Mourning is an essential component of human life, and it can take various forms depending on culture and religion. In some cultures, mourning involves specific rituals that are intended to help...
Sexual themes have always been an essential part of human culture, and this is especially true when it comes to mythology. In many cultures around the world, stories about gods and goddesses often...
Queer Approaches to Grief
Grandma passed away last week. I was heartbroken. We all felt sadness, but it took different forms for each of us. Her death made some people feel guilt about how they...
What is death? Is it an event that occurs when a person's life ends, or is it something more complicated than that? Queer theory posits that death is a process, rather than an endpoint, and this idea...
In queer philosophy of temporality, the concept of "mortality" refers to the fact that all living things must eventually die. This includes human beings, animals, plants, and even non-living objects...
Water has been a powerful symbol of transformation throughout human history, used to represent life-giving abundance but also uncontrollable force capable of wreaking havoc. In many cultures, water...
Queer theory is a philosophical movement that originated within gay male activism in the late twentieth century to challenge heterosexist and cissexist norms within the social sciences and...
Humans are naturally curious beings, but their curiosity extends beyond the natural world and into the unknown. One of the most intriguing topics that humans have explored is death. Death has been...
In life, there are several emotions that people experience such as joy, sadness, anger, and fear. Among these, grief is one of the most devastating feelings experienced when someone close to you dies...
There has been an increasing interest in how queer perspectives on death can inform our understanding of life's significance and temporality. This is largely due to the fact that many people have...