So I reached out to a cascade of cosplayers and while they varied in so many ways, their stories painted similar pictures to not just one another, but to a majority of us around the world anxious thoughts, battles with depression, fear, and even a sliver of hope. Like with most aspects of our lives since March 2020, conventions headed online, and with that, a lot of cosplayers lost out on well - a lot. Photo by Photodangels Image credit: Courtesy Kendra Beltran & Cosplayers With all that said, our collective mental health has taken a ‘Street Fighter’ level beating and while everyone has been hit by the chaos, I wanted to shine a light on how all of this has impacted those in the cosplay community.Īlessia Mainardi. When the news wasn’t reminding us of death tolls, video of a police officer standing on the neck of a Black man for over nine minutes played on a loop, as did emerging stories of violence against members of the Asian and trans communities, as well as protests against - of all things - the bare minimum to keep us safe, masks. Alas, here we are and in that time we’ve all suffered in some way shape, or form because it wasn’t just a pandemic we were dealing with. ![]() Nobody could have guessed that over a year later, we’d still have headlines dedicated to COVID-19. That’s the lie I told myself last March as news of a severe disease spread almost as fast as the virus itself.
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