Episode 54: LYDIA LUNCH – HARSHING THE PSYCHO-PATRIARCHY WITH PERI/MENOPAUSAL FURY

⚡️MENOPUNKS PODCAST ⚡️

November 13, 2026 ∙ 58 mins

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⚡️In this episode we get down with the one and only “QUEEN OF HARSH” LYDIA LUNCH for a candid, rollicking and unfiltered conversation about making art, refusing to be silenced, and taking women’s experiences seriously.

Lydia looks back on finding her voice as a misanthropic No-Wave teen, moving to New York, performing spoken word, booking her own shows, and handling hostile mostly male audiences with her signature brand of razor witted cUntfrontationalism.

We dive into her own menopause/hormone adventures, her in-utero "untwinning", the twisted state of women’s health, the cruel effects of misinformation, and the importance of discussing peri/menopause and sexual health openly.

We also laugh our asses off about aging, libido, pleasure, the magic of “cl*t stiffies”, and how Menopunkal fury will play a role in dismantling the “psycho” patriarchy. 💥✊⚡️


💥It was a beyond a blast speaking to this sister-witch Menopunk legend about health and bodies, joy and humor, power, politics, radical art and how to raise our voices make tectonic change in this wild world. YOU FCKNG RULE LYDIA! 💥


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Episode

55

Date

November 13, 2026

Length

58 mins
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  • Episode 8: REIGNITING CREATIVITY IN PERI/MENOPAUSE with Shannon Funchess of Light Asylum

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  • Episode 4: F*CKING CANCER BACK WITH HRT with Nikki Kuehl NP/Menopause Specialist

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⚡️MENOPUNKS PODCAST ⚡️

I’m filmmaker and musician Alicia J. Rose, and I want to empower women with the motherf$#@!% energy to start a hormonal revolution. By 2030, one billion women will be in menopause. One. Billion. Imagine if every man’s testosterone flatlined by 50 — you think the world would stay quiet about that? Welcome to menopause: complete hormonal upheaval. And perimenopause? She’s the […]

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