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Kelly Bennett Ottawa Squad Leader
One of Kelly’s earliest memories is spending weekends concocting strange combinations of whatever they could find in the kitchen cupboards into a meal (generally in sandwich form). Sometimes the food didn’t turn out so great, but a lifelong love of baking, cooking and all things food were born early on for Kelly. They’ve tried a multitude of food lifestyles (vegan, gluten free, vegetarian, low-carb, raw vegan) and managed to find the foodie angle for each and every one. They believes there’s no one way to love food or yourself, and hopes to spread that message with Fat Girl Food Squad.
Kelly is a television aficionado, a social media whizkid and one of the people behind the Canadian branch of Guerrilla Feminism. An activist, advocate and asskicker, Kelly’s often found trawling hashtags for trolls. Constantly learning and reading, Kelly tends to consume way too much media, and enjoys taking pictures of their cats, dog and food. Find them on personal twitter at @catpennies.
MC Bennett Ottawa Squad Leader
MC grew up on two opposing ends of the culinary world; her grandma served up traditional Quebecois cuisine consisting of tourtière, bouilli and pâté chinois while her mother expressed a deep love of France and Italy through European style dishes.These two differing foundations gave MC a love of complex gastronomie as well as simple home cooking.
From Parisian bistros and baguettes to poutine and diner coffee in Ottawa, MC is a foodie through and through. A former art school kid, film school drop-out, reluctant public servant, television and film production assistant, and diner waitress, she’s currently in love with her career in the social media field. You can find her on her personal twitter at @hello_mcee.
MC believes in fighting for fat activism and its intersectionality with feminism. She’s loving being able to spread some fat feminist pride to the world through Fat Girl Food Squad.
Stephanie Hudson Ottawa Squad Member
Raised in an adventurous and food-loving family, Stephanie was encouraged to always be open to new experiences (especially delicious ones). This has resulted in her being fortunate enough to have tried dishes from all over the world. From nasi goreng in Kuala Lumpur to Alligator burgers in New Orleans, you’d be hard pressed to find a food Steph isn’t willing to try.
As a current Neuroscience graduate student and hopeful future physician, Stephanie aims to spread FGFS’s message of body positivity within the world of medicine.
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