NAAFA’s Virtual Scary-Oke Party - Hosted by Jen Sing Karaoke
Friday, October 13, 2023
6PM PT / 7pM MT / 8PM CT / 9PM ET
Duration: 2 hours
Image Description: Black Halloween-themed illustrations of gravestones, hands, trees, and a pumpkin are on an orange background. In the center is a green Frankenstein hand holding a microphone with the pinkie and pointer fingers extended. The NAAFA logo is in the top left corner and a photo of Jen Sing Karaoke is in the bottom left corner. The following text is in and below a white circle: Virtual Scary-Oke October 13th 6-8pm Pacific. Come sing, howl, and scream with fat community. Hosted by Jen Sing Karaoke. Singing and costumes encouraged by not required. Hosted by Jen Sing Karaoke. Register at naafa.org/events.
Come sing, howl, and scream with fat community. Singing and costumes encouraged but not required. We are so looking forward to seeing everyone in costume on Friday night! That said, please be mindful when you are dressing up and avoid being culturally appropriative, racist, transphobic, fatphobic, ableist, or otherwise hurtful with your costumes. A good round-up of the issue can be found here and here. Please also keep in mind that this is an event where kids may be in attendance. We appreciate your care and creativity!
NAAFA virtual events are for fat people and fat-positive folx of all sizes. Our virtual events are offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of our community of NAAFA donors.
Image Description: Black Halloween-themed illustrations of gravestones, hands, trees, and a pumpkin are on an orange background. In the center is a green Frankenstein hand holding a microphone with the pinkie and pointer fingers extended. The NAAFA logo is in the top left corner. The following text is in and below a white circle: Costume Reminder. Please avoid costumes that are anti-fat, body shaming, racist, culturally appropriative, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or hurtful to our community.]
This event is presented via Zoom, in English, and with English auto-captions by Otter.ai. ASL Interpreting by Pro Bono ASL.
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. Our webinars are offered to the community free of charge thanks to the generosity of those who give to NAAFA. To support this and other NAAFA programming, visit naafa.org/give.
GUEST Bio:
Image Description: White woman, black glasses, hazel eyes & reddish brown hair in car with seatbelt on
Jen Sing (she/her) started her karaoke biz around 30 years ago because she’s a karaoke fiend herself and made it her main source of income shortly after she started. She works regularly in bars/clubs. Jen loves to see people happy & singing which is why she continued on doing zoom karaoke throughout the pandemic offering her services a couple nights for free (accepting tips, but not required) to anyone who wanted to join in. Follow her @jensingkaraoke
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