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Our latest article takes a look at some of the effects, perspectives, and strategies around rising costs, low wages, and funding for end-of-life services and workers. www.talkdeath.com/rising-costs...
Rising costs and low wages are pushing people towards end of life crowdfunding and mutual aid
It costs a lot to die. Between healthcare bills, body disposition costs, funerary event expenses, and administrative duties, dying doesn’t come cheap, especially as the costs of living continue to…
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Race & The Funeral Profession: What Jessica Mitford Missed #DeathAndDying #FuneralIndustry @talkdeath.bsky.social www.talkdeath.com/race-funeral...
Race & The Funeral Profession: What Jessica Mitford Missed
When Jessica Mitford criticized the funeral profession, Dr. Kami Fletcher argues that it wasn’t the African American funeral director Mitford had in mind.
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“When we talk about ecological grief, we’re talking about a complete severing of that attachment to the land, and the long-term implications of that are similar to mourning.” -Arlana Bennett Donation link for Collins / Namaygoosisagagun First Nation: an7gc.ca/donate/
"Grave robbing has had a long and storied history in both Europe and North America... However, despite the assumption that grave robbing has become a thing of the past, this unfortunate practice continues on into the 21st century in various forms."
Our latest article "Parenting Without My Mother: the Strange Relief of Raising my Daughter Beyond my Mother’s Reach" by Kelsey Erin Shipman explores the grief and relief of parenthood after the loss of a complicated parent www.talkdeath.com/parenting-wi...
Raising my Daughter Beyond my Mother’s Reach
When my daughter was three, she asked where her grandmother was. I had never imagined myself explaining death to a three-year-old.
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Here at TalkDeath, we have talked about how LGBTQ people are not represented in death in ways that affirm who they were, who they loved, and how they lived their lives.
Montreal, are you interested in learning more about Funeral Myths & Cemetery Conspiracies? What about What Television Fails To Teach Us About Loss? Or Living and Documenting Humanitarian Work in a War Zone? Join us on July 8 and you can hear presentations on all this and more!
How much do you know about cremation? Despite being a very common choice, there is a fair amount of confusion around it! www.talkdeath.com/what-is-the-...
What is the Process of Cremation? (with Photos)
The step by step process of cremation with included photos. Cremation is on the rise in many countries, including the US and Canada.
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Do you have a secret you don't want discovered when you die? If so, do you want to leave a hint 👀 Still from Eyes Without A Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage) (1960)
Life Forest’s Guardianship Burial Program provides burials to those who die while wards of the State of New Hampshire’s Guardianship program and have no one to claim their remains. Burials are offered on a sliding scale basis and no one is turned away because of their inability to pay.
Have you heard of the Iku before? Learn all about how the history and meaning behind the orisha that teaches Brazilians about death in our latest guest article by Gabriel Leão www.talkdeath.com/iku-the-oris...
Iku - The Orisha that Teaches Brazilians to Cope with Death
Iku presents itself as a young and handsome Black man, wearing all white, with a skull painted on his face to calmly guide those who have perished. Or Iku is portrayed as a female or an androgenous…
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Happy May Day to workers in fields, mines, sweatshops, kitchens, delivery bikes, factories, homes, on the street & beyond. To freedom fighters, caregivers & the ancestors who make our work possible. May we work for freedom, for a world with no rulers, no kings, where all labor & lives are valued.
How has grief impacted labor issues in your work environment?
Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment
The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
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Five Poetry Books that Address Death the Way We Need It
Poetry has always had a strong pulse on the human condition. Part of the human condition that is universal is how death will come for all of us. As a poet myself, I know that the page is what holds me...
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“Poetry has always had a strong pulse on the human condition. Part of the human condition that is universal is how death will come for all of us...
I wrote a harrowing ghost story about the horrors of the probate process and @talkdeath.bsky.social was kind enough to publish it! talkdeath.com/the-harrowin...
The Harrowing Tale of the Ghost Car: Or, You May Be Less Prepared to Die Than You Think
About a year after my father died, my younger sister called me to ask about her car registration. “It’s expiring,” she said, “but the car isn’t registered in my name, so I’m not sure how to renew it.”…
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What details catch your eye in this painting? What draws you in further? Memento Mori by Jessie Homer French Oil on canvas, 2022 #art #mementomori #cemeteries
Montreal, join us this Thursday!
TalkDeath@talkdeath.bsky.social · 5mo agoParlons de mort!/ Let’s Talk Death! Open to death care workers and the general public, offering a space to gather and be in community This is not a grief support group La Feuille Verte Cafe 9 Avril / April 9 18h30/ 6:30pm Free but you must RSVP- www.eventbrite.ca/e/parlons-de...
Hey, Montreal! TalkDeath is hosting a Death Cafe style event on April 9th. All are welcome.
TalkDeath@talkdeath.bsky.social · 5mo agoParlons de mort!/ Let’s Talk Death! Open to death care workers and the general public, offering a space to gather and be in community This is not a grief support group La Feuille Verte Cafe 9 Avril / April 9 18h30/ 6:30pm Free but you must RSVP- www.eventbrite.ca/e/parlons-de...
If you’re a death doula, or interested in becoming one, you’ve probably been trying to keep up with the legal case concerning the death doula practice of Lauren Richwine, or Death Done Differently.
Parlons de mort!/ Let’s Talk Death! Open to death care workers and the general public, offering a space to gather and be in community This is not a grief support group La Feuille Verte Cafe 9 Avril / April 9 18h30/ 6:30pm Free but you must RSVP- www.eventbrite.ca/e/parlons-de...
In our latest guest article, author @amyshea_author shares about how a shared interest in cemeteries and advocacy with her father lead to her writing Too Poor to Die talkdeath.com/exploring-ce...
Exploring Cemeteries: How a Shared Passion Led to a Father’ Legacy and Daughter’s Mission
The first time I saw a potter’s field was with my dad back in 2010 in Fresno, California. We spent the day touring tombstones, with my dad as tour guide, starting with visits to family gravesites in…
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From my Sunday lunchtime visit to West Ham Cemetery 🪦 #cemeteriesofinstagram #cemetery #taphophiles_only
The impact of traumatic death on social networks Our next seminar co-hosted with Bereavement Network Europe featuring Georgie Akehurst 5th March 5pm - 6pm GMT, online. Free and all welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bereavemen....
Bereavement Network Europe and Centre for Death and Society Webinar
The impact of traumatic death on social networks: Reflecting on grief and bereavement support in the context of sudden deaths
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Death care practices and funeral rituals have been around for thousands of years, so it is no surprise that there is an entire lexicon of terms related to these landscapes.
We hope you can join us for a special screening, panel discussion, and Q&A of Stitch & Time (2025) on March 26 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT
In North America, interest in green burial practices has grown significantly over the last decade. There are many ecological products and services to help us honor our loved ones. One example of a sustainable, nature-connected practice is the memorial reef.