Writing Towards Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
4:00pm PT / 5:00pm MT / 6:00pm CT / 7:00pm ET
Duration: 2 hours
Living as a fat person in today’s world comes with huge challenges, and connecting to joy, pleasure, and fat positivity can feel impossible. In this cozy, creative writing workshop, we’ll use guided writing prompts to explore, claim, and celebrate fat joy. There will be voluntary opportunities to share what you write, but no pressure to do so. No writing experience needed.
This workshop is led by Sophia Apostol (she/her), a creative writing coach at Firefly Creative Writing and the host of the Fat Joy Podcast.
To preserve the confidentiality of shared writing, the workshop will not be recorded. ASL interpreting for this event will be provided upon request with 72 hours notice.
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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.
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Sophia Apostol (she/her) is a creative writing coach and facilitator at Firefly Creative Writing. She’s also the creator and host of the podcast, Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol, where she and over 100 guests talk candidly about what it’s like to live in the world as a fat person. Sophia likes to write about the things we’re scared to talk about, and does so on fatjoy.substack.com. You may also see her IRL lurking with her laptop in the local coffee shops of Georgetown, Ontario where she lives with her husband, 2 step-kids (teenagers!), and goldendoodle named Beatrice. Follow her on your favorite platform:
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