Some professional news! My job title is changing! I am no long the Senior Editor, Audience Engagement ... now I am Senior Editor, Content Development at @xtramagazine.com. This has been in the works for a while, and is a lateral move meant to better reflect what I actually do ... ⬇️

Some professional news! My job title is changing! I am no long the Senior Editor, Audience Engagement ... now I am Senior Editor, Content Development at @xtramagazine.com. This has been in the works for a while, and is a lateral move meant to better reflect what I actually do ... ⬇️

In the spirit of Confessions II ... what are some other all time great albums that are functionally one big DJ set? I need gym listening 👀

We are (bravely) going DJ-less for our wedding, and I've started the very important process of building and mixing our various playlists for the big day It's reminding me how much I miss being a radio programmer! Nothing feels better than finding those two perfect songs that slot together.

Thinking about how hard Glee Cast would eat on Madonna's "Danceteria"

Now a new report from @antihate.ca documents some of the key voices from both media and politics that worked to spread anti-trans fear and misinformation in the days and hours following the attack.

Up bright and early today to join CBC's Commotion and talk about the queer music trifecta of Carole Pope, Eurovision, and Madonna's "Confessions II" -- tune into CBC Radio at 7 am PT/10 am ET! ✨

New video from me today, about this week's report from the Canadian Anti-Hate Network diving into all of the anti-trans hate that spread online in the first 72 hours following the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge earlier this year xtramagazine.com/video/tumble...

For my @xtramagazine.com column for July, I wrote about what comes next after yesterday's SCOTUS ruling on trans athletes. (Hint: none of this was about sports or fairness) xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Really glad to see the Canadian Anti-Hate Network pulling all of this stuff together and naming it for what it is.

For my June Xtra column, I wrote about the MLB Pride Night controversy and weighed whether the value we still get from Pride nights at the stadium are worth the headaches (they are). xtramagazine.com/culture/are-...

Reminder that thousands of female athletes across America are going to have their access to sports limited because of a witch hunt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. xtramagazine.com/culture/olym...

Reminder that thousands of female athletes across America are going to have their access to sports limited because of a witch hunt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist. xtramagazine.com/culture/olym...

Really not looking forward to tomorrow's SCOTUS decisions on trans rights, which are ostensibly about sports (but depending on the ruling, will affect far, far more than that, and not likely in a good way).

I thoughts Maahs' name sounded familiar ... she's got quite the track record. Was censured three (!!) times when she was a school trustee, allied with Barry Neufeld, recently voted against the protest-free buffer zone around schools, hosted an anti-LGBTQ2S+ group at the legislature ...

Summer 2026, the internet is bad ... time to get back into listening to music on FM radio.

Fine. Perhaps we can let the men play sports.

New Carly Rae Jepsen, new Pheobe Bridgers, new Charli XCX ... big day for me personally

every hometown's got the ominous megastructure... what's yours?

Number of people on Lime Scooters I saw on my way to work today: 32 Number of people on Lime Scooters I saw actually wearing a helmet: 1 (it was me) It is truly insane to me that so many people simply ignore the number one thing you can do to keep yourself safe and alive!!!

Big brain concept I came up with last night lying in bed with a fan blasting in the heat ... what if, in addition to your usual hot and pools, saunas, and steam rooms, spas also had one of those hurricane simulators where you get blasted with air and it's called like "wind therapy" or something.

Allow me to counter with my piece from TDOV this year: "To see and experience the broad spectrum that transness presents is to see what is possible for ourselves as human beings. Witnessing that in practice benefits everyone." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Allow me to counter with my piece from TDOV this year: "To see and experience the broad spectrum that transness presents is to see what is possible for ourselves as human beings. Witnessing that in practice benefits everyone." xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Doing dietary restrictions/seating plans for our wedding and you can really spot the difference between the Saskatchewan family table and the "gay friends from the city" table by the number of dietary restrictions.

Magic post incoming ... I played my beloved 5C Allies in a 4-slot Standard RCQ last week and came 2nd overall (5-2-1 on the day), losing in the finals to a Prowess player that didn't drop a game (!!) all day. I love competitive Magic and I love my silly little deck!! 🌈🤝 @fireshoes.bsky.social

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SPORT GOOD

Fine. Perhaps we can let the men play sports.

Thinking about the PWHL and my beloved Goldeneyes 😌

SPORT GOOD

Sport good

TBH, I think most mainstream journalists/audiences need to assume everything that Juno does is in bad faith and respond accordingly.

Thinking about the PWHL and my beloved Goldeneyes 😌

The PWHL draft is happening now! It's free to stream on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ceF...

Juno News is a fake news site run by brain-poisoned bad-faith merchants

TBH, I think most mainstream journalists/audiences need to assume everything that Juno does is in bad faith and respond accordingly.

Hobgoblin’s big ass busted the wall out the side of her house 😂

Breaking news for me personally: vancouver.ca/parks-recrea...

My wedding is two months from today (!!), which means I actually need to start thinking about what sort of hair/beard situation I am going to want for it 😵‍💫

So glad all the FIFA tourists can get a photo-op in front of the abandoned Cafe Crepe

There are currently three federal book ban bills aiming to ban all trans books from U.S. public schools! HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661. Please call your representatives and ask them to vote no on these bills! Follow @authorsabb.bsky.social for updates. #bookbans #bookchallenges #HR2616 #HR8705 #HR7661

I will give them this ... I was walking through the "Granville Pedestrian Zone" today at the exact moment when Canada scored, and for one brief moment I felt that sports magic flow through me as every person on the street started to cheer.

So glad all the FIFA tourists can get a photo-op in front of the abandoned Cafe Crepe

Does knowing something was made using AI—even just a little bit—stop you from wanting to engage with it? Now that we know "Stop! That! Train!" did in fact use AI, how do we navigate a world where stuff like this is going to keep happening? New from me ✨ xtramagazine.com/culture/stop...

I have met all of these men at a Magic: The Gathering tournament

Director Adam Shankman told Xtra that "Stop! That! Trains!" actually did use some AI in its visual effects, despite seemingly contradictory previous statements. @melwoods.me unpacks what that means for people who are trying to avoid AI in media

My video from today, about the "Stop! That! Train!" AI stuff with a timeline of the statements that have been made. TLDR: The director said last week there's no shots made with AI in the film, but in an interview with us ... he listed multiple instances of AI use 👀 www.tiktok.com/@xtramagazin...

Remember last week when director Adam Shankman made a whole big statement about how Stop! That! Train! isn't full of AI? Well, in a interview with us here at Xtra conducted a few weeks before ... he said there actually are multiple instances of AI in the film 👀 xtramagazine.com/culture/stop...

"In the case of Stop! That! Train!, you can also go to your local drag show and tip your queens. Put your valuation of human-made art into action. Give a dollar (or better yet, $20 or $50!) to a real queer person making real queer art."