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  1. It's #FridayFriends day!

    An open access journal article about end of life doulas has been published in Palliative Care and Social Practice journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Led by the incredible Marian Marian Krawczyk, the International End of Life Doula Research Group IEOLDRG members Emma Clare, Erin Collins, Sarah Farr, Elizabeth Johnson, Jennifer Mallmes, Annetta Mallon (me!), Kelly Oberle, and Jennifer Rigal all contributed to this article.

    I'm honoured and grateful to work with this group.

    What's happening in your Friday world?

    #GDEP #IEOLDRG #EOLD #EOLDoula #DeathDoula #research #academia #writing #DeathPositive #AcademicChatter

  2. Wow, the pace keeps increasing on Mallon Model downloads, now at over 3,300. 😍

    You're welcome to join in the micro compassionate community movement and read the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Avoid carer burnout, support end of life and best quality ongoing care at home in an easy, straightforward way. Online masterclasses for international time zones are available, email [email protected] for details.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #AskAnnetta #ComCom #EndOfLife #HomeBasedDying #carer #caring #support #network #masterclass #research #academia #AcademicChatter #OriginalResearch #CompassionateCommunity #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathPositive #DisabilitySupport #care #EndCarerBurnout

  3. Wow, the pace keeps increasing on Mallon Model downloads, now at over 3,300. 😍

    You're welcome to join in the micro compassionate community movement and read the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Avoid carer burnout, support end of life and best quality ongoing care at home in an easy, straightforward way. Online masterclasses for international time zones are available, email [email protected] for details.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #AskAnnetta #ComCom #EndOfLife #HomeBasedDying #carer #caring #support #network #masterclass #research #academia #AcademicChatter #OriginalResearch #CompassionateCommunity #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathPositive #DisabilitySupport #care #EndCarerBurnout

  4. Wow, the pace keeps increasing on Mallon Model downloads, now at over 3,300. 😍

    You're welcome to join in the micro compassionate community movement and read the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Avoid carer burnout, support end of life and best quality ongoing care at home in an easy, straightforward way. Online masterclasses for international time zones are available, email [email protected] for details.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #AskAnnetta #ComCom #EndOfLife #HomeBasedDying #carer #caring #support #network #masterclass #research #academia #AcademicChatter #OriginalResearch #CompassionateCommunity #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathPositive #DisabilitySupport #care #EndCarerBurnout

  5. Wow, the pace keeps increasing on Mallon Model downloads, now at over 3,300. 😍

    You're welcome to join in the micro compassionate community movement and read the free article here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

    Avoid carer burnout, support end of life and best quality ongoing care at home in an easy, straightforward way. Online masterclasses for international time zones are available, email [email protected] for details.

    #GDEP #MallonModel #AskAnnetta #ComCom #EndOfLife #HomeBasedDying #carer #caring #support #network #masterclass #research #academia #AcademicChatter #OriginalResearch #CompassionateCommunity #EOLD #DeathDoula #DeathPositive #DisabilitySupport #care #EndCarerBurnout

  6. 🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇

    #HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive

  7. 🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇

    #HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive

  8. 🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇

    #HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive

  9. 🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇

    #HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive

  10. 🦇 Hey all you bat fans! It’s International Bat Appreciation Day. Besides symbolizing death and rebirth, they also do us a solid by eating the worst creatures on earth (mosquitoes) and helping other pollinators like bees and butterflies. They’re not horrible! They’re vital for maintaining a healthy ecosystem. Plus they’re goth AF, in case that’s why you’re here. 🦇

    #HisAndHearsePress #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #Bats #BatsOfInstagram #BatFan #BatsAreCool #GothAF #DeathSymbol #DeathAndRebirth #DeathPositive

  11. “Lest we forget,
    a morgue is also a community center.”

    - Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

    (From a DVAN book review: “In his sophomore poetry collection, Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong meditates on how we think about death as individuals and as a community, and how we shoulder the weight of intergenerational trauma. Vuong reframes death and mourning as lonely processes into something communal.”)

