San Diego Comic Con 2011 is officially over and the town is now a vast wasteland comparatively. It seems like each year I go to SDCC it’s better than the last, and this time was no exception. I started the con off Wednesday night by co-hosting a party with Clare Kramer (GeekNation.com), sponsored by the newest smartphone game company Blazin Hot. The following morning was my “Oh, You Sexy Geek!” panel. The panel went terrifically, completely filling a 1,000 seat room. Along with all the intelligent ladies discussing the sexy geek topics, Seth Green was kind enough to come out of the audience to say a few intelligent words before turning the mic over to the audience for a little Q & A with the panel. For more details, check out MTVGeek’s coverage on the panel.
Fun was had by all! If you want to be at SDCC 2012, you’d better start making your plans now!
This is the Action Flick Chick, and you’ve just been kicked in the ass!
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Sorry I missed Comic Con this year. Sounds like alot of fun. YES…I want to be there in 2012 so I better get to planning NOW!!
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Overall I enjoyed the panel, but I wanted the Action Flick Chick to take more…action, and guide the discussion a bit more. But again, I still enjoyed it. I wish you were on the panel (instead of moderating) because I would have loved to hear your thoughts.
Agreed with Dom, I know you were moderating but I would have loved to hear more of your thoughts on these issues! After getting off to a bit of a slow start (the “who are we to define what’s sexy”/”everyone should feel sexy” platitudes are all well and good, but ultimately that camaraderie seemed to derail what could have been a rousing debate of some of the issues/questions you had posed in a pre-panel post), I thought it ended on a high note. Ultimately, as numerous panelists noted, a lot of this comes down to media literacy and placing women in decision making positions within the media industry.
As an acafan who writes primarily about the mainstreaming of fan subculture, and its impact on fangirls, I think panels like these, especially in visible spaces like comic-con, are really important. The authenticity debate has a long history within subculture studies, and as a fan/geek myself I’m deeply invested in where and how these conversations occur, and the responses to them. A big thank you for the panel. Do I still have issues with some of the panelists’ perspectives? Absolutely. Do I think the conversation could have been nuanced and challenging? Sure. But at the end of the day, you got 1000 people in a room thinking about this stuff, and that’s a step in the right direction.
Fun party Wed! I just have one question..is it girly if I take an action chick canteen to the gym with me?
Heck, no! 🙂
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