The first known example of the Idiot Nerd Girl meme
First time the meme appears on Tumblr
Post is made in FunnyJunk
Canvas posts a top-10 of Idiot Nerd Girl memes
BuzzFeed posts the 16 best examples of the meme
Slideshow of Idiot Nerd Girl memes and compares it to Hot Women Pandering to Nerds
Ryan Perez, a blogger for Destructoid, displays his lack-of-understanding of contemporary internet nerd culture, by claiming Felicia Day is a "glorified booth babe". He is promptly annihilated by the internet, the charge being led by Wil Wheaton, himself. Jezebel reports on it three days later. https://twitter.com/OfGloriousLife/status/218940174082641920
Joe Peacock posts an opinion piece on CNN about fake geek girls who only engage in nerd hobbies to gain male attention.
Both Dr. Nerdlove and John Scalzi write responses to the Peacock article, refuting the arguments made by Joe Peacock. http://www.doctornerdlove.com/2012/07/fake-geek-girls/
Feminspire posts their critique of the meme in a post entitled “Nerd Girls are Real Nerds Too! (and Why This Meme Sucks)”
Rachel Edidin, an editor of Dark Horse Comics, starts posting counter memes portraying the girl as misunderstood on Twitter. Two days later, she posts a compilation of hers and her subscriber's creations on Tumblr.
Feminspire follows up its previous story with an update about Rachel Edinin's protest.
The Mary Sue posts a collection of the meme re-appropriations.
Escher Girls posts about the issue, sharing both Edidin's work as well as including anecdotes about her own experience with nerd sexism.
Bust Magazine reports on the meme
The Atlantic Wire reports on the history of the meme and interviews Edidin for comments.
The Daily Dot follows up on the post on the Atlantic Wire, posting much of the quotes from the interview, and adding the response from Reddit.
Comic Book artist, Tony Harris, goes on a long rant about fake geek girls at cons. Bleeding Cool reports it. Harris follows up with more rant.
Tony Harris makes a follow-up post on Facebook to his followers and does not ask people to retweet it. It resembles nothing close to an apology.
Dr. Andrea Letamendi writes a thoughtful piece analyzing the source of the fake geek anxieties.
Youtuber, patrickhwillems, posts a video response getting to the true implication of the Fake Geek Girl.
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