Tag: Law

• On Death, Patriarchy & the Anti-Choice Movement

  

  Death-phobia pervades many a political and social movement, but few have perfected the manipulation of it quite as adeptly as the “pro-life movement.” Their rhetoric invokes death at almost every turn. Aside from the most blatant messaging which explicitly likens abortion to murder, they also invoke death-phobia in the way they legislate abortion. Caroline Reilly is…

  Death and the Maiden

  09/01/2017

  Caroline Reilly

  Abortion, America, Caroline Reilly, Deadmaidens, Death, Death Positive, Donald Trump, Law, Mike Pence, Planned Parenthood, Politics, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Justice, Rights, USA, Women

• What The Texas Fetal Remains Ruling Really Means and How You Can Take Action

  Last Monday, after the Texas State Department of Health Services announced the addition of the word ‘cremation’ to their list of approved methods of disposition for the remains of an abortion or miscarriage, headlines were quick to appear suggesting a forced linkage between certain women’s health services and those of the funeral industry. Still in…

  Death and the Maiden

  06/12/2016

  Guest Post

  Abortion, Burial Services, Cremation, Deadmaidens, Death, Education, Emotional, Fetal Remains, Financial, Funeral, Health Care, Law, Legislation, Miscarriage, Pro-Choice, Regulations, Reproductive Justice, Rights, Texas, Women

• Poison Panic: Arsenic Deaths in 1840s Essex

  Helen Barrell examines the lives of three apparently ordinary women: Sarah Chesham, Hannah Southgate, and Mary May. 1840s Essex became notorious as a place where women stalked the lanes looking for their next victim to poison with arsenic, though much of the reported horror remains unfounded.

  Death and the Maiden

  31/10/2016

  Book Club, Guest Post

  Arsenic, Burial, Crime, Deadmaidens, Death, Essex, Helen Barrell, History, Investigation, Law, Lethal, Murder, Poison, Press, Punishment, Scandal, Trials, Victorian, Writer

• The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

  Death & the Maiden’s own Sarah Chavez (Troop) shares the horrifying story of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City on March 25, 1911. An entire nation grieved over the 148 deaths that occurred that day, so easily preventable. Their collective outrage changed U.S. labor laws and led to the adoption of fire…

  Death and the Maiden

  21/03/2016

  Maiden Post, Sarah Troop

  Change, Death, Emotion, Experiences, Grief, History, Law, Loss, New York, Society, Women

• To Be, Or Not To Be A Mortician?

  Whether it has been your lifelong desire. Your recently discovered calling. Or just something you came across this morning on Buzzfeed, you are all probably wondering one thing. Just how the heck do I go about becoming a mortician? Well, the wonderful Amber Carvaly of Undertaking LA is here to tell you.

  Death and the Maiden

  01/02/2016

  Guest Post

  Career, Deadmaidens, Death, Dying, Education, Embalmer, Experiences, Funeral Director, Funeral Industry, Identity, Inspiration, Law, Mortician, Mortuary School, Undertaking LA