mortician
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R.I.P.: A Mortician’s Tale
[W]hat could possibly be more cleansing than accepting that death is an unremarkable part of life?
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R.I.P.: Odd Habits
I would really like to see a coming back or recreation of funeral rites. Let’s create new ones. Let’s take this matter into our own hands.
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Don’t Fear the Reaper
At The Hairpin, Caitlin Doughty, mortician and author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory, talks about death positivity, women in the funeral business, zombies, and why she thinks the recent move toward alternative burial…