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- PERIODICAL
- VOL. 20: GONE BABY GONE
- VOL. 19: PAD PRIDE
- VOL. 18: XYZs of STIs
- VOL. 17: TAKING PRIDE IN PARENTHOOD
- VOL. 16: MOTHER’S DAY IS COMING: HERE ARE OUR DEMANDS
- VOL. 15: UNMARRIED & UNAPOLOGETIC
- VOL. 14: REWRITING THE SCRIPT
- VOL. 13: THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN
- VOL. 12: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND NEW BEGINNINGS
- VOLUMES 01 – 11
- VOL. 11: PUBERTY AND OTHER FAMILY MATTERS
- VOL. 10: DEAR ALLIES, WE LOVE YOU
- VOL. 09: A NEW NARRATIVE FOR SEX ED
- VOL. 08: THE ENDURING POWER OF PLEASURE
- VOL. 07: REPRO JUSTICE MEANS SUPPORTING PARENTS, TOO
- VOL. 06: THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES
- VOL. 05: AAPI IN THE REPRO CONVO
- VOL. 04: PERIODS ARE NORMAL – PERIOD.
- VOL. 03: GETTING FIRED UP FOR ENDO
- VOL. 02: CELEBRATING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH
- VOL. 01: ABORTION IS COMMUNITY
- PODCAST
- ALWAYS AND FOREVER – Lara Everly, Jessica Stamen and Elease Lui Stemp
- LONG LINE OF LADIES – Shaandiin Tome & Rayka Zehtabchi
- WHO GETS TO PARENT? – Timmia & Pere DeRoy
- SIMONE – Aisha Aiman
- COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO – Reema Maya Sengupta
- MY YEAR OF DICKS – Pamela Ribon & Sara Gunnarsdóttir
- REHEARSAL – Courtney Hope Thérond
- MISO – Kelly Walker, Mariah Bess & Alex Sgambati
- PREVIOUS EPISODES
- LA MACANA – Maria Mealla
- OUTSIDE THE GENDER CONSTRUCT – Kevin Shane
- SWEET POTATOES – Rommel Villa
- SEX ED – Dr. Julia VanRooyen
- HEROINES – Katia Badalian
- MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW – Julia Kennelly
- PLACENTA PATÉ – Tia Salisbury
- UNDUE BURDENS – Andrea Raby & Marie Khan
- AAPI IN THE REPRO CONVO – Lilly Hu & Seri Lee
- A PERIOD PIECE – Shuchi Talati
- ON THE DIVIDE – Maya Cueva & Leah Galant
- END-O – Elaine Gracie
- THE ENDO CO feat. Jenne Rishe
- REBYRTH – Cydney Tucker and Imani Byers
- THIS IS NOT A LOVE LETTER feat. Ariel Zucker, Daryl Paris Bright, & Isabel Pask
- PLAYLIST
- FILM ARCHIVE
- ASK AN EXPERT
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Always and Forever]
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Long Line of Ladies]
- Be proactive about your sexual health and minimize your risk of STIs
- Jimanekia Eborn of Tending the Garden
- Questions for Reflection – Who Gets To Parent?
- Nisha Ahuja
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Rehearsal]
- Sexual fantasies from a teenage girl’s perspective
- 6 Things A Midwife Wants You To Know About Pleasure
- Storyteller Kristen Morley on using virtual reality to tell her abortion story
- The ‘Sweet Genius’ of Agnès Varda & the Pleasure of Female Friendship
- Talking About Consent
- The Key To Normalizing Conversations About Periods
- MY ENDO STORY: A REPRO ORIGINAL ESSAY.
