For Valentine’s Day, Tell Us About an Animal Who Has Worked His or Her Way Into Your Heart
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
Quick: Think of an animal whom you’ve met in your life, who inched her or his way into your heart.
Perhaps it was your childhood kitty companion, who slept on your pillow, right beside your head, all throughout those awkward…
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Culture & Animals Foundation Funds Creative and Scholarly Projects (Deadline Approaching!)
Posted on 26. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
The Culture & Animals Foundation, headed up by visionary Tom Regan (yep — that Tom Regan, author of, among other things, The Case for Animal Rights), and his partner, Nancy, aims to advance animal advocacy through…
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Mariann and I are excited to be interviewed in the new paperback book, Vegans Are Cool, compiled by the passionate vegan advocate Kathy Divine — an Australian powerhouse who is responsible for the blog of the same name.…
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Our Flock is Expanding! Meet the Newest Our Hen House Chicks.
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
The squawk around Our Hen House is the exciting news that our flock is expanding, and it’s pretty clucking fantastic. Mariann and I are as proud as two gay Mother Hens.
First, Sally Tamarkin, whom you may know as our…
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OHH reviewer Jennifer Parrucci is back, this time with a review of a new thriller, Primacy, by J.E. Fishman.
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Growing up on Long Island, I heard tales of the spooky experiments that took place on Plum Island, a livestock…
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Episode 106: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”
Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 106th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Erik Marcus from Vegan.com.
In today’s episode, we gripe about the recent NYC subway ads that center around reducing your portion size as a way to reduce disease.…
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It’s that time of year again, and graduate students who care about animals need to get busy. Animal Welfare Trust is once again offering its amazing student grants to grad students who “have a demonstrated interest…
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Review: “Leakey’s Ladies,” Exploring the Lives of Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
If the animal rights community doesn’t yet know about the new play, Leakey’s Ladies, it’s time to rectify that immediately. Mariann and I had the true pleasure of seeing this “multidisciplinary exploration” of the lives of of Jane Goodall, Dian…
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Helping Vegan Parents Navigate the Not-So-Vegan Landscape
Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by Visiting Animal.
The issue of vegan parenting is a hot one that never seems to disappear from mainstream media, or from the much more inside-baseball land of AR communities. Joining us today is activist and mother Robyn Moore, creator of RaisingVegKids.com, who is…
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Our friends at VegFund have a unique and enticing opening for a part-time intern. For those of you who contact us asking how you can get involved with animal advocacy, learn from the best, and still manage your…
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Book Review: “Unlikely Friendships” by Jennifer S. Holland
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by Visiting Animal.
Joining us today in Our Hen House is attorney Samantha Rosenberg, who is giving us her take on the book, Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom, by Jennifer S. Holland.
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A Look Inside Unlikely Friendships
Review by…
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Episode 105: “When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
Posted on 14. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 105th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Lori Gruen.
In today’s episode, we discuss our foray into Brooklyn to visit the new all-vegan establishment that’s garnering tons of buzz, Dunwell Doughnuts. We’ll also…
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Finally! A How-To Guide to Change the World for Animals
Posted on 13. Jan, 2012 by Sally Tamarkin.
Like most activists, I am no stranger to improvisation. And I don’t mean the kind of improv we associate with sketch comedy, a stage, and peals of laughter. I am talking about the kind of thinking on your feet that…
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If you’re a lawyer or law student interested in animal law, you know that it is one of the fastest growing, and rapidly changing, fields of legal scholarship. It’s hard to keep up sometimes. And even if you’re not interested…
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Awards for Work in Critical Animal Studies and a Call for Presentations — Get Them in NOW!
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by Mariann Sullivan.
You still have a few days left (till January 15, 2012) to get in your nominations for the annual awards conferred by the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. The Britches Scholar of the Year award recognizes…
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Wallet-Friendly Webinars for Those Who Want to Change the World for Animals
Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
There are some intriguing webinars on the horizon that anyone who cares about animals needs to take note of. First, our friends over at Vegan Mainstream are offering some very compelling upcoming webinars that we should all make…
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Clear Your Schedule: Animal Law Conference Publishes Videos of Workshops
Posted on 09. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
Last October, Mariann and I had the honor of speaking at the Lewis & Clark Animal Law Conference in Portland, OR. In case you missed it, we even devoted an entire podcast episode to the conference (episode 93…
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Episode 104: “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
Posted on 07. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 104th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Bruce Friedrich from Farm Sanctuary.
