From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death

by Caitlin Doughty

Women’s bodies are so often under the purview of men, whether it’s our reproductive organs, our sexuality, our weight, our manner of dress. There is a freedom found in decomposition, a body rendered messy, chaotic, and wild. I relish this image when visualizing what will become of my future corpse.

wondered if Moira believed that the power of the skull had really found this cat. She thought for a moment. “It’s the faith people have when they ask. That’s what matters.”