162 #TimesUpAR: Covering the Recent Public Allegations of Abuse and Harassment in the Animal Rights Movement with The Bearded Vegans

This week we pair up with The Bearded Vegans to cover the dumpster fire that is the mainstream Animal Rights movement, as revealed by the recent #TimesUpAR campaign.

In This Episode

In a collaboration with our dear friends Andy and Paul from The Bearded Vegans podcast, we take a deep dive through a timeline of the recent public allegations that have come out against male leaders in the animal rights movement. We then follow it up with a conversation about public apologies by other men in the movement, avoiding ally theater, and how we can all help create a better movement going forward.

UPDATED TO ADD: It has come to our attention that Collectively Free was not credited for the #ARTooWhite actions at the Animal Rights Conference in 2016. We apologize for this oversight, we are huge fans of both that action and that organization!

Public allegations timeline

Jan 14th

* Carol Adams posts publicly on Facebook – tagging Paul Shapiro (formerly the Vice President of Farm Animal Protection at HSUS and author of Clean Meat).

Jan 18th

* HSUS Exec Refuses to Deny Sexual Harassment Allegations

Jan 25th

* Humane Society CEO Under Investigation for Sexual Relationship With Employee, article on Philanthropy.com

Jan 26th

* The Animal Welfare Movement’s #metoo Problem, article published on The Philanthropy Chronicles by Marc Gunther

Jan 29th

* Humane Society CEO is subject of sexual harassment complaints from three women, according to internal investigation, article on Washington Post

Jan 30th

* Female Employees Allege Culture of Sexual Harassment at Humane Society. Two senior officials, including the CEO, have been investigated for incidents dating back over a decade, article on Politico

* Paul Shapiro posts a public statement – It is a PDF of, what appears to be, a letter that was printed out and then scanned, hidden in a Dropbox link

* Rick Bernthal, chair of the board at HSUS sends email to deputy directors telling them to focus on their work

Jan 31st

* Humane Society donors call for firing of chief executive after sexual harassment complaints, article on Washington Post

* Top Lab-Grown Meat Advocate Accused of Creating Atmosp...