In today’s episode, we will discuss what makes some people act in unethical ways. This topic was inspired by a couple we passed…
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There is a deeply intriguing interdisciplinary project at Emory University, known as the Vulnerability and Human Condition Initiative. It explores our shared vulnerability and the unequal resources different individuals have in our society to confront that vulnerability, and “insists…
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I never make New Year’s resolutions. Not because I don’t believe in them, or have some strong opinion about whether or not they’re worth my time. I sort of just always… forget. Or I don’t get around to it. Or…
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Our society is designed to keep people in the dark about what is happening to animals. Only those who really care take the time and make the effort to learn the facts. If you care about animals (and, since you’re…
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As I’ve already established and made known, I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. I do, however, believe in New Year’s revolutions, revelations, evolutions, and everything in between. That’s a roundabout way of saying that, although I think that New…
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Book Review (AND GIVEAWAY): “Super Immunity” by Dr. Joel Fuhrman, M.D.
Posted on 02. Jan, 2012 by Visiting Animal.
Suddenly, it’s 2012! Are we the only people who feel like we’re now existing in the future? Twenty-twelve… weird! Speaking of futures, this is the time of year when many of us focus on ours — reclaiming our health, making…
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Episode 103: “Activism is the rent I pay for living on this planet.”
Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 103rd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Gena Hamshaw from Choosing Raw.
In today’s episode, we are putting aside our stomach virus and sharing with you – not our virus – but our feelings about…
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As Job Week here at Our Hen House comes to a close, we want to conclude with an animal rights organization that has perhaps more job openings than the rest of the movement combined. We are, of course, talking about…
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The law is the way in which a society turns principles into reality. It’s all very fine and good to call ourselves a nation of animal lovers, but without laws reflecting and enforcing those values, we end up instead where…
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Job Week at Our Hen House: Day 3 — Get Paid for Part-Time Vegan PR!
Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by Sally Tamarkin.
Though I am not one for platitudes, I, like Jasmin and Mariann, love a good quotation. If someone smart says something wise and meaningful, you can bet it’s scrawled on a post-it and taped to my wall. Or my computer…
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If you get no greater satisfaction than that which comes from braising beets or roasting rutabaga — if you’re hoping that your upcoming birthday, or, perhaps, tonight, the 8th and final night of Hanukah, will bring you that kitchen appliance…
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Job Week at Our Hen House: Day 1 — Your Future in Vegan Health?
Posted on 26. Dec, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
2012 is just about upon us, and whether or not you are a resolution-maker, it’s a good time to think about how you are going to make the most of this year, which promises to be a banner one for…
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Episode 102: “There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 102nd episode of Our Hen House, featuring Jamie Kilstein from Citizen Radio.
In today’s episode, as Christmas approaches, we are doing our best to be nice and not naughty… but we’re failing miserably. We will…
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Dr. Mary MD is a resource-intensive website that allows you to easily stay up-to-date on vegan nutrition and healthy lifestyle strategies. The incredibly generous doctor behind this website, Dr. Mary herself, is giving away one thousand dollars to one lucky…
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Making Compassion Your Business: Q&A with Vegan Entrepreneur, Andy Tabar
Posted on 23. Dec, 2011 by Sally Tamarkin.
The convenience of online shopping and my desire to accessorize in a way that proudly displays my compassionate lifestyle was destined to be a dangerous combo. Or so I thought. But when I hunted for buttons and t-shirts, I couldn’t…
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“Antennae” Journal Focuses on Animal Advocacy and the Arts
Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by Jasmin Singer.
Antennae is an online, UK-based journal centering around animal issues, with an academic bent, a focus on human-animal studies, and a propensity toward exploring the role of animals in the arts. It combines “academic writing, informative articles, and interviews with…
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