On November 19, 2015, I fell in love with a song that had just been posted on YouTube. Accompanied by a surrealist 10-minute music video, this was what can only be classified as “weird shit.” The song was called Blackstar, by David Bowie. From the opening moments, all I could…
As the depth and complexities of living life online grow in magnitude, so does the urgency of developing ways to deal with death in a digital world. The need to manage death online has become more apparent with the rise of social media. Even before the social media age, email…
Consider this an open letter to the Internet, or at least to the fan communities, or “fandoms,” that seem to have found a home here. I kept my mouth shut when I found out that you were ‘shipping Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson. On some level, I get it. You…
“These creatures are nothing but pure motorized instinct. We must not be lulled by the concept of these are family members or friends. They are not.” – Eye-Patch Wearing Scientist[1] Prologue: Unfriending the Undead A year ago I unfriended my dead cousin. A few days following her birthday her Facebook…