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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Have you met NARUTTO? In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we finally streamlined our peer-to-peer crisis intervention model for anyone's use! Please check it out and share around. And remember, when someone discloses to you, "BELIEVE THEM!" #NARUTTO #CSSN cosplayer-ssn.org/narutto.php

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The NARUTTO Method

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Congratulations to KPop Demon Hunters for the win!! Y'know who else hunts demons*? Our team and the team from RoCCET Lab at Carleton University! (*... Full disclosure, they're slightly different demons) If you missed our panel at Casa Con, it's up on their YouTube page: youtu.be/yBpc__1kyXY?...

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Cosplay Convention Policy Demon Hunters - Casa Con 2025

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trickssi, C.A. @ Kinshokucon @trickssi.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Don't forget to stop by Anime Frontier's Cosplay Repair booth! In our pamphlet that they graciously printed for us, we outline the stats of how many conventions we've evaluated have NO harassment policy.... and you really should see what we found 😬

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Courtesy of @ashweezcosplay.com on IG: make sure to stop by the Cosplay Repair booth at Anime Frontier TOMORROW! They've graciously offered to forward their tip jar to CSSN this year, along with printing our brand new trifold. Grab a copy and say hi to the hardworking folks at Cosplay Repair!

Blue graphics on a light blue background with the Cosplay Repair and CSSN logos. Text reads: Cosplay Repair partners with CSSN Cosplayer Survivor Support Network. Any tips received at the booth during Anime Frontier 2025 will be donated to CSSN! December 12-14, 2025. Fort Worth Convention Center. 56 likes including roseofbattle, 4 comments, 13 reshares, 11 story posts. Post by ashweezcosplay: This year, in lieu of a photo opp, the Cosplay Repair booth at @/animefrontiertx is partnering with Cosplayer Survivor Support Network (CSSN)!

Text reads: CSSN is an inclusive page for members of the cosplay community who are survivors of harassment, trauma, sexual assault, or abuse to find support and comfort. Their website contains resources such as national hotline links and guides on how to best support your loved ones. CSSN's "Convention Report Cards" track conventions' harassment policies on their respective websites, giving them grades on whether they have any available, if it's easy to find, and how thorough said policies are. New paragraph. Cosplay Repair is proud to partner with this organization that works to make sure everyone can feel safe and included. All tips to the repair booth will be donated to CSSN. We will also have a QR code to their website and brochures available while supplies last for additional reading. New paragraph. Learn more at https://cosplayer-ssn.org/index.php or the link in my bio! Posted November 14 2025.

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Friday, 12/12 at 7pm Eastern—it’s official! CSSN will be a part of “Convention Policy Demon Hunters,” a collaborative panel with RoCCET Lab (Carleton University) about what we’ve learned from evaluating convention harassment policies over the years. CasaCon is FREE! Join here: discord.gg/QBtxV8gGmA

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JWo Designs @jwodesigns.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

#AnimeFrontier is in less than a month! This year, all tips given to the Cosplay Repair booth will be donated to @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social to help survivors of sexual assault & harassment in the cosplay community. Remember to use code AFAMBASSADOR25 for a discount on your badge for a discount!

JWo cosplaying as a human version of Audie the fox character from Animal Crossing New Horizons. They're wearing an orange wavy textured wig with a yellow streak in the bangs. The overall length is slightly longer than shoulder length. They have fox ears on top of their head with blue colored interiors. They're wearing a sleeveless teal green dress with yellow pineapples printed throughout. There is a brownish orange fox tail worn at the back hanging off a wide yellow belt at the waist. They're posing with both arms out wide diagonally. The background is black.

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Cosplay Repair partners with CSSN: Cosplay Survivor Support Network

Any tips received at the booth during Anime Frontier 2025 will be donated to CSSN!

December 12-14, 2025 Fort Worth Convention Center.

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Rose of Battle @roseofbattle.com · 02/07/2025

Basically, people need different things, and we as bystanders are usually not equipped to be good at handling every individual issue presented. As an ally, don't set yourself up for failure by thinking you can do it all. Please take the time to learn about bystander intervention.

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Rose of Battle @roseofbattle.com · 02/07/2025

Also, deescalation is a skill, and there's a reason why a lot of people in political action/protesting take classes on it. Find out what kind of bystander intervention *you* can do and practice it so that you can help out in a situation when you least expect it. righttobe.org/guides/bysta...