    #HisAndHearsePress #OceanVuong #TimeIsAMother #DVAN #Poetry #Quote #GriefQuotes #LiteraryQuotes #Grief #Funeral #Morgue #DeathPositive

  12. “Lest we forget,
    a morgue is also a community center.”

    - Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

    (From a DVAN book review: “In his sophomore poetry collection, Time is a Mother, Ocean Vuong meditates on how we think about death as individuals and as a community, and how we shoulder the weight of intergenerational trauma. Vuong reframes death and mourning as lonely processes into something communal.”)

    #HisAndHearsePress #OceanVuong #TimeIsAMother #DVAN #Poetry #Quote #GriefQuotes #LiteraryQuotes #Grief #Funeral #Morgue #DeathPositive

  13. Yes. Yes, you should bring pants.

    Just because a casket lid is usually closed on the foot end doesn’t mean you can’t see or that nosy people won’t poke around and look. Also, think about how embarrassing it’ll be for your loved one as they attend ghost parties with no bottoms. Shameful.

    On that note, there are no requirement about what dead people have to wear in their caskets. You want to be dressed in a suit? Fine. Pajamas? That’s okay too. Superhero costume? You do you! All we ask is that it fits reasonably well (though we can improvise with a few alterations) and that it covers anything that needs covering (autopsy incision, trauma etc). When in doubt, go for something long sleeved and high necked. Make your wishes known to your family!

    #HisAndHearsePress #Funeral #Mortuary #Casket #Coffin #PatrickStewart #Meme #GhostOutfit #MortuaryScience #DeathPositive #YouDoYou

  14. Yes. Yes, you should bring pants.

    Just because a casket lid is usually closed on the foot end doesn’t mean you can’t see or that nosy people won’t poke around and look. Also, think about how embarrassing it’ll be for your loved one as they attend ghost parties with no bottoms. Shameful.

    On that note, there are no requirement about what dead people have to wear in their caskets. You want to be dressed in a suit? Fine. Pajamas? That’s okay too. Superhero costume? You do you! All we ask is that it fits reasonably well (though we can improvise with a few alterations) and that it covers anything that needs covering (autopsy incision, trauma etc). When in doubt, go for something long sleeved and high necked. Make your wishes known to your family!

    #HisAndHearsePress #Funeral #Mortuary #Casket #Coffin #PatrickStewart #Meme #GhostOutfit #MortuaryScience #DeathPositive #YouDoYou

  15. Am I late to the Barbie Party? It’s Spring Break over here and I’m up to my eyeballs in children and kittens. They go back to school on Monday (the kids, not the cats), so hopefully I’ll get back to posting regularly. Until then…

    #HisAndHearsePress #ThisBarbieIs #Barbie #BarbieMovie #BarbieMeme #BarbieGenerator #StrangeAndUnusual #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #Mortician #Undertaker #DeathPositive

  16. Am I late to the Barbie Party? It’s Spring Break over here and I’m up to my eyeballs in children and kittens. They go back to school on Monday (the kids, not the cats), so hopefully I’ll get back to posting regularly. Until then…

    #HisAndHearsePress #ThisBarbieIs #Barbie #BarbieMovie #BarbieMeme #BarbieGenerator #StrangeAndUnusual #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #Mortician #Undertaker #DeathPositive

  17. #WordyWednesday: Shrouding Women

    When you think of morticians, you might conjure images of creepy old men in black suits. But did you know that they've only been "in charge" of the dead for the last century or so? Before that, men were typically responsible for building coffins and digging graves. Body preparation fell to the women!

    Women were already tasked with nursing the sick, distributing herbs, and aiding in childbirth, so bathing and dressing the dead was a natural progression. Since it was a duty that demanded care, gentleness, and propriety, men were simply unsuited to the task. Enter the shrouding women.

    Many neighborhood women became skilled and knowledgeable in the art of preparing the dead. They understood the weather's effect on decomposition and how to tend to bodies suffering from various conditions. They lent their expertise to those in need, not for monetary compensation but as an act of community.

    Duties included preparing a cooling board (sometimes an ironing board or barn door placed over chairs), washing and dressing the corpse, closing the eyes and mouth (coins on eyes and jaws secured shut with tied rags or forked sticks propped against the breast bone), and otherwise arranging the body into a restful pose.

