It’s Time to Speak Ill of the Dead

On the meaning of Dooce and the complications of grief

(Content warning: mentions of suicide and disordered eating)

Heather Hamilton, also known as Heather Armstrong, but maybe even better known on the internet as Dooce, died this week. Her death, at the age of 47, was shocking in the way that unexpected death of someone so young always is. In the days since her death, my particular corner of the internet¹ ha…