Episode 1: HORMONALLY RADICALIZED & READY TO RUMBLE with Dr. Aoife O’Sullivan, Menopause Specialist
⚡️MENOPUNKS PODCAST ⚡️Show Notes
⚡️On this inaugural episode of Menopunks Podcast filmmaker/musician Alicia J. Rose teams up with menopause specialist Dr. Aoife O’Sullivan to rip the stigmatized label off peri/menopause with radical insight and huge laughs. Dr. O'Sullivan shares how her own hormonal crash turned her from a by-the-book doc into a passionate women’s health advocate. Together, Alicia and Dr. O call out the BS of medical gaslighting, untangle the fallout from the Women’s Health Initiative Study, and torch the fear-mongering myths around hormone therapy. They also get into self-advocacy for quality of life, how the patriarchy is baked into modern medicine, and get into the rise of Menopunks— a rebellious movement spawned from the documentary-in-progress urging women to reclaim their health, their voices, and their power. Funny, frank, and fiercely human.
⚡️Menopunks are hormonally radicalized and ready to RUMBLE. ⚡️
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⚡️CREATED/HOSTED BY: ALICIA J. ROSE⚡️ ⚡️DESIGN: JEN SBRAGIA⚡️ ⚡️DISTRO: RUINOUS MEDIA ⚡️ ⚡️LEGAL: 6 MUSES⚡️ ⚡️THEME: PARTY WITCH⚡️
WE SEE YOU❤️🔥WE ARE YOU❤️🔥WE GOT YOU
⚡️HORMONES ARE HEALTHCARE⚡️
⚡️❤️🔥 MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY IN PRODUCTION 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 AND JOIN THE HORMONAL REVOLUTION ⚡️
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