    Commercialization of death care after the Civil War led cabinetmakers to evolve from coffin builders to embalmers. They wrested control of bodies away from women, claiming women were weak, delicate, and unable to tolerate the sight of blood. As the men rose into the ranks of professionals, women were relegated to the sidelines of death care. They became decorations. Trade journal advertisements portrayed men doing funeral work and women as objects of beauty. The foundation was laid for men to dominate the industry for the next 100 years.

    Fortunately, we've come full circle and women are entering funeral service in droves. Over 70% of graduating mortuary science classes are women. Turns out we *can* handle some blood after all.

    #HisAndHearsePress #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #DeathCare #FuneralService #MortuaryScience #MortuarySchool #DeathPositive #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #Mortician #Undertaker

  18. #WordyWednesday: Shrouding Women

    When you think of morticians, you might conjure images of creepy old men in black suits. But did you know that they've only been "in charge" of the dead for the last century or so? Before that, men were typically responsible for building coffins and digging graves. Body preparation fell to the women!

    Women were already tasked with nursing the sick, distributing herbs, and aiding in childbirth, so bathing and dressing the dead was a natural progression. Since it was a duty that demanded care, gentleness, and propriety, men were simply unsuited to the task. Enter the shrouding women.

    Many neighborhood women became skilled and knowledgeable in the art of preparing the dead. They understood the weather's effect on decomposition and how to tend to bodies suffering from various conditions. They lent their expertise to those in need, not for monetary compensation but as an act of community.

    Duties included preparing a cooling board (sometimes an ironing board or barn door placed over chairs), washing and dressing the corpse, closing the eyes and mouth (coins on eyes and jaws secured shut with tied rags or forked sticks propped against the breast bone), and otherwise arranging the body into a restful pose.

    Commercialization of death care after the Civil War led cabinetmakers to evolve from coffin builders to embalmers. They wrested control of bodies away from women, claiming women were weak, delicate, and unable to tolerate the sight of blood. As the men rose into the ranks of professionals, women were relegated to the sidelines of death care. They became decorations. Trade journal advertisements portrayed men doing funeral work and women as objects of beauty. The foundation was laid for men to dominate the industry for the next 100 years.

    Fortunately, we've come full circle and women are entering funeral service in droves. Over 70% of graduating mortuary science classes are women. Turns out we *can* handle some blood after all.

    #HisAndHearsePress #InternationalWomensDay #WomensDay #WomenInSTEM #WomenSupportingWomen #DeathCare #FuneralService #MortuaryScience #MortuarySchool #DeathPositive #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #Mortician #Undertaker

  19. #FuneralFactFriday: Fantasy Coffins of Ghana

    Hey new friends! Here’s what happens: I post fun facts about death and funeral related topics, especially on certain themed days. For the past couple weeks, I’ve accidentally on purpose tied all of my posts to cats (Not literally, don’t ever tie anything to a cat). Sooo, here’s a cat-shaped coffin!

    For the past 70 years, master carpenters in Ghana have custom built “figurative” coffins. Families choose a theme based on their loved one's occupation, hobbies, personality, or symbolism from proverbs. You want to be buried in a lobster? They can do that!

    The tradition began in the 1950s when the village chief commissioned a palanquin shaped like a cacao pod (it’s a fancy enclosed platform with handles so people can carry you — very fancy). Unfortunately, the chief died before it was finished. The villagers opted to use it as a coffin after parading his body around town in a procession.

    The idea caught on. Other chiefs and priests were similarly honored, then regular folks began to request specially made coffins. The idea is for dead people to remember something of themselves in the afterlife and to highlight their social status.

    Carpenters and their apprentices hand carve the special shapes from local wawa trees, usually taking about 2-6 weeks to complete. Urgent orders can be completely faster if several carpenters work together. A fantasy coffin usually sells for about $1000, but for perspective, the people buying them are typically earning about $3 a day!

    Popular designs include airplanes, animals (family totems), Coca Cola bottles, shoes, cellphones, luxury cars, fish, and Bibles. If you do a Google image search, they’re fascinating to see! Which one would YOU choose???

