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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Showed my teen a photo of 1990 Julia Roberts and she said that’s what my hair looked like when I was a teenager. She is not wrong.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Please read this important, underreported on, and beautifully written story.

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 07/10/2026

Cassy Lee is a middle-school librarian based in California. In a new comic as part of Xtra’s “Comics Against Censorship” series, she reflects on how having access to affirming books enriches the lives of her queer and trans students. xtramagazine.com/culture/scho...

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How school librarians hold space in the stacks for queer students | Xtra Magazine

As an affirming librarian, my work is not indoctrination. It is celebration

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Launched a big and longtime coming project at Xtra today! It's Banned Books Week and we're championing the freedom to read. Read Banned Books. Keep up the fight against the censorship of LGBTQ2S+ content, identities and lives.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My entire childhood happened while the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka rapes, murders, and case did. The news has always been the scariest media.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My teen is a Wings fan and my coparent is a nerd. I am enjoying texting them in our group chat about George Lucas being at tonight’s playoff game.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nobody told me watching basketball would keep me up so late

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just received multiple emails asking me to review a product I purchased in April 2025

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One more week to apply! Share with your smart video-forward journalist friends! Part-time hours; queer workplace, horrors (of the news cycle variety) and fun! Must be based in Canada. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/so...

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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godless dustbin 👻 @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello, it is Monday now so perhaps people are thinking about work. Please consider sharing this job posting with smart Canadians who know about queer and trans issues and culture. Social video experience a must; journalism experience a huge asset. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is September and I have officially purchased my first holiday gift. It is almost October and Chanukah is early this year (and our family’s Oct-Nov is very intense with some big unknowns).

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Xtra is hiring a social video producer! Remote (anywhere in Canada), part-time (21 hrs/wk), fun (I think)! We want someone experienced w/ social video & knowledgeable about LGBTQ2S+ politics & culture in Canada and the U.S.; the serious, the unserious, the discourse. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is so kind! I think this can be a particularly fun gig for someone with the right instincts and experience - not a lot of other places to respond to queer news quickly

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Xtra Magazine hiring Social Video Producer in Canada | LinkedIn

Posted 11:32:14 PM. Do you want to help make the world better for queer and trans folks through social media?Xtra…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A fun thing about being a gendered, bodied, person within diet culture is when the woman sitting next to you has to get her boyfriend to finish her meal because she is sooo full, and you are eating the same thing

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 25/09/2026

“We love seeing beautiful gay men make out onscreen, but there are others who deserve to see themselves as well,” says “Slo Pitch” director J Stevens. xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...

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‘Slo Pitch’ is swinging to end the one-season queer TV curse | Xtra Magazine

Director J Stevens says the series brings “queer stupidity”—and joy—to our screens

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Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

if the only outcome of reporting is harassment and meme-making, the story probably shouldn't have been reported.

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 24/09/2026

A mainstream publication making queer and disabled people the butt of the joke isn’t just poor taste—it’s harmful journalism. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

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The lesbian bar discourse should have never left the group chat | Xtra Magazine

A mainstream publication making queer and disabled people the butt of the joke isn’t just poor taste—it’s harmful journalism

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There was when we went a couple of weeks ago too!

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The real question is: Can you be a managing editor during perimenopause? I know I don't remember things, so I write them down. Now I don't remember where I wrote them down. 🫠

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Anyone else miss when the internet discourse cycle was about bringing iced coffee to a job interview?

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes it's hard to choose a writer for a story; sometimes you literally know someone whose social media handle is @lezzie-borden.bsky.social

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Big change happening at Xtra! Wishing Mel the best and know we’ll work together again!

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Solidarity with everyone who has a horrible ex-boyfriend who looks like Macklemore

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sheer spite press @sheerspite.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

so grateful to @cohaug.bsky.social at @xtramagazine.com for a lovely conversation about my book! (also sorry if this is how you are finding out that i am soooo tiny like the size of a teacup but i do think that makes the book extra inspirational) xtramagazine.com/culture/book...

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How do we sustain friendships in a world on fire? | Xtra Magazine

Lee Arden’s book “The Politics of Lonely” delves into the structural causes of our loneliness

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More @nikostratis.com and more SOPHIE on what would have been her 40th: xtramagazine.com/culture/soph... (Full disclosure: I scheduled that Xtra post and don't think I knew this other article existed.)

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Saying goodbye to SOPHIE | Xtra Magazine

Remembering the boundary-breaking 34-year-old trans musician’s life and legacy

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

INBOX: Science retracted a news article this week after editors found that the author (likely an AI agent) impersonated the identity of an established science journalist, both with editors and sources in the story. Furthermore, two of the quotes provided were plagiarized: (h/t @wudan.bsky.social)

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Your heartbeat quietly shapes how your brain processes information

Frequently ignored bodily rhythms may be skewing neuroscience experiments

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026

Today is a good day to follow and donate to news outlets that take a strong stand against Generative AI. Even though we are not perfect (this is a war unleashed by tech oligarchs against conscience and creativity), we are trying, and we need you to lock arms with us: go.bsky.app/8cn1XfT

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My daughter and I are close, at least I thought we were, but she just accused me of “writing about Harry Styles all the time.” Have I EVER written about Harry Styles???

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Oh, yes, this is what I was saying! Like, having different colours called "nude" is a start... kind of? But it still assumes "regular nude" is Barbie colour.

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just saw a product with the colours "nude" and "dark nude." And while I have seen worse, it is actually fine to say "peach," "beige," and "brown."

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My teen: “This will be our first Tempo game with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer mascots:”

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 16/09/2026

A Cree First Nation has announced its intention to use treaty rights to become a safe haven for Alberta’s trans and Two-Spirit youth to access gender-affirming care. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

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Saddle Lake Cree Nation wants to override Alberta’s gender-affirming care restrictions | Xtra Magazine

The First Nation says treaty rights grant it healthcare sovereignty on its land

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I often feel like I’m failing at parenting but yesterday my teen and I both reached for a dress at the consignment shop and said “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” and it turns out I am a great success

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At the writing-tragic-emails-to-health-providers part of my week. I am struggling with ongoing pain (different than my chronic pain, but six months in now, and quite acute).

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anyone remember this deep dive on "the making of Caitlin Clark" from a bit ago? Was it Defector? Help, please!

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Love to receive an email from Hydro saying my power is out and will be back on… one hour before the email was sent

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Let it be known I was taking it in the wrong direction 🙃

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Let it be known that I am on the Eglington LRT

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Tara-Michelle Ziniuk @tmziniuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There is a bird making such a weird noise that I was sure teen boys were behind me making it until I passed it

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 08/09/2026

My first brush with a kind of violent, public strain of homophobia that has defined my summer was on a sweltering June day in Toronto. It only continued from there. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...

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My summer of homophobia | Xtra Magazine

Strangers have called me a “faggot” several times since June. Why do people seem to hate me more than ever?

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