September 2017 – ~Macabre~Cadabra~

With Their Heads in Their Hands, Literally: Cephalophoric Saints and Biblical Violence

September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 Lampadea2 Comments

I feel like I've written a lot so far about bodies in a way that's very explicit and concrete -- skeletons, decomp, mummies -- and so, in an effort to not write about dead bodies all the time, I spent a good few days thinking of something I could write about that's more cultural/historical as… Continue reading With Their Heads in Their Hands, Literally: Cephalophoric Saints and Biblical Violence

Mummy Dearest: A series, probably

September 4, 2017September 4, 2017 LampadeaLeave a comment

There's been a few mummies in the news lately, which naturally reminded me that mummies are freakin' awesome and cool. Climate change less so, but I'm not here to talk about that so mummies it is. As I was thinking about what, exactly, to say about mummies it occurred to me that there are a WHOLE… Continue reading Mummy Dearest: A series, probably