Goonew's Final Performance
Added 2022-08-12 16:28:09 +0000 UTCHello Deathlings,
I really do love that this video is like Ask a Mortician All-Stars. Few things warm my cold, dead, cynical heart like being able to collaborate with a team of thoughtful and brilliant death educators. Pinch me, it's a dream.
Of course I'm talking about embalmer and desairologist extraordinaire Monica Torres (who consulted with us) and death scholar and author Dr. Kami Fletcher.
From the get go, we knew that if we wanted to do this video right, really talk about Goonew's death and funeral, we needed to bring in the EXPERTS. Dr. Fletcher especially – she just cuts to the core of issues. No BS. Just the heart of the matter. If you aren't following her work, YOU SHOULD BE.
As always, THANK YOU for your support. When we make videos like this, we are reminded of how fortunate we are to be able to control our content – the stories we tell, the people we talk with. Your support and good faith make that a reality.
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Thank you and onward!
xo
Caitlin
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Comments
You showed Mickey Easterling’s body for a hot second, and her funeral was also a party! Not in a funeral home. Her family had her sitting up with her bottle of champagne, crystal goblet, and smokes in the Saenger Theatre lobby while 1,000+ people milled around drinking and eating like any other socialite gathering. It made the news but wasn’t *that* big of a story. No one telling the family they “did it wrong” or where “being disrespectful” cuz old white lady with money had a “quirky” funeral. I’m always floored to see the extreme embalming and for me there is always a bit of the uncanny valley/ wax figure that makes my brain squirm but I don’t see anything wrong with it, especially when it brings comfort to the family. As for charging folks- down here there are a lot of memorial events that raise money to help pay for the funeral or help support the family of the deceased so I don’t see much difference between that and this.
Jeana Aultman
2022-08-22 23:59:50 +0000 UTCTrying again to get you a better link: https://wildhunt.org/2022/08/pagan-style-burial-causes-legal-problems-in-wales.html
SueZanne Bishop
2022-08-19 01:28:09 +0000 UTC
