@melwoods.me - Mel Woods

02 Sep 2026 16:13 +0000

I'm going to a wedding this weekend that has MERCH. I love gay people.

02 Sep 2026 16:05 +0000

Anyways! Reminder that HBO and discount Canadian coffee chains and dozens and dozens of other things are STILL out here licensing this stuff!!! https://xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-hortons-harry-potter-collaboration-283630

02 Sep 2026 15:57 +0000

There is enough to be depressed about with all this and the piles of money that will continue to line JK Rowling's pockets ... but this really is just one of those late-era "live-action" Disney remakes recreating the original shot for shot 🫠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

01 Sep 2026 20:00 +0000

A lot of the worst "Teenage Sex and Death At Camp Miasma" discourse is really making the case that media comprehension is in the pits these days.

01 Sep 2026 19:11 +0000

Something I think a lot of newsroom leaders miss in conversations around AI is that curation—deciding what matters out of a story and pulling out those threads—is a deeply human skill. There is a difference between a robot telling you what to take away from a story and a skilled person doing it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

29 Aug 2026 18:58 +0000

Facebook memories were a mistake

26 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000

I was, of course, really sad when the news about Dolly Parton broke. But now I'm finding myself just so ... happy. The more I read these anecdotes and stories about her deep, deep good, it just makes me want to seek out that good in the world.

27 Aug 2026 19:49 +0000

I am not ready for this!! I need more time to absorb vitamin D!! My stores are not bountiful enough to get me through the long winter!!!

27 Aug 2026 17:20 +0000

Such a treat to republish this interview with Dolly from 2009: “People thought I looked too outrageous, too whorey, too this, too that. I wore too much makeup, my hair was too big, my tits were too big, and I had to work to prove myself ... The gay community accepted me before other people did." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

26 Aug 2026 14:10 +0000

“There are some public figures who occupy a special place for the gays. Parton was one of those, an endless source of inspiration for drag queens and queers of all kinds over the decades.” On Dolly and her queer fanbase: https://xtramagazine.com/culture/dolly-parton-death-queer-fans-284068

26 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000

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25 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000

Wrote about Dolly and the gays <3 "Though most of us never got to meet her, in her music and her presence, Dolly Parton made us all feel like part of her chosen family. And that’s a gift that will last forever." https://xtramagazine.com/culture/dolly-parton-death-queer-fans-284068

25 Aug 2026 20:42 +0000

25 Aug 2026 20:05 +0000

Well, this is also about Dolly now too [contains quote post or other embedded content]

25 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000

I have personally broken the Dolly Parton news to two people already today and I hate it

25 Aug 2026 18:50 +0000

Dolly Parton, a legend and an ally forever and always https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/dolly-parton-interview-new-album-rockstar-superbowl-halftime-show-1235634785/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

25 Aug 2026 18:42 +0000

😭 https://static.klipy.com/ii/925f17378dd1893b674a723c07535afe/dd/ee/DCSn4wMx.gif?hh=280&ww=498&mp4=up2HNeql&webm=eQzKQCt5Yfhbj