- OUR STORY
- SUPPORT
- YouTube
- PERIODICAL
- VOL. 20: GONE BABY GONE
- VOL. 19: PAD PRIDE
- VOL. 18: XYZs of STIs
- VOL. 17: TAKING PRIDE IN PARENTHOOD
- VOL. 16: MOTHER’S DAY IS COMING: HERE ARE OUR DEMANDS
- VOL. 15: UNMARRIED & UNAPOLOGETIC
- VOL. 14: REWRITING THE SCRIPT
- VOL. 13: THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN
- VOL. 12: REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND NEW BEGINNINGS
- VOLUMES 01 – 11
- VOL. 11: PUBERTY AND OTHER FAMILY MATTERS
- VOL. 10: DEAR ALLIES, WE LOVE YOU
- VOL. 09: A NEW NARRATIVE FOR SEX ED
- VOL. 08: THE ENDURING POWER OF PLEASURE
- VOL. 07: REPRO JUSTICE MEANS SUPPORTING PARENTS, TOO
- VOL. 06: THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES
- VOL. 05: AAPI IN THE REPRO CONVO
- VOL. 04: PERIODS ARE NORMAL – PERIOD.
- VOL. 03: GETTING FIRED UP FOR ENDO
- VOL. 02: CELEBRATING BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH
- VOL. 01: ABORTION IS COMMUNITY
- PODCAST
- ALWAYS AND FOREVER – Lara Everly, Jessica Stamen and Elease Lui Stemp
- LONG LINE OF LADIES – Shaandiin Tome & Rayka Zehtabchi
- WHO GETS TO PARENT? – Timmia & Pere DeRoy
- SIMONE – Aisha Aiman
- COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO – Reema Maya Sengupta
- MY YEAR OF DICKS – Pamela Ribon & Sara Gunnarsdóttir
- REHEARSAL – Courtney Hope Thérond
- MISO – Kelly Walker, Mariah Bess & Alex Sgambati
- PREVIOUS EPISODES
- LA MACANA – Maria Mealla
- OUTSIDE THE GENDER CONSTRUCT – Kevin Shane
- SWEET POTATOES – Rommel Villa
- SEX ED – Dr. Julia VanRooyen
- HEROINES – Katia Badalian
- MARCY LEARNS SOMETHING NEW – Julia Kennelly
- PLACENTA PATÉ – Tia Salisbury
- UNDUE BURDENS – Andrea Raby & Marie Khan
- AAPI IN THE REPRO CONVO – Lilly Hu & Seri Lee
- A PERIOD PIECE – Shuchi Talati
- ON THE DIVIDE – Maya Cueva & Leah Galant
- END-O – Elaine Gracie
- THE ENDO CO feat. Jenne Rishe
- REBYRTH – Cydney Tucker and Imani Byers
- THIS IS NOT A LOVE LETTER feat. Ariel Zucker, Daryl Paris Bright, & Isabel Pask
- PLAYLIST
- FILM ARCHIVE
- ASK AN EXPERT
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Always and Forever]
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Long Line of Ladies]
- Be proactive about your sexual health and minimize your risk of STIs
- Jimanekia Eborn of Tending the Garden
- Questions for Reflection – Who Gets To Parent?
- Nisha Ahuja
- Reel Talk with Dr. Julia [Rehearsal]
- Sexual fantasies from a teenage girl’s perspective
- 6 Things A Midwife Wants You To Know About Pleasure
- Storyteller Kristen Morley on using virtual reality to tell her abortion story
- The ‘Sweet Genius’ of Agnès Varda & the Pleasure of Female Friendship
- Talking About Consent
- The Key To Normalizing Conversations About Periods
- MY ENDO STORY: A REPRO ORIGINAL ESSAY.
- OUR STORY
- SUPPORT
- YouTube

Vol. 5:
WE’LL BE HERE ALL YEAR
For May, we chose to align our content with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It just made sense: About two-thirds of the rePRO team is AAPI, and this community faces distinct reproductive health challenges.
At the same time, we feel a little funny about “heritage” and “history” months. After all, reproductive health is a concern every single month — and we’re committed to including the perspectives of Black, brown and indigenous people in the rePRO Periodical all year long.
That said, we’re glad to welcome director Lilly Hu and organizer Seri Lee (NAPAWF) to the Vol. 5 podcast to shed light on what reproductive care and sex education means for the AAPI community.
~ xo Team rePRO
COLD WALL
Directed by Lilly Hu (19m)
For her AFI thesis, Lilly Hu made a film about an international student facing both an unwanted pregnancy and cultural barriers that prevent her from accessing the care she needs.
As we move towards stricter abortion laws in the U.S., sex education and the dissemination of accurate information to young people becomes increasingly crucial — especially in cultures where these topics aren’t readily addressed.
