Order of the Good Death
@ordergooddeath.bsky.social
Building a meaningful, eco-friendly, & equitable end-of-life through education, resources, & legislative advocacy
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NEW ARTICLE
Partnering with Tanya Marsh of Wake Forest Law School, The Order helped develop questions for an annual survey on American funeral preferences--confirming some long-held beliefs, while uncovering results that shocked even us www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/thre...
Partnering with Tanya Marsh of Wake Forest Law School, The Order helped develop questions for an annual survey on American funeral preferences--confirming some long-held beliefs, while uncovering results that shocked even us www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/thre...
Three Astonishing Take Aways from the American Funeral Preferences Survey | The Order of the Good Death
Some of the 2025 survey results confirm what people in the funeral reform space have been saying for years. Some of the results shocked even us. Here are three key take aways.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:39 PM
NEW ARTICLE
Partnering with Tanya Marsh of Wake Forest Law School, The Order helped develop questions for an annual survey on American funeral preferences--confirming some long-held beliefs, while uncovering results that shocked even us www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/thre...
Partnering with Tanya Marsh of Wake Forest Law School, The Order helped develop questions for an annual survey on American funeral preferences--confirming some long-held beliefs, while uncovering results that shocked even us www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/thre...
We’re busy putting final touches on the January edition of our Order Member-Exclusive Newsletter!
In this issue, we’ll be exploring:
-How 2025 ended with a wave of mock funerals, & what they reveal about public grief, nostalgia, & protest
-Whether diet culture is just another form of death denial
In this issue, we’ll be exploring:
-How 2025 ended with a wave of mock funerals, & what they reveal about public grief, nostalgia, & protest
-Whether diet culture is just another form of death denial
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM
We’re busy putting final touches on the January edition of our Order Member-Exclusive Newsletter!
In this issue, we’ll be exploring:
-How 2025 ended with a wave of mock funerals, & what they reveal about public grief, nostalgia, & protest
-Whether diet culture is just another form of death denial
In this issue, we’ll be exploring:
-How 2025 ended with a wave of mock funerals, & what they reveal about public grief, nostalgia, & protest
-Whether diet culture is just another form of death denial
Painkillers for a warlord’s migraines. Train tickets for a legendary statesman who never made it north. A Labubu for Karl Marx www.sixthtone.com/news/1017531...
Painkillers, Tickets, Labubu: What China’s Gen Z Is Leaving at Tombs
Young Chinese are honoring historical figures with playful, personal gifts tailored to each legend’s quirks and stories.
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January 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Painkillers for a warlord’s migraines. Train tickets for a legendary statesman who never made it north. A Labubu for Karl Marx www.sixthtone.com/news/1017531...
Our MORTAL MEDIA CLUB is back for 2026!
MMC is a unique twist on the traditional book club—we gather around short pieces of media that explore death, dying, grief, and engage in discussion with leading experts.
MMC is a unique twist on the traditional book club—we gather around short pieces of media that explore death, dying, grief, and engage in discussion with leading experts.
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Our MORTAL MEDIA CLUB is back for 2026!
MMC is a unique twist on the traditional book club—we gather around short pieces of media that explore death, dying, grief, and engage in discussion with leading experts.
MMC is a unique twist on the traditional book club—we gather around short pieces of media that explore death, dying, grief, and engage in discussion with leading experts.
Our Good Death Fellow is launching their online database to assist families navigating indigent disposition programs. Each year thousands of people aren't able to achieve disposition via the private funeral industry, whether due to financial reasons, frayed family relations, or no known next-of-kin
January 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Our Good Death Fellow is launching their online database to assist families navigating indigent disposition programs. Each year thousands of people aren't able to achieve disposition via the private funeral industry, whether due to financial reasons, frayed family relations, or no known next-of-kin
We’re putting the final touches on our annual Year in Death member newsletter, covering the major events, stories, media, and trends that shaped the end-of-life, grief, and our ever-changing relationship with mortality.
Here are a few things we’ll be talking about:
Here are a few things we’ll be talking about:
December 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We’re putting the final touches on our annual Year in Death member newsletter, covering the major events, stories, media, and trends that shaped the end-of-life, grief, and our ever-changing relationship with mortality.
Here are a few things we’ll be talking about:
Here are a few things we’ll be talking about:
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@ordergooddeath.bsky.social I got everyone in my immediate family an end-of-life planner for Christmas, and we all sat for a couple hours filling them in as a family activity before Christmas dinner. It doesn't have to be weird ❤️💀❤️
December 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
@ordergooddeath.bsky.social I got everyone in my immediate family an end-of-life planner for Christmas, and we all sat for a couple hours filling them in as a family activity before Christmas dinner. It doesn't have to be weird ❤️💀❤️
Win an entire library on death, grief, and what it means to be human. Which book are you reading first?
Enter today by becoming a Tier 2 Order Member by December 19th: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
*Must have a U.S. mailing address.
Enter today by becoming a Tier 2 Order Member by December 19th: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
*Must have a U.S. mailing address.
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Win an entire library on death, grief, and what it means to be human. Which book are you reading first?
Enter today by becoming a Tier 2 Order Member by December 19th: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
*Must have a U.S. mailing address.
Enter today by becoming a Tier 2 Order Member by December 19th: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
*Must have a U.S. mailing address.