    #HisAndHearsePress #Coffin #Ghana #FantasyCoffin #CoffinDance #Woodworking #CustomBuilt #Funeral #Casket #DeathPositive #FBF #FollowFriday #FollowBackFriday

  20. #FuneralFactFriday: Fantasy Coffins of Ghana

    Hey new friends! Here’s what happens: I post fun facts about death and funeral related topics, especially on certain themed days. For the past couple weeks, I’ve accidentally on purpose tied all of my posts to cats (Not literally, don’t ever tie anything to a cat). Sooo, here’s a cat-shaped coffin!

    For the past 70 years, master carpenters in Ghana have custom built “figurative” coffins. Families choose a theme based on their loved one's occupation, hobbies, personality, or symbolism from proverbs. You want to be buried in a lobster? They can do that!

    The tradition began in the 1950s when the village chief commissioned a palanquin shaped like a cacao pod (it’s a fancy enclosed platform with handles so people can carry you — very fancy). Unfortunately, the chief died before it was finished. The villagers opted to use it as a coffin after parading his body around town in a procession.

    The idea caught on. Other chiefs and priests were similarly honored, then regular folks began to request specially made coffins. The idea is for dead people to remember something of themselves in the afterlife and to highlight their social status.

    Carpenters and their apprentices hand carve the special shapes from local wawa trees, usually taking about 2-6 weeks to complete. Urgent orders can be completely faster if several carpenters work together. A fantasy coffin usually sells for about $1000, but for perspective, the people buying them are typically earning about $3 a day!

    Popular designs include airplanes, animals (family totems), Coca Cola bottles, shoes, cellphones, luxury cars, fish, and Bibles. If you do a Google image search, they’re fascinating to see! Which one would YOU choose???

    #HisAndHearsePress #Coffin #Ghana #FantasyCoffin #CoffinDance #Woodworking #CustomBuilt #Funeral #Casket #DeathPositive #FBF #FollowFriday #FollowBackFriday

  21. CW: Explanation of mouth formers (embalming supplies)

    #WordyWednesday: Mouth Former

    A thin piece of shaped plastic used to recreate the proper contour of a mouth in the event of missing teeth/dentures or other disfiguration. The plastic lays against the gums and beneath the closed lips. They can be trimmed for a better fit.

    Note the little raised triangle perforations: those are to lightly snag the tissue inside the lips and hold everything in place. The tiny round holes are for strings or wires to pass through and secure the jaws together.

    Sometimes dentures are provided by the family, but if they haven't been worn in a long time, they often don't fit well. Mouth formers are more forgiving. Other times dentures are brought in *after* the mouth has already been closed. Those dentures usually end up inside the foot of the casket or under the casket pillow.

    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #Embalming #MortuaryScience #Embalmer #Mortician #DeathPositive #Funeral

  22. CW: Explanation of mouth formers (embalming supplies)

    #WordyWednesday: Mouth Former

    A thin piece of shaped plastic used to recreate the proper contour of a mouth in the event of missing teeth/dentures or other disfiguration. The plastic lays against the gums and beneath the closed lips. They can be trimmed for a better fit.

    Note the little raised triangle perforations: those are to lightly snag the tissue inside the lips and hold everything in place. The tiny round holes are for strings or wires to pass through and secure the jaws together.

    Sometimes dentures are provided by the family, but if they haven't been worn in a long time, they often don't fit well. Mouth formers are more forgiving. Other times dentures are brought in *after* the mouth has already been closed. Those dentures usually end up inside the foot of the casket or under the casket pillow.

    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #Embalming #MortuaryScience #Embalmer #Mortician #DeathPositive #Funeral

  23. @HisAndHearsePress
    After I die and the organ harvesters and medical students are done with me, what is the most efficient method of making my body harmless and not in anyone's way?
    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #DeathPositive #Mortician #Undertaker #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #MortuarySchool #MortuaryScience

  24. @HisAndHearsePress
    After I die and the organ harvesters and medical students are done with me, what is the most efficient method of making my body harmless and not in anyone's way?
    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #DeathPositive #Mortician #Undertaker #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #MortuarySchool #MortuaryScience

  25. It’s been a minute since I’ve been active on social media. I think I ended up in LaLaLand for a bit after the holidays and never made it back into a routine. The longer I stayed away, the harder it was to jump back in!

