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Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who donated to our end of year campaign. We raised over $15,000, which will now be matched by our beloved Barnyard Benefactors — making the grand total over $30,000! Yay! With these funds, Our Hen House will be able to continue to bring you cutting edge podcast episodes from the people on the …
Today—October 30, 2019—I am turning 40. Along with Mariann Sullivan, I started Our Hen House 10 years ago because I wanted to co-create a hub for anyone who wants to change the world for animals. One of our first supporters was excited about the idea but concerned that we would run out of guests to feature on the Our Hen House …
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who donated to our end of year campaign. We raised over $15,000, which will now be matched by our beloved Barnyard Benefactors — making the grand total over $30,000! Yay! With these funds, Our Hen House will be able to continue to bring you cutting edge podcast episodes from the people on the …
Today is my birthday, and all I want is for you to support Our Hen House‘s efforts to produce the weekly Our Hen House podcast and the monthly Animal Law Podcast, all with the goal of changing the world for animals. And to make my birthday extra special, your donation today—and every day through the end of this year—will be matched, dollar …
These are tough times. No one seems to get along. There is too much unfairness in the world. Sometimes it feels like everything is falling apart. And too often we just don’t know who to believe. At moments like these, there is nothing more important than voices you can trust. And, here at Our Hen House, we sure hope that you …
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who donated to our end of year campaign. We raised over $20,000, which will now be matched by our beloved Barnyard Benefactors — making the grand total over $40,000! Yay! With these funds, Our Hen House will be able to continue to bring you cutting edge podcast episodes from the people on the …
Today is my birthday, and all I want is for you to support Our Hen House‘s efforts to produce the weekly Our Hen House podcast and the monthly Animal Law Podcast, all with the goal of changing the world for animals. And to make my birthday extra special, your donation today—and every day through the end of this year—will be matched, dollar …
Today we welcome back John Jungenberg, an activist whose passion for both animal and LGBTQ rights led him and a group of activist friends on a journey across the Midwest to promote veganism at Pride Parades. John’s first piece recounted his experiences in Wisconsin, and now he takes us into Indiana for Circle City Pride – vegan style! *** Connecting the …
Everybody suffers when officers act like they’re above the law [Commentary] from the Baltimore Sun
Surely you know by now. The Our Hen House TV show officially launched in March 2014 as a co-production with Brooklyn Independent Media. Our Hen House’s TV show, a co-production with Brooklyn Independent Media, ventures into the under-explored world of animals rights with a sense of humor, a passionate heart, and more than a few opinions on the state of animal …
Cruelty-free is the new cool from The Hindu
Court orders halt to Japan’s whaling program from the Globe and Mail
As a vegan food blogger, I am admittedly a cookbook junkie (and can justify my “habit” with my career – ha!). I have shelves upon shelves of beloved favorites taking up residence in my kitchen and office. Even so, I never turn down the chance to read new offerings, and am delighted when one crosses my desk that’s as chock-full of …
The first time I met David Benzaquen – the founder of PlantBased Solutions, a brand new marketing service devoted to expanding the reach of vegan businesses in the food industry – I was immediately bowled over by his unique spark, and his smarts. This was many years ago now. We first shook hands after a talk I gave at NYC’s Bluestockings …
We can all relate to being in a circle of comrades when someone begins to tell their “how I went vegan story,” and, soon enough, everyone takes their turn. (As a lesbian, let me tell you, this is not incredibly dissimilar from a group of LGBT folks sharing their “coming out” stories. At some point, at some party, or some gathering, …
My mother and step-father’s 25th wedding anniversary was a few days ago. Here is a screenshot from their wedding video, which I suffered through watching last weekend when I visited them in NJ. (I’m the one on the right; to my left is my adorable cousin, Jordana, who, by the way, is also a vegan and committed animal rights activist today.): …
It thrills us beyond words to welcome to Our Hen House the brilliant photographer and animal advocate, Chris Taylor, whose work we have admired for so long. Chris is the force behind Wild Love Photography (which we once blogged about — because we love how she takes such glorious photos of animals, all from a non-exploitative vegan lens, so to speak). …
You probably already know my feelings about chickens. They are the most maligned, misunderstood, and mistreated animal there is. They are also the most magnificent. If you’re reading this, I’m going to guess that there’s at least an 85% chance that you already know that. To be an animal rights activist is to be an activist for chickens’ rights. These beautiful …
You know him. You love him. You wish you lived in his brain. Historian, professor, prolific writer, and relentless do-gooder James E. McWilliams — who is not only an OHH advisory board member, but has joined us both on our podcast and for an exclusive live lecture here in NYC — has recently announced that he is going on a speaking …
Last year, we told you about the the Ann Cottrell Free Animal Reporting Award, which “honors excellence in reporting about animals,” recognizing journalistic work that educates the public about the plight of animals. The time has come, once again, to get those submissions in. This year’s deadline of April 1 is quickly approaching. The categories for submission are either print/online, or …
