Courtney Stoker's presentation for 2012 PCA/ACA conference in Boston

1. “OH, YOU SEXY GEEK!”:
“GEEK GIRLS” AND THE Courtney Stoker
PROBLEM OF SELF- PCA/ACA 2012
OBJECTIFICATION

2. LEIA IN A NEW HOPE
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in
Star Wars.

3. SLAVE LEIAS
At major SF media
conventions, it is
common to have
an official group
slave Leia picture.
Top photo is from
Dragon*Con and
the bottom photo is
from Comic-Con.

4. SEXY
CHEWBACCA
Left: Chewbacca
from Star Wars
Right:LeeAnna
Vamp as
Chewbacca

5. “OH, YOU SEXY GEEK!”:
“GEEK GIRLS” AND THE Courtney Stoker
PROBLEM OF SELF- PCA/ACA 2012
OBJECTIFICATION

6. G33K & G4M3R G
Performed by
Team Unicorn
(Clare Grant,
Michele Boyd,
Rileah Vanderbilt,
and Milynn Sarley),
with appearances
by Seth Green,
Katee Sackhoff,
and Stan Lee.

7. “And ladies, maybe some of you
will find these images offensive,
but these are women that are
Venkman,
dressing like this. We don’t ask “Collection of
Cosplay
them to, they do it on their own, Cleavage,” on
Geek Tyrant
and if women dress like this, the
fact of the matter is…guys are
going stare [sic].”

8. Picture from:
Venkman,
“Collection of
Cosplay
Cleavage,” on
Geek Tyrant

9. “OH, YOU SEXY GEEK!”:
“GEEK GIRLS” AND THE Courtney Stoker
PROBLEM OF SELF- PCA/ACA 2012
OBJECTIFICATION

10. SLAVE LEIA
Carrie Fisher as
Princess Leia.
Promotional shot.

11. PHOTO AND VIDEO CREDITS
 Slave Leia group photos: Top photo from Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki in “Slave Leia
Costume.” Accessed 12 Sept. 2011. Bottom photo from Official Star Wars Blog.
Accessed 12 Sept. 2011.
 Sexy Chewbacca, from left to right: Chewbacca with his bowcaster from Wookieepedia: The
Star Wars Wiki in “Chewbacca.” Accessed 25 Sept. 2011. LeeAnna Vamp as Chewbacca from
IGN. Accessed 10 Sept. 2011.
 Sexy Pokémon, from left to right: Jessica Nigri as Pikachu from Gossip Gamers.
Accessed 1 Oct. 2011. Pikachu from Pokémon Wiki. Accessed 1 Oct. 2011.
 Sexy Harry Potter, from left to right: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter and Emma Watson as
Hermione Granger, in their Hogwarts school uniforms, studio shot. Woman in the “sexy wizard”
costume from HalloweenCostumes.com. Accessed 25 Sept. 2011.
 Geek and Gamer Girls song by Team Unicorn posted by “break” on YouTube on 15 Sept. 2010.
Accessed 12 Sept. 2011.
 Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. From Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki in “Slave Leia
Costume.” Accessed 9 April 2012.