@melwoods.me
Journalist | Writer | Editor
Investigating anti-trans hate with @antihate.ca
Work in The Walrus, Xtra, The Tyee, HuffPost, etc.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (they/them) Vancouver
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@melwoods.meThe Sally's Baking Addiction pretzel recipe has been holding it down in my household for years now. We stan a legend 🫡
@melwoods.meGoo Goo may be the cutest creature in all the land
@melwoods.meHappy Friday! It’s been a heavy week, so please enjoy this image of my cat attempting to trap me in bed and prevent me from logging into work this morning
@xtramagazine.comReposted by @melwoods.meFrom the heartland of Danielle Smith’s Alberta, comic artist @hal-monitor.bsky.social documents the resilience of trans Albertans in the face of government censorship. xtramagazine.com/culture/tran...
@melwoods.meReposted by @melwoods.meProfessional news!
Today I officially started in my new position as an Investigator with @antihate.ca, where I’ll be focusing on researching, documenting, and reporting on anti-trans hate movements in Canada. It's heavy and challenging work, but work I am excited to dive into.
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@redgoldsparks.bsky.socialReposted by @melwoods.meGender Queer has only been out for 7 of the last 35 years, yet it is number one on this list.
@melwoods.meReposted by @melwoods.meThis also means I am open for tips and other information about anti-trans organizing, discourse, and movements across Canada. My new email is [email protected] ... reach out!
@melwoods.meReposted by @melwoods.meWrote a bit for my newsletter about how timely this work is, and my excitement at focusing in on working with the other folks at CAHN to draw connections between different hate movements in Canada, and bring some of the most influential bad actors to light.
@melwoods.meMakes me wonder how much AI is involved in generating Juno content TBH ... this is the sort of writing error that LLMs make all the time
@melwoods.meThis also means I am open for tips and other information about anti-trans organizing, discourse, and movements across Canada. My new email is [email protected] ... reach out!
@melwoods.meAlso wrote a bit in there about why this week of all weeks is a grimly apt one to be starting this job.
(See: my freelance story in The Tyee published this morning).
@melwoods.me😌
@melwoods.meWrote a bit for my newsletter about how timely this work is, and my excitement at focusing in on working with the other folks at CAHN to draw connections between different hate movements in Canada, and bring some of the most influential bad actors to light.
@melwoods.meProfessional news!
Today I officially started in my new position as an Investigator with @antihate.ca, where I’ll be focusing on researching, documenting, and reporting on anti-trans hate movements in Canada. It's heavy and challenging work, but work I am excited to dive into.
✨🏳️⚧️
@pressprogress.caReposted by @melwoods.meBC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted
Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements.
pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...
@melwoods.meI had most of this week off before starting my new gig, and writing this served as a bit of a grimly apt transition to what comes next ... (more soon!)
@melwoods.meReally appreciate Jen and @thetyee.ca asking me to weigh in about the person arrested in connection to the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, and how the ensuing media narrative is both a symptom of the larger anti-trans hate movement and will directly contribute to its continued amplification.
@melwoods.meNot the "✨Made With AI" tag ....
@thetyee.caReposted by @melwoods.meAttempts to directly connect the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, and particularly the recent arrest of James Cody Bryant, to transness is a symptom of the larger anti-trans hate movement. @melwoods.me writes.
@melwoods.meNew job starts tomorrow 👀
