Category Archives: Academic
Academic: Social Death and the Mentally Ill
Note: This was written as an assignment for my course in applied mental healthcare ethics. The sounds of inpatient mental health wards are haunting. The screams of inpatients, the sounds of heads banging against walls, and the shuffling feet are … Continue reading
Academic: Death Witches
Link: Death Witches: Women Reformers in the Death Industry Witch. The very word conjures images of green skinned old hags stirring cauldrons of nastiness as they prepare to hex cows, wreak havoc on townspeople, and steal Dorothy’s ruby red slippers. … Continue reading
Fourth Thursday in November
Note: This was written as an assignment for Death and the Maiden Pushing my cart through the grocery store I reflected that while on the surface my mission was the same as my peers, gathering food for a Thursday feast, … Continue reading
Women, Money, and Death
The medical field would like you to believe that it is all about healing and doing good for patients; however, even as far back as the European Witch Hunts in the 1500 and 1600s, it was at least partially about … Continue reading
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Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden I came to Goddess worship as a recovering Baptist who was tired of being treated like a second class citizen in a church that valued the male over the female. … Continue reading
Women, Food, and Funerals
Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden My first experience with death was when my elderly great aunt died and my family traveled from Illinois to Missouri for the funeral. My aunt’s home was filled with relatives, … Continue reading
Academic: The Spectrum of Women and Death
Link: The Spectrum of Women and Death Women are the dead. Women care for the dead. Women advocate for the dead. Throughout history, women’s roles related to death have ranged from passive victims posed for men’s entertainment, to caretakers of … Continue reading
Mothers as Activists and Advocates
Note: This was written for Death and the Maiden A mother’s connection to her child is visceral. If she birthed him, she felt the pains of her child’s tiny body struggling to escape hers and if her child came to … Continue reading
Sarah’s Case Study Review
Note: This was written for a class in complicated grief at Marian University. I am not a professional therapist, counselor, or hospice worker. I would not be likely to encounter Sarah in a professional role. However, I do volunteer with … Continue reading
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Antigone’s Grief
Note: This was an assignment for Death and the Maiden There were three components of funeral rites in Antigone’s day: the Prothesis or laying out of the body, the Ekphora or the procession of the body through the streets, and … Continue reading