⚡️MENOPUNKS PODCAST ⚡️

Episode 35: ACTIVATING THE RADICAL POWER OF QUEER AUTHENTICITY with JD Samson

❤️‍🔥 The absolutely wonderful musician/educator/activist JD Samson of Le Tigre and MEN joins Menopunks this week to get deep into the their storied life of defying binary expectations, ditching self imposed bodily shame, breaking through feminization fear of HRT, using intuition to guide creative process and personal style, accessing HRT in Perimenopause to curb symptoms early, how to cultivate peri/meno community care, how much better the world will be once the queer matriarchy rises and a boatload of peri/meno hacks from Alicia !! We loved talking to you JD!  Thank you for sharing so beautifully and vulnerably. 😍❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️⚡️MORE ABOUT JD SAMSON❤️‍🔥Menopunks Podcast is empowered by Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette ❤️‍🔥⚡️WE SEE U❤️‍🔥WE HEAR U❤️‍🔥WE ARE U❤️‍🔥WE GOT U⚡️🤘HORMONES ARE HEALTHCARE🤘⚡️⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED ICONS ⚡️🎬⚡️JOIN THE MENOPUNKS MOVEMENT FOR HORMONAL ACCESS & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE: www.menopunks.com ⚡️#menopause #perimenopause #transmasc #hormonesarehealthcare  #menopunks #transrightsarehumanrightsCHAPTERS:00:31 Introduction to Menopunks Podcast00:37 Introduction to JD Samson and their Journey06:03 Teaching and Learning from Students09:06 The Impact of Social Media on Creativity11:15 The Story Behind Joining La Tigre13:53 Navigating Gender Identity in the Music Scene16:18 The Sexualization and Visibility of Gender Expression19:12 The Importance of Vulnerability in Art21:47 Reproductive Health and Hormonal Experiences24:33 Facing Perimenopause and Hormonal Changes27:24 Navigating Hormone Therapy Choices28:36 Understanding Hormone Impact on Health29:27 The Journey Through Menopause30:21 Debunking Myths Around Hormone Therapy31:51 The Testosterone Conversation33:14 The Importance of Hormonal Balance34:25 The Role of Hormones in Health35:22 Inclusion in the Hormonal Conversation36:44 Vaginal Estrogen and Its Benefits38:29 Misinformation and Hormonal Health39:45 Generational Perspectives on Hormone Use41:48 The Importance of Preventative Healthcare44:09 Recognizing Symptoms of Hormonal Changes45:53 Optimizing Hormonal Health46:44 The Importance of Gender Affirming Care49:24 Hormonal Health and Longevity54:20 The Historical Context of Hormone Therapy57:16 The Current State of Hormone Access01:03:03 Empowerment Through Hormonal Understanding01:05:54 The Vision for a Hormone-Informed Future01:10:56 Introduction to Menopunks and Its Movement01:10:57 Exploring the Cultural Impact of Menopause

Episode 34: DEMANDING HORMONAL ACCESS & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE FOR ALL WITH Moji Alawode-El & Lizz Winstead

