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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Sex positive influencer 2026. Writer, performer, elderly model. Enjoys late Victorian fiction and breath play.&#xA;Melissatodd.co.uk</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social</link><title>@melissartodd.bsky.social - Melissa Todd</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mvb4hgdsak2l</link><description>While no one in Vegas had heard of Andy Burnham, everyone knew about Count Binface.</description><pubDate>11 Sep 2026 17:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb4hgdsak2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3muwrbccro22j</link><description>Did comedy at The Dive Bar! It&#39;s known as the place where egos come to die. Also where Doug Stanhope started. So anxious I had a little cry, then went over my time. But I did OK.</description><pubDate>07 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwrbccro22j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3muvevk3kzs22</link><description>Performing in Vegas tonight at The Dive Bar!</description><pubDate>07 Sep 2026 01:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvevk3kzs22</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mumlfetfnc2j</link><description>Vegas, I am in you. Going to a Democrat rally tonight because I know how to party.</description><pubDate>03 Sep 2026 13:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumlfetfnc2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mugsfxtow22u</link><description>Been such ages since I was asked to review a poetry collection. And this was an absolute banger.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>01 Sep 2026 06:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugsfxtow22u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3muefsn2b222y</link><description>Telling Greenbelt about the joy of porn.</description><pubDate>31 Aug 2026 07:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3muefsn2b222y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtyjtyaohk2w</link><description>Performing at Greenbelt this weekend. I&#39;ve received a firm email that I am not to bother the big names in the green room with requests for selfies and autographs.&#xA;&#xA; I do hope this email has been sent to all performers, rather than representing a panicked response to my fixation with Michael Sheen.</description><pubDate>26 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyjtyaohk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtth5crqz22i</link><description>https://substack.com/profile/264096549-melissa-todd/note/c-321538024?utm_source=notes-share-action&amp;r=4d8i79</description><pubDate>24 Aug 2026 13:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtth5crqz22i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtqupyzptk2i</link><description>Edinburgh completed! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me. It&#39;s meant so much. It&#39;s been a mad month, exhausting and exhilarating. Can&#39;t bloody wait to do it all again next year. #edfringe2026 #edinburgh</description><pubDate>23 Aug 2026 13:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqupyzptk2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtosazfnk22y</link><description>Genuine interaction from the Royal Mile:&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Would you like a night with a dominatrix?&#34;&#xA;&#xA;&#34;No thanks, I&#39;m driving later.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;Last show tonight. #edfringe #edfringe2026</description><pubDate>22 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtosazfnk22y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtmx3ribvk2k</link><description>The Scotsman love me! I matter! From Kate Copstick.&#xA;https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/edinburgh-festivals/comedy/fringe-comedy-reviews-kate-smurthwaite-ray-o-learyjulian-clary-chris-forbes-lucas-jefcoate-8925052?fbclid=IwY2xjawT1wrFwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6qrNS-CbeqIJqEAqRUNrQFXltAHMBMonxbDaZlW_AfRAwaWXierfDAFQColQ_aem_aHQ4xfUDC1MpLO-3p7ruGQ</description><pubDate>21 Aug 2026 23:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmx3ribvk2k</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtebwad3422f</link><description>Huge thanks to Pillow Talk Scotland for this thoughtful, well-researched piece! https://pillowtalk.scot/melissa-todd-gag-writer-kink/&#xA;&#xA;I am, as it mentions, doing Greenbelt at the end of this month!</description><pubDate>18 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtebwad3422f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtcv3uny4s2j</link><description>The fabulous @robingissing.bsky.social came to see my show tonight! Thank you SO MUCH for being there. Turns out the Edinburgh comedy awards attended too, so lucky I had a good one! #edinburgh #edfringe2026 #edinburghfestival</description><pubDate>17 Aug 2026 23:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcv3uny4s2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mtabanex5k2r</link><description>Every day at #edfringe is potentially life-changing. You can&#39;t afford to give each moment less than everything.</description><pubDate>16 Aug 2026 22:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtabanex5k2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mt2dshier22x</link><description>Leith!