Tricks, not conflicts : the loophole of the girl math meme

Bon, Roselinde (avtor), Markelj, Jernej (avtor)

This article examines girl math as an ambivalent yet emancipatory practice that neither seeks validation from dominant economic and epistemic structures nor directly challenges them. Instead, girl math operates through strategies of feigned incompetence, leveraging strategic algorithmic visibility to create an epistemic loophole where feminine-coded logic can, to an extent, exist on its own terms. While critics dismiss it as a trivial meme reinforcing gender stereotypes, we argue that girl math functions as trickster feminism, drawing attention to what is incomprehensible within masculine frameworks. Rather than confronting gendered power asymmetries, it reframes and subverts them by affirming hidden labour, costs, and skills associated with femininity. In doing so, girl math sidesteps neoliberal demands for self-discipline and productivity, instead embracing joyful inefficiency and humour as forms of resistance. Ultimately, girl math is not a miscalculation, but a tactical reframing of structures that have historically been rigged against feminine ways of knowing.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: girl math, trickster feminism, gender politics, digital feminism, online femininities, humour, resistance
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 16.02.2026
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 1-24
• Številčenje: Vol., iss.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185101
• UDK: 316.74:305
• ISSN pri članku: 2950-1229
• DOI: 10.1163/29501229-bja10031
• COBISS.SI-ID: 285740035
• Datum objave v RUL: 22.07.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of femininities
• Založnik: Brill
• ISSN: 2950-1229
• COBISS.SI-ID: 285737219

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: feminizem, spolna politika, digitalni feminizem, spletne ženskosti, humor, upor