⚡️On this weeks pod we laugh-cry and deep dive into plotting a misandrist uprising with Moji Alawode-El & Lizz Winstead the founders of Abortion Access Front & Co-Hosts of Feminist Buzzkills Podcast! ⚡️Two of our absolute favorite voices on the frontlines fighting for our rights, Moji & Lizz join Alicia to share their brilliant activist tactics to counter abortion bans, the importance of sharing our peri/meno and abortion stories, how they fight misogyny with genius comedy every week, the universally beneficial power of disrupting gender bias in healthcare, how the attack on our trans community is an attack on everyone, envisioning a future with ENSURED ACCESS TO HRT & REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE for all and so much more! ⚡️⚡️Felt so good to laugh so hard during times as FCKED as these!  Thx for joining us Moji & Lizz!! Yr the best! ⚡️MORE ABOUT ABORTION ACCESS FRONTFEMINIST BUZZKILLS PODCAST⁠MOJI ON IG⁠⁠LIZZ ON IG⁠💥Listen to Feminist Buzzkills Pod and share your medication abortion stories with Abortion Access Front post-haste! They are doing the BEST WORK!💥 ⚡️HORMONES ARE HEALTHCARE⚡️❤️‍🔥MENOPUNKS PODCAST IS NOW EMPOWERED BY Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette! Visit PPCW.ORG to make an appointment with a peri/meno trained clinician today. ❤️‍🔥⚡️WE SEE U❤️‍🔥WE HEAR U❤️‍🔥WE ARE U❤️‍🔥WE GOT U⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED CELEBRITY CULTURE BEARERS ⚡️🎬 🎤🤘🏼 Alicia J. Rose⚡️GET ON THE LIST: www.menopunks.com ⚡️CHAPTERS 00:31 Introduction to Menopunks Podcast00:37 Introduction to the Metapunks Podcast and Guests03:32 The Role of Humor in Activism06:27 Overview of Abortion Access Front (AAF)09:19 Feminist Buzzkills Podcast: A Platform for Reproductive Rights12:06 The State of Reproductive Rights and Activism14:49 The Need for Accountability and Change17:24 Hormonal Justice and Women's Health19:25 The Hormone Gap: A Hidden Crisis21:27 Empowerment Through Hormones: Breaking the Stigma23:54 The Trust Deficit: Women of Color and Medical Innovation26:51 The Importance of Sharing Stories: Building Community29:27 The Fight for Women's Health: Advocacy and Action34:57 Mobilizing for Change: The Menopunkapalooza Initiative39:43 The Power of Storytelling40:29 Navigating Menopause: A Generational Gap42:06 Feminism and the Evolution of Women's Health45:05 The Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism46:44 Backlash and the Trad Wife Phenomenon49:06 Cultural Extraction and Collective Trauma52:53 The Role of Art in Social Change01:00:05 The Hormonal Conversation: Women's Needs and Desires01:04:39 Andropause and Hormonal Imbalance: A Shared Experience01:08:25 Gender Affirming Care: A Human Right01:12:08 Imagining a Better Future: A Matriarchal Vision01:19:48 Empowerment Through Hormones: Personal Experiences and Insights01:23:26 Introduction to Menopunks and Its Movement01:23:27 Exploring the Cultural Impact of Menopause#menopause #perimenopause #menopunks #hormonesarehealthcare

Episode 33: DOUBLING DOWN ON THE DEFIANT POWER OF MENOPAUSE with Peaches

⚡️🌈❤️‍🔥On this weeks pod we talk to the absolutely brilliant and hilarious Peaches Nisker about next leveling your power during/after peri/menopause! We dive into her wild and surprising ride into early meno at 40, her bumpy journey seeking hormonal relief, her beautiful commitment to maximizing Queer joy and liberation, how to lean into midlife creativity with serious sass and vigor, how to unite community on the road to revolution, how to inspire inter-generational change in dark times and SO. MUCH. MORE.  It was a bucket list dream come true to ask all our burning Q’s, get a chance to know the fabulous musical empath behind the magical performances she delivers night after night and turn her on to vaginal estrogen!! Thank you for sharing yourself with us cause MENOPUNKS are here for it!!🤘😍🤘⚡️💥ITS MENOPUNKAPALOOZA WEEK!💥⚡️Catch the WORLD PREMIERE of the new Menopunks Documentary teaser featuring PEACHES this Friday 6/26 at the MENOPUNKAPALOOZA KICKOFF SHOW with Prism Bitch, Darkswoon and Night Brunch Doors6/Show 7 ⚡️ ALL AGES⚡️TICKETS: https://linktr.ee/menopunks⭐️ALL MENOPUNKAPALOOZA SHOWS BENEFIT THE MAKING OF MENOPUNKS DOCUMENTARY⭐️MORE ABOUT PEACHES💥CATCH PEACHES ON TOUR THIS FALL IN THE STATES💥❤️‍🔥MENOPUNKS PODCAST IS NOW EMPOWERED BY Planned Parenthood Columbia Wiillamette !!!❤️‍🔥⚡️WE SEE U❤️‍🔥WE HEAR U❤️‍🔥WE ARE U❤️‍🔥WE GOT U⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED CELEBRITY CULTURE BEARERS ⚡️🎬 🎤 ALICIA J. ROSEDESIGN: JEN SBRAGIADISTRIBUTION: RUINOUS MEDIA⚡️GET ON THE LIST: www.menopunks.com ⚡️CHAPTERS:00:00 Introduction and Welcome02:34 Celebration and Connection Through Music05:36 Intergenerational Joy and Community08:51 Navigating Menopause and Hormone Therapy12:24 The Impact of Hormones on Creativity15:47 Normalizing Conversations Around Menopause19:52 Exploring Hormonal Health and Well-being24:06 The Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy27:09 Personal Experiences with Hormonal Treatments29:21 The Need for Menopause Education33:41 The Controversy of Testosterone36:03 Gender Affirming Care and Its Challenges39:00 The Intersection of Politics and Gender Identity43:02 Censorship and Artistic Expression in Germany44:36 The Fight for Rights and Community45:30 Hormone Therapy and Women's Health48:20 Empowerment Through Access to Hormones50:22 Matriarchal Rise and Societal Change52:08 Finding Joy and Pleasure in Life56:01 Peaches' New Music and Tour Plans01:01:57 Introduction to Menopunk and Its Movement01:01:58 Exploring the Cultural Impact of Menopause#menopause #perimenopause #hormonesarehealthcare