</description><pubDate>14 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2dshier22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msuqjrcdz225</link><description>Today is known as suicide Wednesday because no one turns out to any shows! I&#39;ve two press booked to attend but no actual audience. Anyone who messages will get a free ticket! And a hug, beating or lap dance, as preferred. 10.05pm @GreensideVenue George Street. #edfringe #edfringe2026 #edinburgh</description><pubDate>12 Aug 2026 08:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuqjrcdz225</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mspr7iwab22a</link><description>Now a restaurant critic apparently. I&#39;m not interested in food but I do really like free stuff. Hopefully that doesn&#39;t come across. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/i-tried-the-london-restaurant-serving-classy-kentish-grub-343675/</description><pubDate>10 Aug 2026 09:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspr7iwab22a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msngod57oc2d</link><description>5 star review in Counterculture magazine! Absolutely flipping ecstatic.&#xA;&#xA;https://countercultureuk.com/category/edinburgh-fringe-festival/</description><pubDate>09 Aug 2026 11:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msngod57oc2d</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msmfhwe7l22o</link><description>Today&#39;s Edinburgh revelation: everyone yawns during the shows. It&#39;s not personal. Your audience is knackered, half-drunk, windswept and jet-lagged, and however fascinating you are, the joy of a nice sit down in a warm dark room steals over their fading senses.  #edfringe #edinburgh #edfringe2026</description><pubDate>09 Aug 2026 01:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmfhwe7l22o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mskj7gprsc2r</link><description>First show done! Got about 20. Weird playing to an audience that don&#39;t know anything about me, many of whom aren&#39;t British, simply taking a punt on a random. Think I must go slower and explain better tonight. But overall, solid start, with room for improvement, B+. #edfringe #fringe #edinburgh</description><pubDate>08 Aug 2026 07:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskj7gprsc2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mse5nladt22q</link><description>I have been given a square foot of dressing room carpet to store my shit. Which contains a plug! Verily the Edinburgh gods are smiling down upon me.</description><pubDate>05 Aug 2026 18:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse5nladt22q</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msbqulyjoc2i</link><description>It&#39;s a great surprise and huge relief how many Fringe performers are as socially awkward as I am. We are busily bonding over how excruciating we find these endless parties.</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 19:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbqulyjoc2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msbigrlmrc2i</link><description>Just been told I was brilliant on Traitors. I will take that.</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbigrlmrc2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msavbzlwqc2t</link><description>Waiting in the woods for unsuspecting travellers.</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 11:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msavbzlwqc2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msaokc22ls2t</link><description>Someone has stolen the base of the kettle in the boys&#39; kitchen! A prankster? A drunk? Surely it can&#39;t be of any actual use to anyone? Keep ferrying mugs of tea back from the girls&#39; kitchen like some weird submissive eunuch go-between.</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 09:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaokc22ls2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3msamglwfz22t</link><description>I have met the terrifyingly efficient Mia now. She&#39;s over from NYC telling ghost stories at noon, and fears my show is on too late for her. I told her twice I was EXTREMELY SHY in the hope she won&#39;t expect to hang out.</description><pubDate>04 Aug 2026 08:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3msamglwfz22t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3ms6a35jr622j</link><description> Waiting in spoons for a zoom with an Australian sex therapist who suggest we combine shows and tour Oz together, although a speedy stalk of her socials suggests she&#39;s anti porn and will therefore surely be anti me.</description><pubDate>03 Aug 2026 09:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6a35jr622j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3ms652dfroc2p</link><description>Communal kitchens at Queen Margaret University. I am already terrified of Mia. Going into Edinburgh proper today!</description><pubDate>03 Aug 2026 08:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms652dfroc2p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/melissartodd.bsky.social/post/3mrxz663xuc2e</link><description>Sat through all 3 hours and 40 minutes! It was a flawed but fascinating attempt to make Aeschylus contemporary. Glad I went. Have some doubts about some of the directorial decisions, but god, the performances.</description><pubDate>31 Jul 2026 22:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:strkctpok7vt5wrde4qlgnzi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxz663xuc2e</guid></item></channel></rss>