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She/Her Thanatologist Humanist Optimist
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Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.

submitted 13 days ago • 104 comments

What you post is your online legacy. How you react, what you say, and all your digital footprints will remain as long as the hosting platforms do. Is this good or bad? #deathsky #deathpositive

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Thanatechnology is a conversation we need to be having with those nearing end-of-life. How do they want their digital remains- such as social media accounts, emails, blogs, and videos, handled?

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submitted 20 days ago • 774 comments

There are choices beyond cremation or embalming. Alkaline Hydrolysis. Natural Organic Reduction. Green (Natural) Burial. Cryopreservation. What body disposition method appeals to you?

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I would love to have the resources to start a community grief garden. Not only would it provide opportunities for individuals to acknowledge and actively process their own grief (including non-death losses), but it would bring people together to support each other’s grief in community.

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Beware the urge to spiritually bypass grief- yours or anyone else’s. If spirituality and religion are a comfort to you that is wonderful, but neither are a bypass or fast track through grief. Grieving is a process. #deathsky #grief

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Today is an important day of remembering and honoring MLKJr. Nothing else.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I never turn on the tv during the day if I’m home. I will that day! It’ll be a great day for the background noise of HGTV or the Hallmark channel.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

You can mourn losses like the loss of confidence, loss of security, loss of certainty, and loss of trust. These losses are real. The grief is real. #grief #loss #deathsky

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

So much loss and devastation and so much to grieve. I won’t attempt a positive spin, in this moment I can only bear witness to the pain and anguish.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve found my New Year’s Resolution- Wonder, Whimsy, and Magic.

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Women were the deathcare workers until medicalization and professionalism driven by commercialism deleted them from the field in the 1800’s. Women were never too weak for blood and death, they were erased once there was money to be made. 🧵

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

submitted 62 days ago • 701 comments

The physical darkness of winter combined with the emotional darkness of grief can feel unbearable. There will be light again, my friend. #deathsky #grief

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

Death positive doesn’t mean death eager. Let’s fight like hell for affordable and rational healthcare for ALL!

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments