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
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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 ✨
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
Also I shaved my mustache off for this, and that is commitment to the bit 🫡
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Also I shaved my mustache off for this, and that is commitment to the bit 🫡
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.
I am assuming the other one just isn't even bothering pretending to be straight because they look like this
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I am assuming the other one just isn't even bothering pretending to be straight because they look like this
On the timely point: too many newsrooms overproduce this stuff. There's a place for fancy graphics, sure.
There's also a place for getting the thing out when it needs to get out.
Sometimes all you need to do is record in your living room and overlay Jeromy Farkas and a bi pride flag lol
There's also a place for getting the thing out when it needs to get out.
Sometimes all you need to do is record in your living room and overlay Jeromy Farkas and a bi pride flag lol
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
On the timely point: too many newsrooms overproduce this stuff. There's a place for fancy graphics, sure.
There's also a place for getting the thing out when it needs to get out.
Sometimes all you need to do is record in your living room and overlay Jeromy Farkas and a bi pride flag lol
There's also a place for getting the thing out when it needs to get out.
Sometimes all you need to do is record in your living room and overlay Jeromy Farkas and a bi pride flag lol
Catching up on the Alberta throne speech today, and it sure is fascinating to see a pledge to ensure free speech protections IMMEDIATELY followed by a commitment to "unapologetically" take books out of school libraries
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Catching up on the Alberta throne speech today, and it sure is fascinating to see a pledge to ensure free speech protections IMMEDIATELY followed by a commitment to "unapologetically" take books out of school libraries
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
I also got a bit in my feelings about the idea of getting married at all thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
October 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I also got a bit in my feelings about the idea of getting married at all thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
LMAO, of course they also wrote about the Alberta book ban
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
LMAO, of course they also wrote about the Alberta book ban
Even look at pro athletes!! Sure you've got guys with six packs or whatever, but also one of the best baseball players in the world is nicknamed Big Dumper because he's got a fat ass ... and he really just looks like some regular dude
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Even look at pro athletes!! Sure you've got guys with six packs or whatever, but also one of the best baseball players in the world is nicknamed Big Dumper because he's got a fat ass ... and he really just looks like some regular dude
File under: "Copy edits you only get at a queer publication"
October 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
File under: "Copy edits you only get at a queer publication"
In my pro gamer era (finally have a Top 8 photo from a big Magic event 😌)
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In my pro gamer era (finally have a Top 8 photo from a big Magic event 😌)
Hobgoblin has discovered a new forbidden zone
October 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hobgoblin has discovered a new forbidden zone
Sometimes these things really read you to filth
September 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Sometimes these things really read you to filth
Watched The Running Man (1987) for the first time last night and I know the Edgar Wright reboot has already been made, but I have to admit I'm gonna be disappointed if they didn't get Jacob Wysocki to play this guy!!!
September 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Watched The Running Man (1987) for the first time last night and I know the Edgar Wright reboot has already been made, but I have to admit I'm gonna be disappointed if they didn't get Jacob Wysocki to play this guy!!!
How your email finds me
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How your email finds me
Wearing a mesh shirt to the gym at 6 a.m. just to feel something
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wearing a mesh shirt to the gym at 6 a.m. just to feel something
Sometimes I snag a nice one though!!
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Sometimes I snag a nice one though!!
Every time I try to take a nice picture of Hobgoblin, she yawns and I end up with this
September 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Every time I try to take a nice picture of Hobgoblin, she yawns and I end up with this
Today marks four years on T. If my time on testosterone was a university student, it would have a Bachelor’s degree by now!!
It is still wild to me that my life hasn’t always been like this.
Forever grateful for access to the health care I need to be able to grow this silly little mustache 🙏👨🏻
It is still wild to me that my life hasn’t always been like this.
Forever grateful for access to the health care I need to be able to grow this silly little mustache 🙏👨🏻
September 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today marks four years on T. If my time on testosterone was a university student, it would have a Bachelor’s degree by now!!
It is still wild to me that my life hasn’t always been like this.
Forever grateful for access to the health care I need to be able to grow this silly little mustache 🙏👨🏻
It is still wild to me that my life hasn’t always been like this.
Forever grateful for access to the health care I need to be able to grow this silly little mustache 🙏👨🏻
Today I learned I'm cited on the Wikipedia page for the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
September 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today I learned I'm cited on the Wikipedia page for the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
"When we speak out publically, or protest or march in the streets for our rights, we have to worry that the wrong person will get the wrong idea and come and hurt us. That they will see it as “revenge” for Kirk’s death."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"When we speak out publically, or protest or march in the streets for our rights, we have to worry that the wrong person will get the wrong idea and come and hurt us. That they will see it as “revenge” for Kirk’s death."
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...