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Caitlin Doughty
Caitlin Doughty
American Activist
Born: Aug 19, 1984
Body Death Home Natural People You
Related authors: Angela Davis Cesar Chavez Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
The biggest problem is the funerals that don't exist. People call the funeral home, they pick up the body, they mail the ashes to you, no grief, no happiness, no remembrance, no nothing. That happens more often than it doesn't in the United States. Caitlin Doughty
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The death industry markets caskets and embalming under the rubric of helping bodies look 'natural,' but our current death customs are as natural as training majestic creatures like bears and elephants to dance in cute little outfits, or erecting replicas of the Eiffel Tower and Venetian canals in the middle of the harsh American desert. Caitlin Doughty
Death Natural Training Dance Cute Our Markets Harsh Outfits Bears Majestic Tower Like Look Industry American Current Eiffel Eiffel Tower Middle Little Customs Bodies Helping Desert Creatures Elephants
I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary. Caitlin Doughty
Death Day Every Day Every Think About Scary More Only Most Makes Escape Ignore Choosing
The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have. Caitlin Doughty
Death Word Healthy Definition Morbid Perfectly Unfortunately Which Unhealthy Mean Preoccupation
I want a natural burial. Just straight into the ground in a shroud. Caitlin Doughty
Natural Just Burial Want Straight Ground Shroud
Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind. Caitlin Doughty
Death Fate Mind Fighting Out Morbid Had Since Supremacy Sheer Terror Ultimate Been Curiosity Childhood Found Ever Humans
For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world. Caitlin Doughty
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I've worked very hard to become comfortable with how death works and why it happens. I now know that death isn't out to get me. Caitlin Doughty
Death Me Become Out Know Comfortable How Very Get Happens Worked Hard Works Now Why
If we ignore our death, we end up just going around completely oblivious to why we do the things we do! Caitlin Doughty
Death Our Oblivious Around End Up Going Just Ignore Why Things
Going around not fully believing that you're going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you're making. Caitlin Doughty
Life Future You Own Think About Because Around How Making Affects Die Going Problematic Decisions Planet Really Your Fully Believing
Dying in the sanitary environment of a hospital is a relatively new concept. In the late 19th century, dying at a hospital was reserved for people who had nothing and no one. Given the choice, a person wanted to die at home in their bed, surrounded by friends and family. Caitlin Doughty
Home Family People Nothing Late Relatively Given Hospital Had No-One Environment New Concept Bed Surrounded Friends Friends And Family Person Die Wanted Dying Century Choice Sanitary Who Reserved
Vaults and caskets are not the law; they are the policy of individual cemeteries. Vaults prevent the settling of the dirt around the body, thus making landscaping more uniform and cost effective. As an added bonus, vaults can be customized and sold at a markup. Faux marble? Bronze? Take your pick, family. Caitlin Doughty
Family Law Bonus Added Settling Sold Faux Bronze Cost Cost-Effective More Prevent Dirt Individual Take Pick Thus Policy Around Making Effective Cemeteries Uniform Body Your Marble
Treat your online affairs as part of your affairs that need to be in order - your bank, your Internet bill - you need to have people who know what you want. Caitlin Doughty
You People Treat Internet Online Part Know Affairs Bank Order Want Bill Your Who Need

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