Death Positive Websites and Blogs You Should Know
When we first published this list in 2015, death and death positivity were ‘having a moment‘. Today, fuelled by books, movies, digital media and activists, death consciousness is everywhere. The public is becoming more aware of their post-mortem options, as well as the history and politics of death. The death positive websites and blogs you …
How to Have “The Talk” About End of Life Planning?
Guest writer Yvonne Heath writes about creating a culture of change where we normalize talking about, planning and preparing for end of life and grief.
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.
2018 Death Positive Holiday Gift Guide
Our 2018 Death Positive Holiday Gift Guide will make shopping for that morbid, death aware, and dark special someone much easier.
How Hospice Care Can Make or Break Your Death
As more Americans are making use of Hospice care, guest writer Jill Schock outlines the many factors that can ‘make or break’ someone’s end-of-life care.
Music About Death and Dying
Music has the ability to be completely transformative and pull you into a story or soundscape. It triggers emotions, it changes our brain chemistry and it can spark our imagination. Music has evolved with us over thousands of years and continues to be an essential form of communication. Musicians often write albums with particular storylines and moods in …
My Father’s Wake: An Interview with Author Kevin Toolis
Kevin Toolis in My Father’s Wake, provides powerful examples of our distanced relationships to death. Read our review and interview to find out more.
What is Dark Tourism, and Why are we Drawn to it?
While every form of tourism carries its own baggage, dark tourism runs the risk of turning sites of very real pain into backdrops for Western introspection.