relationship scenario on top, then a compliant or thoughtful response on the bottom. Common conventions include bathroom, bedroom, or beach setups paired with a gender-role flip, echoing karmadogma's original "Uses your bathroom / Puts seat up when she's done" template[2].

## Frequently Asked Questions
### What is Good Girl Gina?
An advice animal image macro of a smiling brunette portrayed as a considerate, accommodating girlfriend, launched on r/AdviceAnimals in December 2011[2].

### Where did Good Girl Gina come from?
Redditor karmadogma posted the first successful macro on December 20th, 2011, using an iStockPhoto image shot in March 2009 by Jacob Yuri Wackerhausen[5].

### What does Good Girl Gina mean?
Captions frame her as a low-maintenance girlfriend, though a November 2012 survey of 1390 Quickmeme entries found 443 centered on sexualization or objectification[1].

### How do you use Good Girl Gina?
Overlay two lines of white Impact text on the brunette photo, framing a small domestic scenario on top and an accommodating response below, in the style of karmadogma's launch post[2].

### Is Good Girl Gina still popular?
The template peaked on r/AdviceAnimals in 2012 and faded with the broader advice animal era, though Emma Katherine's October 2013 AMA gave it a late resurgence with over 13,000 upvotes[4].

## References
1. [https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/good-girl-gina-sexist-meme/](<https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/good-girl-gina-sexist-meme/>)
2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/nk9zc/introducing_good_girl_gina/](<https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/nk9zc/introducing_good_girl_gina/>)
3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-girl-gina](<https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-girl-gina>)
4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1nozr3/](<https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1nozr3/>)
5. [https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-young-woman-smiling-gm93206605](<https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-young-woman-smiling-gm93206605>)
6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/p6zbg/](<https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/p6zbg/>)

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