I recently saw this retweet in my feed: “How to EARN the respect of your #socialmedia followers.” I paused. It’s hard enough to get followers, much less earn their respect. Do mine — all 935 of them — respect me? My ego wants them to like me. And my writing. My Id doesn’t care what…
At The Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, the dead fill every nook and cranny. “Art of Mourning,” the current exhibit, features celluloid medallions and Victorian-era memorial photographs depicting the waxy, masklike faces of the dead. In “Sleeping Beauty” photos, deceased little girls and boys are cradled in open caskets or propped up in rocking chairs,…