NAAFA’s Noon Year's Eve Virtual Party

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

12:00pm PT / 1:00pm MT / 2:00pm CT / 3:00pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

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Want the fun of a New Year’s Eve themed party from the comfort of your own home without having to stay up late? We got you! Welcome to NOON Year’s Eve, a midday way to wrap 2025 and envision a fat-tastic 2026! Come spend an hour in fat-positive joyful community space as we finish our Fund Fat campaign, reflect on 2025, and fortify ourselves against January’s diet culture onslaught.⁠

We’ve cranked up the fun on our Noon Year’s Eve party with two more very special guests-- Burlesquer Mone’t Ha-Sidi and DJ Saucye! These two fabulous additions join our special guest powerhouse musician Nicholas David from The Voice, and of course, our always-loveable NAAFA Brunch Crew, Matt Simko and Danielle G, for a great big bye-bye to 2025. Join us as we wrap up our Fund Fat campaign with big laughs, great music, and community connection...right in the comfort of your own home! Whether you get your sparkle on or party in your pajamas, we can’t wait to see you on December 31st at noon Pacific. Register to get the Zoom link.

This event is presented via Zoom, in English, and with English auto-captions by Otter.ai. ASL Interpreting by Pro Bono ASL (@probonoasl). Our virtual events are offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of our community of NAAFA donors. To support this work and other NAAFA programming, make a donation today at naafa.org/give.

The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance is a 501(c)3 charitable organization with a mission to change perceptions of fat and to end size discrimination through advocacy, education, and support. Learn more at naafa.org.

GUEST BIOS

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Matthew Simko (he/him) is a host and style expert appearing on television shows across the northeast for the last 10 years. He's been featured in the Guardian, Readers Digest, Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Boston Magazine. These days you can mostly find him on Instagram as SimkoSays posting photos, f'it check videos, and the occasional thirst trap. He believes that looking good and feeling good is for every body. Follow Matt @simkosays

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Danielle G (she/her) of Fashionably Famished has been creating foodie and lifestyle content since 2018. Whether it is a blog post or video, she shares her honest opinion and provides insight on topics including casual style, food and restaurant reviews, and more recently, motherhood. Her content is meant to inspire and create community for fat folks to be seen dining and thriving. Follow Danielle @justdanielleg

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Nicholas David aka The Feelin (he/him) is a born-and-bred Minnesota singer-songwriter whose gift takes listeners on a ride with a wide range of emotionl scenery.

His new album, More Than Music, reminds listeners that his third-place finish on “The Voice” in 2012 was more than just a lucky preview of things to come and songs to love.

Find Nicholas at thefeelin.com or @thefeelin

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DJ Saucye (she/her) is a fat activist and content creator with over a decade of experience building unapologetic digital spaces rooted in fat liberation. She is the host of the Aye Yo Fat Girl podcast, where she leads bold, culturally grounded conversations challenging diet culture, anti-fat bias, and respectability politics.

Saucye's work prioritizes visibility, fat vanity, and inclusion. She is currently expanding her creative practice through DJing, blending sound, storytelling, and energy while continuing to advocate loudly and intentionally for fat people everywhere. Follow her @saucye_.

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Mone't Ha-Sidi (she/her) is a multi-award winning international burlesque artist who has been on stages from Alaska to Canada to Panama, with a lot of America in between. Hairstylist by Day, Burlesque by Night, Activist ALL the time, she was also one of 40 artists from 400 applicants to receive the Seeding Creativity grant in Sacramento & the National Endowment for the Arts. From Chuck E Cheese to Tassel Tease, Mone’t is known as Queen of Ratchet Nerdlesque, Sacramento FUPA, The Asexual Unicorn. The Dancer Evil Dead's Bruce Campbell called her "disturbing, yet enticing.” Follow Mone’t @nizzneyland.

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