Dying Fat: Your Funeral Options

We want everyone to have a good experience at funeral homes (even during a terrible time) so we need dialogue about the needs of fat people in death. Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible!   / thegooddeath   **WAYS TO SUPPORT AND GROW OUR MOVEMENT** Join our community of deathlings and support Ask a Mortician:   / thegooddeath   Support the education and advocacy efforts of The Order of the Good Death: https://bit.ly/3iaz9jN Shop our advocacy wear: https://the-order-of-the-good-death.m... **MORE DEATH CONTENT & RESOURCES** Books: http://caitlindoughty.com/books MORTAL course: https://www.mortalcourse.com/ Our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj The Order of the Good Death – articles, resources, updates, and more: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ **SOCIALS** Order Instagram:   / ordergooddeath   Caitlin Instagram:   / thegooddeath   Order Twitter:   / ordergooddeath   **CREDITS** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Writing & Research: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) **SELECTED SOURCES & ADDITIONAL READING** Marianne Kirby – MarrianneKirby.com Marianne’s second book (it’s about ZOMBIES!) is coming out in August check it out at https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B01L... redirectedFromKindleDbs=true Lesley Kinzel – LesleyKinzel.com Joy Nash – follow Joy on Instagram @therealJoyNash Read more about fat bodies and the funeral industry: “Supersize My Funeral’: How is the Obesity Epidemic in the U.S. impacting on the Funeral Industry?” http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-ar... people.html#.W1jne9hKjq0 “Can an Obese Person Be Cremated?” http://www.us-funerals.com/funeral-ar... cremated.html#.W1i8ZdhKjq1 “On the Final Journey, One Size Doesn’t Fit All” https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/28/us...