REBEL GIRL
And now Carrie Fisher is gone.
And somehow this pic just seems appropriate.
I don’t know what I can add to everything else being said about her. Obviously she was part of my pop culture landscape with Star Wars - Leia was one of the first female characters I saw onscreen who wasn’t a frail damsel in distress. She was smart, tough and funny.
Fisher was also a good writer (I’ve only ever read Postcards From The Edge, but it’s a very funny book), and a funny person. I also loved the fact that she brought her dog Gary along to interviews.
It’s sad that she’s gone, but it’s good that she was here. Not only did she embody one of the great female icons of my generation, she also did a lot of good works offscreen by talking about her addiction and mental illness issues. (One of my family members is a recovering alcoholic who has also been diagnosed as bipolar, so I’m not a disinterested bystander in the that regard.)
In closing, I’ll honor her request to report that she died the way she wanted to go - drowned in moonlight and strangled to death by her own bra.
A princess in a world full of dragons,
This is dF
EDITED TO ADD [29 Dec]: And a day later, her mom Debbie Reynolds has also passed, because that's how 2016 rolls.
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And somehow this pic just seems appropriate.
I don’t know what I can add to everything else being said about her. Obviously she was part of my pop culture landscape with Star Wars - Leia was one of the first female characters I saw onscreen who wasn’t a frail damsel in distress. She was smart, tough and funny.
Fisher was also a good writer (I’ve only ever read Postcards From The Edge, but it’s a very funny book), and a funny person. I also loved the fact that she brought her dog Gary along to interviews.
It’s sad that she’s gone, but it’s good that she was here. Not only did she embody one of the great female icons of my generation, she also did a lot of good works offscreen by talking about her addiction and mental illness issues. (One of my family members is a recovering alcoholic who has also been diagnosed as bipolar, so I’m not a disinterested bystander in the that regard.)
In closing, I’ll honor her request to report that she died the way she wanted to go - drowned in moonlight and strangled to death by her own bra.
A princess in a world full of dragons,
This is dF
EDITED TO ADD [29 Dec]: And a day later, her mom Debbie Reynolds has also passed, because that's how 2016 rolls.
This entry was originally posted at http://defrog.dreamwidth.org/1592170.html. Please comment there using OpenID.