“It’s okay to decay. Modern western death practices in the US have become unsustainable, expensive & toxic. We have been conditioned to fear decomposing. Returning your borrowed body to the earth is the last greatest act of love you can do.” - @joan_de_art
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December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“It’s okay to decay. Modern western death practices in the US have become unsustainable, expensive & toxic. We have been conditioned to fear decomposing. Returning your borrowed body to the earth is the last greatest act of love you can do.” - @joan_de_art
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✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Around the world people are gathering to sing to the dying in an effort to provide comfort, peace and release to both the suffering and the singers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘It was the last time Mum smiled at me’: the choirs singing to the dying in three-part harmony
A worldwide movement to sing gentle songs to the dying provides comfort, peace and release to both the suffering and the singers
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Around the world people are gathering to sing to the dying in an effort to provide comfort, peace and release to both the suffering and the singers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Inspired by the death positive movement, this animated short explores how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals vimeo.com/1127150668?f...
Making It Fit
A short documentary film by Mariana Leal, about how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals to better support and reflect the…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Inspired by the death positive movement, this animated short explores how the LGBTQIA+ community has been reinventing funerary and remembrance rituals vimeo.com/1127150668?f...
In Bolivia Fiesta de las Natitas is a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-l...
To live and die (and live again) in Bolivia: the Fiesta de las Ñatitas | The Order of the Good Death
Order member Paul Koudounaris reports from Bolivia on his annual visit during Fiesta de las Natitas, a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In Bolivia Fiesta de las Natitas is a time when the important bond between the living and the dead is celebrated www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-l...
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1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
Join us on 10/30 for an exclusive talk by @sarahcalavera.bsky.social
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
October 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Join us on 10/30 for an exclusive talk by @sarahcalavera.bsky.social
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
The Women, the Witch, & the Dead: How Women & Death Shaped Halloween.
This event is exclusively for our Tier Two members. Not a member yet? Now's the perfect time to join
www.orderofthegooddeath.com/membership
✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
✨Announcing our Death Positive Library Giveaway!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
Become a Tier Two Order Member by December 19th for a chance to receive a collection of over 35 groundbreaking books exploring mortality and meaning—including signed editions by bestselling author Caitlin Doughty!
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
1. Folks who are signed up for our free Death Positive Advocate newsletter will soon get an exclusive sneak peek into the treasure trove of insights & news that Order Members receive every month!
1. Our archive is full of conversations that continue to resonate, and this one is no exception. In “Therapy, Mental Health, and Death Positivity,” we explore the complex experience of bringing death positive ideas into your therapy session.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
1. Our archive is full of conversations that continue to resonate, and this one is no exception. In “Therapy, Mental Health, and Death Positivity,” we explore the complex experience of bringing death positive ideas into your therapy session.
“I also find myself asking what it means to grieve when grief itself must be justified—when mourning is a privilege and memory, like safety, that can feel so unevenly distributed.” www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief
In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.
www.theatlantic.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“I also find myself asking what it means to grieve when grief itself must be justified—when mourning is a privilege and memory, like safety, that can feel so unevenly distributed.” www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
We believe everyone struggles with fear of death. Being death positive is about our willingness to better understand those fears, how they manifest in ourselves, others, & the world around us.
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
October 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We believe everyone struggles with fear of death. Being death positive is about our willingness to better understand those fears, how they manifest in ourselves, others, & the world around us.
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
We’ve created resources to help: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/resources/fe...
Mandy Shunnarah’s moving essay, Love Lives in This Place, which traces a journey from fear and death anxiety to finding comfort and connection among the gravestones.
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Love Lives In This Place | The Order of the Good Death
Writer Mandy Shunnarah loves cemeteries now, but that wasn’t always the case–they used to experience panic attacks brought on by death anxiety. But, through one woman’s loving dedication to cemetery w...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Mandy Shunnarah’s moving essay, Love Lives in This Place, which traces a journey from fear and death anxiety to finding comfort and connection among the gravestones.
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
Read it here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/love...
We’re taking it back to the early days of The Order & the event that started it all: Death Salons.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
October 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We’re taking it back to the early days of The Order & the event that started it all: Death Salons.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
Inspired by 18th century intellectual salons, we brought together academics, artists, funeral professionals, and the public to talk about the one thing we all have in common: death.
1. Some stories are timeless; they stick with you, revealing new layers of meaning the more you think about them.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1. Some stories are timeless; they stick with you, revealing new layers of meaning the more you think about them.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
This week, we’re revisiting one of our favorite articles from the archives: “Death for Sale: Content, Consumption, and Compassion of Estate Sales”.
Tired of capitalism controlling deathcare? Same. That’s why we’re building a community that is reimagining deathcare, and we need volunteers (and volunteer wranglers) to make it happen.
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tired of capitalism controlling deathcare? Same. That’s why we’re building a community that is reimagining deathcare, and we need volunteers (and volunteer wranglers) to make it happen.
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Interested in volunteering? Learn more and apply here: www.orderofthegooddeath.com/volunteer/
Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn’t matter to others? www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...
The Story of the Unclaimed | The Order of the Good Death
Today, more and more relatives are abandoning their dead, leaving it to local governments to dispose of the bodies. Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Up to 150,000 Americans now go unclaimed each year. Who are they? Why are they being forgotten? And what is the meaning of life if your death doesn’t matter to others? www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/the-...