Join us as we kick off our 2026 Summer Season with an interview with Gia Drew (she/her) of EqualityMaine! In this episode, we chat LGBTQ+ advocacy in Maine, finding joy in movement work, and fighting against attacks on the trans community.

Speaking of attacks on the trans community--as of the airing of this episode, the anti-trans ballot question is now slated to no longer be on the ballot this November. Hooray! Those who are advocating for this ballot question (boo) are trying to appeal this decision as over 12,000 signatures were invalidated, leaving the initiative without enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. We will keep you up to date as this situation develops, but this update is good news.

Learn more:

https://www.equalitymaine.org/

https://www.freeandfairschools.com/

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Join our host Aspen for the final episode of our Winter 2026 season! This month, we're diving into the history of the hormonal birth control pill and how it was created. Big heads up for medical racism, medical sexism, and eugenics. How was the first birth control pill created? What does colonialism and the mistreatment of Puerto Ricans have to do with it? How did Catholicism play a factor? How do we balance the history of harm with the benefits birth control provides? While we don't have enough time to touch on everything around this important history, answer these questions and more in this episode of Reproductive Left!

Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/01/1179378121/the-story-of-how-the-birth-control-pill-was-invented-and-tested

https://www.history.com/articles/birth-control-pill-history-puerto-rico-enovid

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We're back for our second episode of the Winter 2026 season, and we're diving into long-acting reversible contraceptives (aka LARCs)! How do LARCs work? How many kinds are there? What kind of pain management is available? Speaking of pain management, what is the deal with pain and IUD insertions? Answer these questions and more as our host dives into LARCs!

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Information about Nexplanon being expanded to 5 years efficacy-> https://www.organon.com/news/organon-announces-us-food-and-drug-administration-approval-of-supplemental-new-drug-application-extending-duration-of-use-of-nexplanon-etonogestrel-implant-68-mg-radiopaque/

Join us as we kick off our Winter 2026 season with an episode about condoms! How long have they been around? How useful are they? How many kinds are there? How will our host sneak in a pasta analogy? Answer these questions as we dive into the world of condoms!

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Join us for our last episode of the Fall 2025 Season! Our host Aspen is back with more hot takes--this time, focusing on body hair and its removal, particularly through a gendered lens. When did it become common for women in the US to remove their body hair, and why? Why do so many razor commercials targeted at women feature a woman shaving her already hairless legs? What makes so many men insist that women having body hair is unhygienic? Join Aspen as they strive to answer these questions and more on this episode of Reproductive Left!

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Join us for our Fall 2025 season kick-off as our host Aspen shares their hot takes on online fetish content. More specifically, they'll be diving into "trad wife" content as fetish content, along with talking about how some real "go-getter" misogynists trick other people online into fulfilling their kink. We hope you enjoy this wild start to the season!

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We're wrapping up our Summer 2025 season with an interview with our very own Nurse Practitioner MaryAlice to discuss endometriosis! Join our host Aspen as they ask MaryAlice all of the questions you didn't know you had about endometriosis. What is it? How is it diagnosed and treated? Is there any hope of relief for those with endometriosis? What's the deal with the state of endometriosis research? Listen to this episode to answer these questions and more! We'll see you for our Fall 2025 season at the end of September.

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We're continuing our Summer 2025 season with a dive into Diet Culture! Join our host Aspen as they discuss the ways that diet culture harms us and how it intersects with a range of topics. Who is harmed by diet culture? What does racism have to do with it? Answer these questions and more in this month's episode of Reproductive Left!

Introductory resource into what diet culture is-> https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/nutrition-and-dietetics/diet-culture

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We're kicking off our Summer 2025 season with an interview with Dr. Meaghan, local pelvic floor physical therapy extraordinaire! What even is the pelvic floor? Who has one? (Hint: everyone who has a pelvis) Can anything be done about pelvic pain? Answer these questions and more in this episode of Reproductive Left!

Learn more about Dr. Meaghan and her services at her website -> https://www.refinephysicaltherapy.com/

Check out her screening tool to see if pelvic floor physical therapy might be a good idea for you here -> https://bit.ly/4kBUIIl

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For our final Winter 2025 episode, our host Aspen is joined by Mabel's provider Dr. Nicole to discuss menopause and perimenopause! What are they? How common is menopause? What can people do to manage it? Answer these questions and more in this episode of Reproductive Left! We'll see you again in May to kick off our Summer 2025 season.

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