The Hen Report: “Vegan-Colored Glasses” | Beagles, Angela Davis & Plant-Based Athletes

In this week’s Hen Report, Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan cover a lively mix of animal advocacy news, pop culture, and vegan messaging. They discuss Sangamithra Iyer’s new memoir Governing Bodies and its LA Times review, celebrate vegan powerlifter Katya Gorbacheva’s post-partum championship win, and unpack Angela Davis’s shout-out to animal rights at a college commencement. The episode also digs into a Faunalytics study showing that simply asking people to take an animal’s perspective can meaningfully shift their dietary choices — and closes with the ongoing good news out of Ridglan Farms, where another 135 beagles are being rescued.

• Sangamithra Iyer’s Governing Bodies: The Our Hen House alum’s new memoir earns a glowing LA Times review for weaving veganism, nonviolence, and animal rights into a personal and political narrative
• Vegan athlete spotlight: Russian powerlifter Katya Gorbacheva wins Best Lifter at Moscow Lights just eight months postpartum — proof that plant-based eating builds elite strength
• Angela Davis on animal rights: The iconic activist used her Pitzer College commencement address to endorse PETA’s dining-hall memorial campaign and call out the “absolute horrific treatment of animals”
• The power of perspective-taking: A Faunalytics study finds that asking people to view footage from the animal’s point of view produces a reduction in meat consumption
• Ridglan Farms rescue update: 135 more beagles are being freed, adding to the 1,500 already released — and Mariann urges advocates to channel this momentum toward all animals, not just dogs

RESOURCES

• • • • • Losing Our Cruelty
        • The Lines We Draw Kindle Edition
        • Vegan Strong Powerlifter Wins ‘Best Lifter’ 8 Months After Giving Birth
        • Angela Davis’s Pitzer College Commencement Speech
        • New Film Highlights The ‘Hidden Human Cost’ Of The Meat Industry
        • This Netflix Film About An Octopus Could Make You Rethink Seafood
        • ‘Smoky, rich and umami-filled’: the best supermarket veggie burgers, tasted and rated
        • Reducing Prejudice Can Lead To Dietary Changes
        • Another 135 dogs are getting out of Ridglan this week.
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