Here is a moment that best sums up my experience of Geek Girl Con 2013: A woman had a conversation near my table with two guys, in which she decided she was going to totally ship them. They didn’t protest too hard; two dudes dressed in black suits with matching purple ties DO look kinda… shippable… especially when one of them casually leans on the other’s shoulder.
Here is another moment that best sums up my experience of GGC2013: A pair of cosplayers wandered by, both tarted up in skin-tight black latex. One was Black Widow, the other was Hawkeye. Neither was crossplaying. They had a pretty good pair pose worked out, with the Widow taking a dramatic low crouch at the drop of a camera in front of a dramatically-standing Hawkeye; after that, Hawkeye announced that he would also do Hawkeye Initiative poses upon request.
It was really neat to have the dudes being objectified for a change, is what I’m saying.
Not that there wasn’t any lack of skin-tight outfits on ladies, mind you. But there just seemed to be an expectation in the air that if anyone was gonna be public ogling property, it was the dudes, not the ladies.
Also I made something like 5x what it cost me for my table, despite being in the somewhat out-of-the-way Artist’s Alley rather than the main floor. I’ll be back next year.