Shall I add the tag "necrocosmetics" is is that too much? When human bodies are treated with less Dignity than lettuce. I know that most western people think of the body as just a shell, just dirt...
Shall I add the tag "necrocosmetics" is is that too much?
A Reuters journalist purchased a cervical spine and two cadaver heads for a total of $900 from a Tennessee-based tissue bank without any official vetting or follow-up questions about how the parts would be used and by whom. When the spine and heads arrived at their shipping address — the body-donation program at the University of Minnesota, Reuters’ partner for the investigative series — they were determined to be unusable due to insufficient documentation of their donors’ medical histories. (Key quote: “We regulate heads of lettuce in this country more than we regulate heads of bodies.”)
When human bodies are treated with less Dignity than lettuce. I know that most western people think of the body as just a shell, just dirt who cares. I used to think so. But it's worth remembering that not all cultures regard the body of the departed as just meat. We wouldn't be okay with treating the remains of our pets this way, right?
The aesthetic underclass whose remains generate profit and shareholder value, meanwhile, are those who cannot afford to die well: Tissue banks source their donations from those living and dying in poverty: The spine purchased by the Reuters journalist was traced to a young man whose body was donated by his parents, who couldn’t afford a burial or cremation.
I hadn't even thought of the wealth inequality and exploitative angle. That poor family. The rich already treat us like working cattle, but now they're even buying and selling us like meat.
Shall I add the tag "necrocosmetics" is is that too much?
When human bodies are treated with less Dignity than lettuce. I know that most western people think of the body as just a shell, just dirt who cares. I used to think so. But it's worth remembering that not all cultures regard the body of the departed as just meat. We wouldn't be okay with treating the remains of our pets this way, right?
I hadn't even thought of the wealth inequality and exploitative angle. That poor family. The rich already treat us like working cattle, but now they're even buying and selling us like meat.