Animals are definitely a hot topic in the academic world. But as we’ve noted in the past, that isn’t always necessarily a good thing. Many students of animal studies are merely commenting on animals, or our relationship with them, and not thinking about how that relationship should change. While one part of me wants to believe that attention is better than …
Following the human tradition of recording testimonies as a form of activism, this three-part feature series, Untold Testimony with Katie Gillespie, is dedicated to sharing testimonies of the stories of three animals. While the testimonies in these pieces share the stories of individual animals, they also act as a reminder of the billions of other animals around the world who live and die, and whose …
Our Hen House’s Publications Coordinator Liz Dee is sharing her thoughts on yesterday’s wildly popular Vaute Couture fashion show, which was part of New York Fashion Week! *** Vaute Couture at New York Fashion Week: An Historic Moment by Liz Dee Yesterday, Vaute Couture was the first all-vegan fashion label to show at New York Fashion Week, making compassionate fashion less …
Dr. Ramona Ilea blew our minds when she joined us on Episode 148 of our podcast when she discussed various facets of animal rights philosophy in a succinct and accessible half hour segment. We knew we had no choice but to beg her to write a complementary piece as a feature article. We were thrilled when she agreed to do so. …
The Last 1000 is a new website project headed up by Dr. Lori Gruen which documents the existence of the final chimpanzees left in research facilities in the United States. Framing this haunting statistic in this startling way won’t erase the suffering, past and present, of these extraordinary primates, but the project — which has already garnered mainstream attention by the …
It is with great excitement that we bring to you the newest additions to Our Hen House! In the past couple of weeks, we have been lucky enough to bring on board a new reviewer, a Publications Coordinator, and two new members of the Our Hen House Advisory Board. Please join the entire Our Hen House family as we welcome to …
The American Sociological Association’s Section on Animals & Society has three intriguing awards in the pipeline, and they are currently seeking nominations (including self-nominations — so leave your humility at the front door). If you’re a graduate student, writer, or academic — with interest and experience in animal studies and sociology — put this on your radar. Don’t forget, not everyone …
Stanford University’s Persuasive Tech Lab, which is dedicated to creating insight into how computing products can be designed to change people’s beliefs and behaviors, has published a fascinating slideshow examining the “Top 10 Mistakes in Behavior Change.” Using captology — the study of computers as persuasive technologies — the brainy team has created what I’ll unabashedly call a tool for anyone interested …
Ever feel that there’s so much going on in animal rights that it’s impossible to keep up? Or that you miss all the useful information on facebook and end up reading nothing but posts from lolcats? Well, we have the answer you’ve been waiting for — the resource that is going to get you, and keep you, up to speed. When Our …
Katya Lidsky is one of our favorite people on the planet. She is passionate, driven, talented, creative, and a tireless ambassador for animal rights. Katya’s preferred method of advocating for animals is through theatre (hence our mental love affair with her). Her one-woman show, I’m Sorry: How An Apologist Became An Activist, has taken Los Angeles and New York City by …
When it comes to finding and implementing justice and equality for animals, we certainly need to climb every mountain we can. And that’s precisely what activist and environmentalist Richard Smith is planning to do. This out-of-the-box do-gooder is about to embark on an altruistic journey that will first take him atop Canada’s Mt. Olive, Mt. St. Nicholas, Mt. Gordon, Mt. Thompson, …
When I first saw this, I was honestly not sure what to make of it. In fact, I’m still not. My first question was whether or not the animals portrayed in “Garden Fresh” — the new digital arts project for Trax Magazine, by Indonesian-based Agan Harahap — were real live animals used as models, or even victims of taxidermy. My layman …
2013 is *so* going to be the year of mainstreaming the movement to end the exploitation of animals, which includes, of course, mainstreaming veganism. To that end, task one — to get a vegan cooking show on the Cooking Channel — can be crossed of the list. That’s thanks to Detroit-born chef Jason Wrobel, and some wise foresight by producers and …
We are thrilled to have animal law guru Pamela Frasch sharing her story with OHH readers today. Pam’s path to animal law was a circuitous one, since she started her career as a professional musical theatre performer. Nowadays, Pam is the Assistant Dean of the Animal Law Program and Executive Director of the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark …
Throughout this road trip from Portland, OR back home to NYC, we’ve had it in our minds that by the time we hit Asheville, NC (home to some of the best vegan food in the country), we’d be entering the last leg of the journey. It therefore seems appropriate that we happened to arrive on New Year’s Eve. I’m a sentimental …
Listen up, readers. You don’t want to miss this review, written by OHH reviewer extraordinaire Katie Gillespie. Katie gives us her take on Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary director Jenny Brown’s new book, The Lucky Ones: My Passionate Fight for Farm Animals. Since you will officially fall in love with Jenny after hearing her story (if you’re not already in love with her), …