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The 5Ds of Bystander Intervention - Right To Be

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Rose of Battle @roseofbattle.com · 02/07/2025

This is also why I believe more in the power of organizations, set-out rules, and political action than single individuals, because organizations (ideally) have been vetted, and that's harder to do for individuals, which is how I've seen "Con Moms" at anime cons do more harm than good for strangers.

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Rose of Battle @roseofbattle.com · 02/07/2025

I'd vouch for several of the people in the Splatoon scene who have volunteered to be people's buddy if they need someone in light of politics in some states. And I would also absolutely get my Karen on for people. But we should recognize that no one person can be every person's safe ally.

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Rose of Battle @roseofbattle.com · 02/07/2025

Thread 🧵: As someone who's seen pronouncements from bad actors about how they're safe (re: people can go to them at events if they're in danger), I want to address that while several Riptide attendees I know have great intentions, this is not a great stopgap measure on the whole.

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FanCons.com @fancons.com · 26/06/2025

When you start a convention, pick a name, search for it to make sure it’s not used (nobody needs ANOTHER “ChibiCon”), and then stick with one name and spelling. If you’re referring to the con as YattaCon, Yattacon, Yatta Con, Yatta-Con, AND Yatta Comic Con, nobody will know which is right.

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We're happy to announce that with our latest update, we're up to 1,024 convention policies evaluated and 62 6/6 evaluations. For the first time, we are at 6% of conventions at 6/6!! ... unfortunately a 6/6 means "doing the bare minimum," so let's keep trying ✍️ cosplayer-ssn.org/rp/home.php

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Convention Harassment Policies

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trickssi, C.A. @ Kinshokucon @trickssi.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

AHHHHHH MOM HOLY FUCK PART 2??!??!?!!!!!!! I was catching up on internet connection and Guidebook and researching tomorrow's panel and WE ARE MENTIONED IN THEIR PDF???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT!!!! @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social THIS IS SO COOL 😭🙏

Screenshot of the Con-Polizone PDF featured on the description of the panel about convention policies with the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network (CSSN) highlighted in red

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FanCons.com @fancons.com · 02/01/2025

@cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social You'll get a kick out of this... Some small con (which shall remain nameless) just tried submitting their 2025 convention to us with a link to cosplayer-ssn.org/rp/home.php as their anti-harassment policy. 🤦‍♂️ That's not how this works! 🤣

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FanCons.com @fancons.com · 15/11/2024

FYI: You don’t need to staff a convention to send in updates. We take them from everyone!

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

If you live in the U.S., you may be feeling hopeless right now. But you also might be feeling like you want to do something to help, but don't know how. Let's do a brief thread on PEER CRISIS INTERVENTION from our certified victim advocates.

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Summer Rain @weebwitched.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Hey Chicago cosplayers (and con-goers), I saw "cosplay weekend" pop up in my recommended events and then as soon as I saw the url, knew it was a Kopf con. Do not go to this event and do not go to other kopf events!! There's a good reason they're not allowed to table at other cons

Screenshot of the event description page for "cosplay weekend chicago," the main thing is that I've circled in red the url for the event in the description, which is "animecon.org" an immediate tell-tale of a kopf con.

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FanCons.com @fancons.com · 23/10/2024

New Article: Essential Pages for Every Convention Web Site After looking at literally every convention web site, @pdelahanty.bsky.social has put together a list of essential pages you'll want to include on your con's site as well as a few things you should avoid.

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Essential Pages for Every Convention Web Site | FanCons.com

Articles: After looking at literally every convention web site, I've come across some good ideas and some bad ideas. I've put together a list of essential pages you'll want to include on your con's si...

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

(Disclaimers continued) A 6/6 score indicates the BARE MINIMUM that a convention can do. It is not an endorsement for the convention nor do we provide endorsements. Your mileage with the policy may vary. If you had issues at a con or how its policy was applied, please reach out to the con directly.

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Have you heard about our Harassment Policy Report Card? We recently implemented a map for U.S. conventions! Check it out: cosplayer-ssn.org/rp/home.php Here’s a thread about how the report card works! 🧵

Screenshot of our interactive map feature for finding conventions by state. Text also states, "If you cannot see the map, prefer a list, or need to check non-U.S. conventions, see below," followed by a typed out list of states.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 19/10/2024

Let's give Vic the ol 'Bluesky welcome a second time: Block his ass so he gets sent to the shadow realm.

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CSSN @cosplayer-ssn.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Hi Bsky! We're the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network (CSSN), a group founded in 2016 by cosplayers because the phrase "cosplay is not consent" didn't appear to be improving harassment or worse in the convention community.

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