Episode 32: TRANSFORMING MIDLIFE CARE TO EMPOWER A HORMONAL REVOLUTION with Dr. Sara Kennedy & Dr. Kate Shaw of Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette

⚡️WOOHOO IT’S MENOPUNKAPALOOZA MONTH!🎸🥁💥 ❤️‍🔥 PLANNED PARENTHOOD is now an empowering sponsor of MENOPUNKAPALOOZA - 2 days of Menopunk powered concerts and PERI/MENO RESOURCE FAIR June 26/27 IN Portland OR❤️‍🔥 ⁠⁠⁠⚡️TICKETS FOR MENOPUNKAPALOOZA ⚡️⁠⁠⁠ ⚡️On this weeks pod we talk with the brilliant leaders at the helm of PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE - Dr Kate Shaw OB/GYN CMOO & Dr. Sara Kennedy OB/GYN CEO about the ground breaking work PPCW is doing to usher in a hormonal revolution! ⚡️ ⚡️We got all the deets about their bold double down on midlife care - including easily accessible telehealth, how they retrained ALL their clinicians to be up to date peri/meno educated, how reframing hormones as basic preventative healthcare is imperative to quality of life, how empowerment thru hormone health can be transformative for women and all those that support them, how compassionate evidence based patient care drives PPCW's focus and how we MUST supercharge the message that PPCW & PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH CENTERS PROVIDE MENOPAUSE AND PERIMENOPAUSE CARE INCLUDING PRESCRIBING HRT!💥⚡️ ⁠MORE ABOUT MIDLIFE SERVICES AT PPCW⁠ ❤️‍🔥MENOPUNKS PODCAST IS NOW EMPOWERED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE !!!❤️‍🔥⚡️ We are honored to amplify PPCW's FANTASTIC midlife care services. Once riot grrrls and upstart punks, now rockstar crones ready to riot, we are going to shout from the rooftops that PPCW is here to help Menopunks get the care they need, wherever they need it - RIGHT NOW. 💥HORMONES ARE HEALTHCARE! Perimenopause and menopause are natural transitions-but that doesn’t mean you have to manage the symptoms on your own. Whether you’re experiencing hot flashes, mood changes, sleep disruption, or changes in your sexual health, PPCW providers offer personalized, evidence-based care to help you feel like yourself again. From symptom management to long-term wellness, PPCW is here to support you at every stage of the transition. In-person or via telehealth, expert care is within reach when you need it. Visit ppcw.org to make an appointment today! 💥 WE SEE U❤️‍🔥WE HEAR U❤️‍🔥WE ARE U❤️‍🔥WE GOT U ⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED CELEBRITY ICONS ⚡️🎬 ⚡️GET ON THE LIST: www.menopunks.com ⚡️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction to Planned Parenthood and the Podcast 03:52 The Importance of Midlife Care 06:45 Understanding Menopause and Perimenopause 09:34 The Impact of Education on Women's Health 12:20 Generational Shifts in Women's Health Advocacy 14:58 The Role of Hormones in Women's Health 17:38 The Women's Health Initiative and Its Consequences 20:03 Current Challenges in Women's Health 23:05 Access to Care and Telehealth Solutions 25:46 The Future of Women's Health Care 30:24 Normalizing Hormone Therapy Discussions 33:02 The Importance of Being Heard in Healthcare 36:01 Expanding Midlife Care Across the Nation 39:37 Accessing Care at Planned Parenthood 41:38 Driving Change Through Patient Advocacy 45:58 Understanding Perimenopause and Hormone Therapy 51:27 The Impact of Recent FDA Decisions on Hormone Therapy 55:12 Transforming Midlife Care 56:30 Hormones as Preventative Healthcare 58:07 Empowerment Through Hormonal Health 01:00:31 The Future of Women's Health 01:03:07 The Fight for Health Equity 01:04:55 Menopunks and Planned Parenthood Collaboration 01:06:33 Accessing Hormonal Care 01:12:58 Finding Care with PPCW 01:20:39 Introduction to Menopunk and Its Movement 01:20:40 Exploring the Cultural Impact of Menopause

