Unfortunately, the number of horrific and unacceptable situations happening at cons and in their communities far exceeds our capabilities to resolve or even acknowledge, so CSSN does not offer personal crisis intervention. But you can help someone by learning to Believe It like NARUTTO!

Now, if you're looking to help people individually, rather than being someone who says they're "safe" for people to go to at cons, study up on peer-to-peer crisis intervention! We'll have a more detailed resource on our website soon but here's Cliff Notes from an old post: bsky.app/profile/cosp...

There's only so much we can do, and though we have the privilege of being white, we're still marginalized women—men in power may not think what we have to say is valuable. If they hear these issues from multiple people, valued customers who attend regularly, it's a gentler calling in.

That kind of contribution is immensely powerful because unfortunately, due to our position in the community, we tend not to be heard by higher ups. But if you attend the con, approach with assuming ignorance instead of malice, and let them know you're telling them because you care, they might listen

That page also contains descriptions of WHY certain evaluation criteria exist and leads to a sample policy (an updated version is forthcoming as well!). You can direct the con staff to the page, or you can do some research and read it yourself to make your recommendations.

1. One of our most asked questions any time CSSN gets traffic is "how can I help?" There's no one-size-fits-all approach to answering that but if you attend a convention you love, it's worth checking and reaching out to gently let them know if they could be doing more. cosplayer-ssn.org/rp/home.php

AND I MISSED IT.

(I'm so sorry for all the all caps to alt text users or dyslexic etc but I just need emphasis for Trickssi)

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY YOU GORGEOUS SOUL YOU MAGNIFICENT BEING YOU RAY OF SUNSHINE

ITS YOUR MOTHERFUCKING *BIRTHDAY*?!??

ITS YOUR BDAY AND YOU DIDNT TELL ME.

I came into the app with the express purpose of looking up your "flow state" thread from the Nov 2024. I was lazer focused on it. In personal crisis mode so I knew where I could find a resource. YOU. AND ITS YOUR BDAY

Also, if you haven't checked out our website in a minute, we're making some big changes! Big thanks to patron Marina for helping us review and make updates.

cosplayer-ssn.org/index.php

imagine going through a rough patch financially and u have to cancel your subscription to your mum

Need clubs for 2 in the afternoon lol

This is very "finish the rest of the fucking owl" but ya girl doesn't have spoons to update *all* of the progress.