Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol

Sophia Apostol
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Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol

The Fat Joy podcast is a joyful rebellion against anti-fatness. Each episode is a conversation between host and Professional Coach Sophia Apostol and another fat person about how to flourish in our fatphobic world. We’re exploring the harms, biases, and oppressions we’ve experienced while living in a world that marginalizes plus-size & fat bodies and promotes the lies of Diet Culture. But most importantly, we’re sharing how we still dare to have the audacity and courage to reach towards joy and live our best lives while advocating for collective fat liberation & body positivity. And, at the end of every episode, Sophia reads you a poem. Topics include: body acceptance, self-love, fat activism, body positivity, fatbulous, anti-fatness, anti-diet, diet culture

  1. It's time for a Fat Joy podcast pause -- Sophia Apostol

    AUG 20 · BONUS

    It's time for a Fat Joy podcast pause -- Sophia Apostol

    Sophia shares why she's pausing the podcast, her biggest a-ha moments from 100 episodes, and how to stay connected to Fat Joy. This episode's poem is Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese." Mentioned in this episode: Fat Joy Newsletter- subscribe for free to receive the newsletter to your inbox. Fat Joy Writing Workshop- it's currently full, but if you're interested, let Firefly know and we'll offer it again soon. Keep connected with Fat Joy: Fat Joy Instagram Fat Joy website

    15 min
  2. Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Aubrey Gordon

    AUG 15 · BONUS

    Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Aubrey Gordon

    A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

    24 min
  3. Talking To Non-Fat People About Fatness -- Aubrey Gordon

    AUG 13

    Talking To Non-Fat People About Fatness -- Aubrey Gordon

    Aubrey Gordon (she/her) is back! We’re talking about the amazing success of the film Your Fat Friend, how it changed her family relationships, and what it’s like being filmed over six years. Aubrey and Sophia share their experiences having conversations with non-fat folks about how to be good allies. Spoiler: not all of these conversations go well. Aubrey Gordon stars in the documentary film Your Fat Friend, is the author of You Just Need to Lose Weight and What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat, and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast. Aubrey started writing as Your Fat Friend in 2016. She published exclusively under the pseudonym for four years, writing anonymously about the social and cultural realities of moving through the world as a very fat person. Please connect with Aubrey on her website and Instagram. This episode’s poem is called “my mother says kissing a man without a mustache is like eating eggs without salt” by Joy Sullivan. Connect with Fat Joy on the website, Instagram, subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter, and watch full video episodes on YouTube. Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

    1h 6m
  4. Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Kate Manne

    AUG 8 · BONUS

    Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Kate Manne

    A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

    11 min
  5. Unshrinking -- Kate Manne

    AUG 6

    Unshrinking -- Kate Manne

    Sophia has created a workshop called Fat Joy- specifically for listeners of this podcast who are interested in exploring the fat experience through writing. Please go to Firefly Creative Writing to learn more about the Fat Joy workshop. For $50 off the workshop, use code: FATJOY Kate Manne (she/her), philosopher and author of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia, shares her thoughts on why we struggle to see through diet culture, how the ‘thought-terminating cliche’ ends liberatory conversations, and if it’s possible to be anti-diet and also pursue intentional weight loss. Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, where she’s been teaching since 2013. Before that, she was a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. Manne did her graduate work in philosophy at MIT and works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy. She is the author of three books, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, and Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia, which came out in 2024. She writes a newsletter, More to Hate, canvassing misogyny, fatphobia, their intersection, and more. Please connect with Kate through Instagram, X, her website, and her newsletter. This episode’s poem is called “to approach” by Raquel Salas Rivera. Connect with Fat Joy on the website, Instagram, subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter, and watch full video episodes on YouTube. Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

    1h 8m
  6. Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Tiana Dodson

    AUG 1 · BONUS

    Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Tiana Dodson

    A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

    9 min
  7. Rejecting Diet Culture Through The Science Of Less -- Tiana Dodson

    JUL 30

    Rejecting Diet Culture Through The Science Of Less -- Tiana Dodson

    Tiana Dodson (she/her) explores how liberation consciousness requires hope and imagination, even when they feel impossible. Part of that exploration is rooted in exploring the ‘science of less’ and how being subtractive rather than additive can unlock new levels of awareness and help dismantle oppression. With a decade as a body liberation facilitator and a lifetime of lived experience as a fat, biracial, queer, neurodivergent person, Tiana Dodson is well-versed in what it is to exist in a multiply-marginalized body. As an active co-creator of the syllabus for liberation, her work addresses how personal, community, and global liberation depend upon each other. Through her consulting services, group offerings, and public speaking, Tiana highlights the ways these systems of oppression are bound together and how we can push back against them. Please connect with through her website, Instagram, Facebook, and tiktok. This episode’s poem is called “The Broken” by Alberto Rios. Connect with Fat Joy on the website, Instagram, subscribe to the Fat Joy newsletter, and watch full video episodes on YouTube. Want to share some fattie love? Please rate this podcast and give it a joyful review. Our thanks to Chris Jones and AR Media for keeping this podcast looking and sounding joyful.

    1h 13m
  8. Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Elle Baez

    JUL 25 · BONUS

    Some Extra Fat Joy: 10 Qs with Elle Baez

    A bonus minisode where each guest answers 10 surprising questions with unexpected results. Hilarity ensues.

    8 min
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The Fat Joy podcast is a joyful rebellion against anti-fatness. Each episode is a conversation between host and Professional Coach Sophia Apostol and another fat person about how to flourish in our fatphobic world. We’re exploring the harms, biases, and oppressions we’ve experienced while living in a world that marginalizes plus-size & fat bodies and promotes the lies of Diet Culture. But most importantly, we’re sharing how we still dare to have the audacity and courage to reach towards joy and live our best lives while advocating for collective fat liberation & body positivity. And, at the end of every episode, Sophia reads you a poem. Topics include: body acceptance, self-love, fat activism, body positivity, fatbulous, anti-fatness, anti-diet, diet culture

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  • Creator
    Sophia Apostol
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    142
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sophia Apostol 2022
  • Show Website
    Fat Joy with Sophia Apostol

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