Archive for January, 2012
Adding to My ‘To-Read’ List: “Women, Destruction, and the Avant-Garde”
Posted on31. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
I dream of being an academic. But I’m not going to pretend that I am one. I often admire great thinkers who can take dense, heady material, make sense of it, and then offer a well-articulated response — or better …
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Not Anything Like Day Camp: Animal Advocacy Camp (for Grown-Ups!)
Posted on30. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
When I was a kid growing up in suburban New Jersey, my mom forced me to go to day camp — despite the tantrums and the pleading to go to theatre camp instead. Eventually, after several years of my daily …
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Episode 107: “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
Posted on28. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin and Mariann.
Welcome to the 107th episode of Our Hen House, featuring Matt Rossell from Animal Defenders International.
In today’s episode, we will tell you about the animal rights character we learned about in The Canterbury Tales, and why …
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For Valentine’s Day, Tell Us About an Animal Who Has Worked His or Her Way Into Your Heart
Posted on27. 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 on26. 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 intellectual …
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Vegans Are Cool (But We Knew That Already…)
Posted on25. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
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. The …
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Our Flock is Expanding! Meet the Newest Our Hen House Chicks.
Posted on24. 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 …
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Book Review: “Primacy” by J.E. Fishman
Posted on23. Jan, 2012 by Jennifer Parrucci.
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 …
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Episode 106: “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”
Posted on21. 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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Fantastic Grant Opportunity for Graduate Students
Posted on20. Jan, 2012 by Mariann Sullivan.
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 in animal welfare” to …
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Review: “Leakey’s Ladies,” Exploring the Lives of Goodall, Fossey, and Galdikas
Posted on19. 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, …
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Helping Vegan Parents Navigate the Not-So-Vegan Landscape
Posted on18. 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…
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Part-Time, Remote Internship Opportunity with VegFund
Posted on17. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
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 busy schedule, …
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Book Review: “Unlikely Friendships” by Jennifer S. Holland
Posted on16. 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 …
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Episode 105: “When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
Posted on14. 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 share …
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Finally! A How-To Guide to Change the World for Animals
Posted on13. 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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Staying on Top of Animal Law
Posted on12. Jan, 2012 by Mariann Sullivan.
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 on11. 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 a graduate student …
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Wallet-Friendly Webinars for Those Who Want to Change the World for Animals
Posted on10. 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 room in …
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Clear Your Schedule: Animal Law Conference Publishes Videos of Workshops
Posted on09. 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 — which …
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Episode 104: “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”
Posted on07. 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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Call for Papers: The Vulnerability of Animals
Posted on06. Jan, 2012 by Mariann Sullivan.
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 that …
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Something New for 2012: Help Change the Law!
Posted on05. Jan, 2012 by Sally Tamarkin.
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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2012 May Just Be the Year to Teach
Posted on04. Jan, 2012 by Mariann Sullivan.
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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10 Questions Animal Advocates Should Ask Themselves
Posted on03. Jan, 2012 by Jasmin Singer.
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 on02. 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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