You may have noticed Skepchick’s shiny new look. Well, I’d like to give our new theme a test run with an image gallery, and what better choice than a look at some moments from this past SkepchickCon! Enjoy.
UPDATE! I figured out how to add captions so now you can tell what’s going on. In case it doesn’t come through in the pics, let me assure you that much fun was being had. It was possibly our greatest SkepchickCon yet.
Amanda Leinbaugh explains the stupidest pseudoscience ever.
Darth Dr. Rubidium and a Scoobified Amanda Marcotte
Packed house on the Skepchick Track!
Anne Sauer demonstrates the science of booze in the Skepchick party room
The Skepchick party room rocking out
A moody pic of Anne’s experiments
What is that thing in the back? No one knows. Such is the way of the party room.
The Skepchicks’ Orange is the New Black cosplay! From left: Amanda Leinbaugh, Amy Davis Roth, Melanie Mallon, Olivia James, Rebecca Watson, Courtney Caldwell, Dr. Rubidium, Liz Gaston, Anne Sauer, Heina Dadabhoy, Mary Brock, Julia Burke. Dudes: Jackson Caldwell and Johnny Skaare.
Jackson and I fight over Melanie
Close-ups of the cosplay!
Yoga Jones gets humped by Boo.
We had fans.
Mmmm, our trademark Buzzed Aldrins.
Niki Massey, Elizabeth Newmaster, Melanie, and Melissa Lee volunteering in the party room.
Niki and Elizabeth serving up the drinks.
Courtney, Anne, Johnny, and Melanie taking a selfie in front of Amanda Marcotte’s DJ booth
Courtney, Amy, Rebecca, and Johnny cheesing it up
Rebecca, Courtney, Emily Finke, Amanda Marcotte, and Ashley Miller discuss loving problematic media
Rebecca presenting Melanie with a samurai sword, as a token of our appreciation for her hard work organizing SkepchickCon
Melanie absorbs the power of the sword and prepares to go on a killing spree, possibly.
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But what IS the stupidest pseudoscience ever? (Is it numerology or did somebody come up with something even stupider?)
And that looks like a fun con. Perhaps even more fun than last year’s Oslo Comics Expo where the incredibly high price for a beer kind of put a damper on it for me.
Next time you cosplay OITNB, are you going to need a podcaster? I could wear a dark sports coat and dress slacks and an open collar shirt and practice an annoying radio DJ voice and being fatuous and get a haircut and shave and … wear shoes… Uh, never mind.
Could you put some descriptions on some of these, please? I don’t know who everyone is or what’s going on in all of them!
Done and done!
Many thank yous!
These photos are all so great! Adam is a fantastic photographer!
Rebecca Watson,
LOL!
Melanie the sword of absorbing skepchick serial killer. That has to be the scariest movie of all time!
Rebecca Watson,
By the way, I can’t put my finger on it, but something about that conference reminds me of the eighties. I don’t know why.
Oh man, could I have a high-res of my portrait pic? It turned out so well! Adam is a star.
Heina Dadabhoy,
HI! I was worried we wouldn’t see you here anymore after you left!
Adam is awesome! I would love to get a copy of both the ones I’m in. I don’t know how he managed it, but I look great!
Holy high production quality on those photos batman!
But what IS the stupidest pseudoscience ever? (Is it numerology or did somebody come up with something even stupider?)
And that looks like a fun con. Perhaps even more fun than last year’s Oslo Comics Expo where the incredibly high price for a beer kind of put a damper on it for me.
Next time you cosplay OITNB, are you going to need a podcaster? I could wear a dark sports coat and dress slacks and an open collar shirt and practice an annoying radio DJ voice and being fatuous and get a haircut and shave and … wear shoes… Uh, never mind.
Are you trying to convince people to come to next year’s Skepchickcon? Because it’s working.
Beware of Melanie!!!