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The Reality of Mortality | Ask A Mortician Featurette

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I was first introduced to the death positive movement when I started questioning the issues with modern embalming... Alright, that's a lie.. My first impression of the death positive movement, and probably the most famous mortician,  Caitlin Doughty, came rather unexpectedly. As with most Youtube channel discoveries, it came at  4am  one morning,  and I was completely fascinated by her responses to "insidery death questions." The first video I watched of hers was an explanation of the different ways to close the mouths of corpses...Needle injectors and hand stitching are the mainstream ways to do so,  in case that question was burning through your dura mater.  I don't know what fascinates me more: the comedy of trying to ease someone into the finality of morality..or her historical penis factoid collection. It's a tossup! In all honesty, Caitlin's videos have given me a lot to think about.  Who else walks through Walmart at  5...

Why I Left Buzzfeed...

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If you haven't been under an internet rock, chances are: you've seen something from Buzzfeed :  Tasty, Nifty, etc.  Buzzfeed is the monopoly of the Youtubes, and well, the internet in general.   I can no longer scroll through Facebook without seeing things like "Pick 3 pieces of fruit and we'll tell you which Disney princess you'd be most likely to sacrifice during a full moon." I used to LOVE being a part of the Buzzfeed community! (before most of my favorite creators left) Honestly! I loved it during the early days of "Ladylike" and "The Try Guys," (before they had their own Youtube RED series BS) After about two years, Safiya Nygaard, the co-creator of "LadyLike" left Buzzfeed to pursue creating her own fabulous content without restrictions.  Another one of my favorites who chose to break away from Buzzfeed is Chris Reinacher.  During and after his "Why I left Buzzfeed" video, he seemed to absolutely ...