Episode 31: BEATING DOWN THE PATRIARCHAL SHAME SPIRAL IN PERI/MENOPAUSE with Teresa Esguerra of Prism Bitch

⚡️WOOHOO IT’S MENOPUNKAPALOOZA MONTH!🎸🥁💥 ❤️‍🔥 CATCH Teresa's band PRISM BITCH FRIDAY 6/26 at the Mission Theater in Portland with NIGHT BRUNCH AND DARKSWOON 🎸⚡️ ⁠⚡️TICKETS FOR MENOPUNKAPALOOZA ⚡️⁠ ⚡️On this weeks episode, we talk to Teresa Esguerra - incredible drummer of Prism Bitch & Built to Spill ! 😍❤️‍🔥 We deep dive into Teresa’s kismetic musical history, how to escape the patriarchal shame spiral of peri/menopause, how to listen to your body and know what the hell it’s trying to tell you, how to overcome misplaced fear of hormones, how to inform yourself about peri/menopause when your community doesn’t, how to tap into surprising new creative territory in midlife, how hysterectomies should be a last resort not an “easy fix” to women’s pain, how GENX rockers are destined to lead the way to a hormonal revolution and so much more! ❤️‍🔥 🌈Teresa thank u for sharing and laughing your buns off with us! Yr the fcking coolest!! 🥁😍🌈 ❤️‍🔥MORE ABOUT TERESA❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥MORE ABOUT PRISM BITCH❤️‍🔥 ⚡️TICKETS FOR MENOPUNKAPALOOZA ⚡️ WE SEE U❤️‍🔥WE HEAR U❤️‍🔥WE ARE U❤️‍🔥WE GOT U MENOPUNKS PODCAST IS EMPOWERED BY PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE🤘❤️‍🔥 ⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED CELEBRITY ICONS ⚡️🎬🎤 Alicia J. Rose ⚡️GET ON THE LIST: www.menopunks.com ⚡️ SUBSCRIBE⚡️AMPLIFY⚡️SUPPORT DESIGN: JEN SBRAGIA DISTRO: RUINOUS MEDIA CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction to Menopunks Podcast 03:52 Musical Journey and Touring Life 06:23 Navigating Menopause and Health Challenges 09:04 Understanding Hysterectomy and Its Implications 11:38 Hormonal Health and Healthcare Inequities 13:48 Personal Experiences with Menopause and Music 16:10 The Impact of Hormones on Health and Well-being 18:03 Conversations on Women's Health and Advocacy 22:30 The Callousness of Women's Healthcare 25:42 Hormones and Aging: A Gendered Perspective 26:55 The Impact of COVID on Women's Health 27:49 Generational Wins in Hormone Therapy 29:32 The Fight for Women's Health Rights 34:40 The Echo Chamber of Misinformation 36:23 Empowerment Through Music and Identity 43:06 The Struggle for Acceptance of Science 43:43 Navigating Hormone Therapy Options 45:38 Understanding Hormone Therapy and Self-Titration 47:21 Breaking the Stigma Around Hormone Therapy 48:49 The Burden of Suffering and Societal Expectations 52:07 The Importance of Access to Hormone Therapy 54:22 Reclaiming Hormone Therapy from Weaponization 55:47 The Cultural and Economic Costs of Hormone Access 01:01:30 Human Affirming Care Beyond Gender 01:02:30 Reimagining the Later Years 01:04:19 The Joy of Drumming and Hormonal Health 01:05:25 Patriarchy and Societal Expectations 01:07:01 Voices for Change 01:07:49 The Hormonal Access Crisis 01:10:00 Envisioning a Matriarchal Future 01:13:02 Collective Success and Community Care 01:15:14 Empowerment Through Knowledge and Action 01:20:58 Introduction to Menopunk and Its Movement 01:20:59 Exploring the Cultural Impact of Menopause