    Help me get back on track: tell me what you’d like to learn about this year. What are your biggest funeral/death related questions?

    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #DeathPositive #Mortician #Undertaker #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #MortuarySchool #MortuaryScience #WritersCommunity #AuthorsSupportingAuthors

  26. It’s been a minute since I’ve been active on social media. I think I ended up in LaLaLand for a bit after the holidays and never made it back into a routine. The longer I stayed away, the harder it was to jump back in!

    Help me get back on track: tell me what you’d like to learn about this year. What are your biggest funeral/death related questions?

    #HisAndHearsePress #FuneralFacts #DeathPositive #Mortician #Undertaker #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #MortuarySchool #MortuaryScience #WritersCommunity #AuthorsSupportingAuthors

  27. 🎄Bonus Christmas Episode: A holiday edition of #thedeathstudiespodcast with poet and author #SalenaGodden discussing grief, loss, poetry and writing out now. A great episode for those struggling this time of year. We talk about her poetry and books, life and death, Mrs Death Misses Death and how difficult the holiday period can be for so many…

    Link: anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodca

    #christmas #MrsDeathMissesDeath #deathstudies #deathpositive #YouAreNotAlone #books #bookchat #booktoot

  28. 🎄Bonus Christmas Episode: A holiday edition of #thedeathstudiespodcast with poet and author #SalenaGodden discussing grief, loss, poetry and writing out now. A great episode for those struggling this time of year. We talk about her poetry and books, life and death, Mrs Death Misses Death and how difficult the holiday period can be for so many…

    Link: anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodca

    #christmas #MrsDeathMissesDeath #deathstudies #deathpositive #YouAreNotAlone #books #bookchat #booktoot

  29. 🎄Bonus Christmas Episode: A holiday edition of #thedeathstudiespodcast with poet and author #SalenaGodden discussing grief, loss, poetry and writing out now. A great episode for those struggling this time of year. We talk about her poetry and books, life and death, Mrs Death Misses Death and how difficult the holiday period can be for so many…

    Link: anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodca

    #christmas #MrsDeathMissesDeath #deathstudies #deathpositive #YouAreNotAlone #books #bookchat #booktoot

  30. 🎄Bonus Christmas Episode: A holiday edition of with poet and author discussing grief, loss, poetry and writing out now. A great episode for those struggling this time of year. We talk about her poetry and books, life and death, Mrs Death Misses Death and how difficult the holiday period can be for so many…

    Link: anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodca

  31. 🎄Bonus Christmas Episode: A holiday edition of #thedeathstudiespodcast with poet and author #SalenaGodden discussing grief, loss, poetry and writing out now. A great episode for those struggling this time of year. We talk about her poetry and books, life and death, Mrs Death Misses Death and how difficult the holiday period can be for so many…

    Link: anchor.fm/thedeathstudiespodca

    #christmas #MrsDeathMissesDeath #deathstudies #deathpositive #YouAreNotAlone #books #bookchat #booktoot

  32. Welcome, newbies! Start off with a #FollowFriday and start chatting with anyone, EVERYONE! It’s really nice here. Add a list of your hashtagged interests so others can search and find common bonds. Boost interesting and helpful posts. Look at what other people boost to find the coolest stuff. Follow those people!

    Here’s what I’m about, in no particular order: I’m a #FuneralDirector #Embalmer #Mortician turned #Writer and #DeathPositive #Educator. I like to share interesting facts and explanations about dead bodies and funerals, especially to help authors write accurately. It’s also important to help alleviate the fear and stigmas associated with #Death.

    I’m also into #Cats #Dogs #Dinosaurs #Welding #Cars #DemolitionDerby #Books #Reading #Writing #Napping #Memes #Sarcasm and probably other stuff that I can’t remember right now.

    #HisAndHearsePress #Welcome #Newbie #Newbies #TwitterMigration #Follow #Boost