I am the Ranch Baby, the Ranch Baby is me

Welcome to Ranch Baby!

Hi! I’m Mel Woods. I’m a writer with a decade of experience making stuff online. I’m currently the senior editor, audience engagement at Xtra Magazine, where I make TikTok videos, call out transphobes, and help bring our award-winning journalism to readers around the world. Prior to joining Xtra I worked at the late, great HuffPost Canada before its untimely demise. My work’s appeared in the CBC, Slate, Vice, The Tyee, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail and a bunch of other places. I live in Vancouver. I have two perfect cats. I play competitive Magic: The Gathering and I love ranch dressing (obviously).

Ranch Baby is my personal newsletter project: a place to share my day-to-day work, along with some new original content I'm excited to have a space to write and share.

Subscribe for free right now to get Ranch Baby sent straight to your inbox! So many social media platforms are actively evil right now, and this is my way of reclaiming some online space and building a lil community.

Maybe one day we'll monetize things, but to start Ranch Baby is 100 per cent free to join. So grab your pizza/chicken tendie/carrot stick or other vessel of choice and dip on in!

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