Mel Woods
@melwoods.me
Senior Editor, Audience Engagement at xtramagazine.com 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
(they/them) from the prairies, now in Vancouver
I also play Magic: The Gathering a lot
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(they/them) from the prairies, now in Vancouver
I also play Magic: The Gathering a lot
Subscribe to my newsletter, Ranch Baby: https://ranch-baby.ghost.io/
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Mel Woods
@melwoods.me
· May 1
Big news: We're launching a podcast!
Announcing Get Queer, a new LGBTQ2S+ pop culture podcast from Xtra Magazine, hosted by @melwoods.me
This season dives into the history of how reality TV has shaped queer identity.
New episodes drop weekly starting May 8 ✨
xtramagazine.com/get-queer-po...
Announcing Get Queer, a new LGBTQ2S+ pop culture podcast from Xtra Magazine, hosted by @melwoods.me
This season dives into the history of how reality TV has shaped queer identity.
New episodes drop weekly starting May 8 ✨
xtramagazine.com/get-queer-po...
This podcast has been such a labour of love for years (!!) at this point, and I am so excited to share it with the world.
Subscribe in all the places!!
Subscribe in all the places!!
Had a blast on the pink carpet last night interviewing the stars in attendance at the @pinktrianglepress.bsky.social Pink Awards ✨
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Had a blast on the pink carpet last night interviewing the stars in attendance at the @pinktrianglepress.bsky.social Pink Awards ✨
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I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee.
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them
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Zohran says you’re trans now
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Zohran says you’re trans now
It is probably because the loss of our baby boy a few months back is still fresh, but I am surprisingly shook by the death of a famous internet dog I've followed online for years 😔
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It is probably because the loss of our baby boy a few months back is still fresh, but I am surprisingly shook by the death of a famous internet dog I've followed online for years 😔
4 a.m. Uber to the airport had a giant Yu-Gi-Oh decal on the side of his car ... good omen
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
4 a.m. Uber to the airport had a giant Yu-Gi-Oh decal on the side of his car ... good omen
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Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race, with a campaign that was explicitly supportive of trans rights.
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Zohran Mamdani just showed that Democrats can talk about trans rights and win | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: The 33-year-old is set to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary with a platform explicitly advocating for trans people
xtramagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race, with a campaign that was explicitly supportive of trans rights.
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race, with a campaign that was explicitly supportive of trans rights.
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Zohran Mamdani just showed that Democrats can talk about trans rights and win | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: The 33-year-old is set to win the New York City Democratic mayoral primary with a platform explicitly advocating for trans people
xtramagazine.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Zohran Mamdani has won the New York City mayoral race, with a campaign that was explicitly supportive of trans rights.
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
Back when he won the primary, I made a video about why that’s such a big deal
xtramagazine.com/video/zohran...
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Introducing Script, your one-stop shop for LGBTQ2S+ health information
xtramagazine.com/inside-xtra/...
xtramagazine.com/inside-xtra/...
November 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Introducing Script, your one-stop shop for LGBTQ2S+ health information
xtramagazine.com/inside-xtra/...
xtramagazine.com/inside-xtra/...
This is wild. Teen Vogue's politics coverage was industry leading and actually doing something interesting in an industry that works so hard to be uninteresting.
All the solidarity and support to everyone impacted, this sucks so bad.
All the solidarity and support to everyone impacted, this sucks so bad.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is wild. Teen Vogue's politics coverage was industry leading and actually doing something interesting in an industry that works so hard to be uninteresting.
All the solidarity and support to everyone impacted, this sucks so bad.
All the solidarity and support to everyone impacted, this sucks so bad.
Multiple people blocked me last night after I posted about Yamamoto with Hello Kitty, and y’all need to lighten up!!
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Multiple people blocked me last night after I posted about Yamamoto with Hello Kitty, and y’all need to lighten up!!
That feeling when you pitch a complete game in Game 2 and then win Game 6 and then come in and close an extra-innings Game 7 to win the World Series
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 AM
That feeling when you pitch a complete game in Game 2 and then win Game 6 and then come in and close an extra-innings Game 7 to win the World Series
Nothing but respect for my World Series MVP
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Nothing but respect for my World Series MVP
I've needed a new Dodgers jersey for a few years now (I've rocked Cody Bellinger since 2018 lol) and I think it's gotta be Yamamoto after THAT
To close Game 7 and cement the Dodgers’ dynasty, the team turned to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was pitching on zero days of rest.
He collected the final three outs in the 11th inning.
He collected the final three outs in the 11th inning.
November 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I've needed a new Dodgers jersey for a few years now (I've rocked Cody Bellinger since 2018 lol) and I think it's gotta be Yamamoto after THAT
Halloween reminder that Kim Petras has two (!!) great Halloween albums but really fumbled the bag on the opportunity to be the Mariah of Halloween
spotify.link/1VuBjf6vVXb
spotify.link/1VuBjf6vVXb
TURN OFF THE LIGHT, VOL. 1
spotify.link
October 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Halloween reminder that Kim Petras has two (!!) great Halloween albums but really fumbled the bag on the opportunity to be the Mariah of Halloween
spotify.link/1VuBjf6vVXb
spotify.link/1VuBjf6vVXb
Sometimes you’re a doctor on a cruise ship and there’s a tsunami and an orca attack and a passenger gets poisoned from eating too much shrimp and Shania Twain is there and maybe it’s actually a COVID fever dream also you’re in a throuple.
RIP Dr. Odyssey. A perfect show, gone too soon.
RIP Dr. Odyssey. A perfect show, gone too soon.
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sometimes you’re a doctor on a cruise ship and there’s a tsunami and an orca attack and a passenger gets poisoned from eating too much shrimp and Shania Twain is there and maybe it’s actually a COVID fever dream also you’re in a throuple.
RIP Dr. Odyssey. A perfect show, gone too soon.
RIP Dr. Odyssey. A perfect show, gone too soon.
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While we’re all watching baseball Janet is watching the Alberta legislature as the suspension of teachers’ Charter rights is pushed through in the wee hours of the morning
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
While we’re all watching baseball Janet is watching the Alberta legislature as the suspension of teachers’ Charter rights is pushed through in the wee hours of the morning
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All of you complaining about having to work tomorrow .... Shohei Ohtani has to pitch game 4 of the World Series tomorrow and he's still awake!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
All of you complaining about having to work tomorrow .... Shohei Ohtani has to pitch game 4 of the World Series tomorrow and he's still awake!!
The Blue Jays aren't even letting him play baseball anymore tonight and he's still up and peppy!!
All of you complaining about having to work tomorrow .... Shohei Ohtani has to pitch game 4 of the World Series tomorrow and he's still awake!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The Blue Jays aren't even letting him play baseball anymore tonight and he's still up and peppy!!
All of you complaining about having to work tomorrow .... Shohei Ohtani has to pitch game 4 of the World Series tomorrow and he's still awake!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
All of you complaining about having to work tomorrow .... Shohei Ohtani has to pitch game 4 of the World Series tomorrow and he's still awake!!
This Jonas Brothers performance is a great time to remind y’all that Kevin was the favourite Jonas of EVERY lesbian growing up
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This Jonas Brothers performance is a great time to remind y’all that Kevin was the favourite Jonas of EVERY lesbian growing up
Playing the heel tonight (wearing my Dodgers gear to watch the game at a bar in Vancouver)
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Playing the heel tonight (wearing my Dodgers gear to watch the game at a bar in Vancouver)