After a classmate experiences a miscarriage in a school bathroom and a graphic video goes viral, 16-year-old international student Bei Bei — AKA Katie — realizes she can’t trust anyone. “Cold Wall” follows Bei Bei as she negotiates her own unwanted pregnancy in an American culture she doesn’t fully understand.
PERIODICAL PODCAST EPISODE 05
with special guests Lilly Hu and Seri Lee
Hosted by Asha Dahya
In our latest episode, Asha speaks with COLD WALL Director Lilly Hu, along with Seri Lee, the national campaign & membership director for the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF).
“It’s really important that there is (AAPI) representation in media and in film. But then there’s also the representation of just us doing things, of getting out there.”
— Seri Lee on being an Asian American organizer

Lilly Hu is a Chinese filmmaker who wrote and directed the short film “Cold Wall.” She is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory.

Seri Lee (they/she) is a community organizer, movement worker, and queer child of the Korean diaspora. Since 2018, Seri has worked at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and now serves as their National Campaign & Membership Director, building power with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to advance reproductive justice across the country. They dream of and work toward collective liberation.

HER PLACE’S JOYCE LEE IS BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF SEXUALLY EMPOWERED WOMEN, ONE RIBBON AT A TIME
“It’s a very scary place, to talk about sexual wellness,” says Joyce Lee, the founder of the beauty line Her Place. Nevertheless, Lee has placed sexuality at the center of her brand. We’ll be following along as Lee starts conversations about sexuality from an Asian American perspective.
ASIAN TROPES IN SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION BANS HAVE ADVOCATES WORRIED ABOUT WHAT’S TO COME
In the U.S., Asian Americans’ access to abortion is policed in in a highly specific way, as laws based on racial stereotypes are in effect across the country. ““It’s just a really awful attempt to chip away at our rights,” says Becca Asaki of NAPAWF.
(NBC News)
AAPI WOMEN HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED IN THE ABORTION FIGHT. BUT OUR VOICES MATTER.
“The model minority myth masks Asian Americans’ health-care needs, including those in reproductive health,” writes Sung Yeon Choimorrow, who leads the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum. The org has conducted groundbreaking research into AAPI women’s attitudes about and use of abortion services.
(The Lily)
THE DANGERS OF DATING AS AN ASIAN WOMAN: ‘FETISHIZATION ISN’T APPRECIATION
“For centuries, Asian American women have faced a lose-lose situation when it comes to desirability,” writes Jenna Ryu. The way Asian women are portrayed as submissive and/or hyper-sexualized carries serious health implications, from diminished self-esteem to sexual violence — and we need to talk about it.
My Life Growing Up Asian in America
Edited by CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) / Introduction by SuChin Pak
Thirty Asian Americans reflect on their identities in an essay collection that functions as “a celebration of community, a call to action, and a road map for a brighter future.” Support AAPI creators by ordering a copy or requesting it at your library.
The book features contributions from bestselling authors Melissa de la Cruz, Marie Lu, and Tanaïs; journalists Amna Nawaz, Edmund Lee, and Aisha Sultan; TV and film writers Teresa Hsiao, Heather Jeng Bladt, and Nathan Ramos-Park; and industry leaders Ellen K. Pao and Aneesh Raman, among many more.
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Through advocacy and research, NAPAWF fights for abortion access for AAPI people, who struggle with “language barriers, cultural stigmas, and low rates of insurance coverage for our most vulnerable members.”
Joy Sauce
We’re loving this new entertainment platform for Asian American and Pacific Islanders. “Joy Sauce’s approach is to create a space where our joy and power are radically celebrated,” writes founder Jonathan Sposato. “I believe that strong and powerful AAPI imagery has the potential to reframe the status quo.” One of our faves: a first-person essay about trans identity.
JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
Our rePRO Community is heading to Facebook (for now!)
Join us in our newly created rePRO Film Community Group, a safe space to discuss our monthly films, conversations, media and the state of repro healthcare and justice. You may post anonymously, and we ask that everyone be kind and respectful. No hateful language allowed!
UNDERWRITERS
Many thanks to the additional underwriters who have joined us, allowing the rePRO team to bring you the Periodical for free each month.