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| Carrie Fisher is a national treasure. There's no other valid opinion about her | Carrie Fisher is a national treasure. There's no other valid opinion about her |
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| Carrie Frances Fisher has been the gift that keeps on giving for decades, and this year is no different. | |
| In 1977’s Star Wars, she proved that a woman can lead a revolution (and shoot a gun and fly a spaceship and wield a lightsaber and be unafraid to tell the men that they really aren’t doing things right) – no small feat in the world of sci-fi, or in the world at large. | In 1977’s Star Wars, she proved that a woman can lead a revolution (and shoot a gun and fly a spaceship and wield a lightsaber and be unafraid to tell the men that they really aren’t doing things right) – no small feat in the world of sci-fi, or in the world at large. |
| Even when she was forced into that infamous gold bikini in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, chained to blob-like villain Jabba the Hutt as his slave, she still managed to look more unimpressed than subjugated – no easy feat. | Even when she was forced into that infamous gold bikini in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, chained to blob-like villain Jabba the Hutt as his slave, she still managed to look more unimpressed than subjugated – no easy feat. |
| Related: Carrie Fisher blasts Star Wars body shamers | Related: Carrie Fisher blasts Star Wars body shamers |
| Her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel Postcards From the Edge showed that female protagonists can be confused and screwed up and recovering (and sometimes lapsed) addicts – and still be exquisitely funny and smart. Though this genre seems to be as ubiquitous as, well, Star Wars memes nowadays, Fisher was one of the first. | Her 1987 semi-autobiographical novel Postcards From the Edge showed that female protagonists can be confused and screwed up and recovering (and sometimes lapsed) addicts – and still be exquisitely funny and smart. Though this genre seems to be as ubiquitous as, well, Star Wars memes nowadays, Fisher was one of the first. |
| She was the best part (sorry not sorry) of When Harry Met Sally. She script-doctored the (way under-appreciated) 1993 Mike Myers cult classic So I Married An Axe Murderer. Her pen helped turn around the scripts for blockbusters ranging from Sister Act (1992) to Last Action Hero (1993) to The Wedding Singer (1998). Yes: her words made performers as diverse as Whoopi Goldberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Drew Barrymore all sound smarter and funnier. | She was the best part (sorry not sorry) of When Harry Met Sally. She script-doctored the (way under-appreciated) 1993 Mike Myers cult classic So I Married An Axe Murderer. Her pen helped turn around the scripts for blockbusters ranging from Sister Act (1992) to Last Action Hero (1993) to The Wedding Singer (1998). Yes: her words made performers as diverse as Whoopi Goldberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Drew Barrymore all sound smarter and funnier. |
| The audiobook of her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking, inspired by her 2006 one-woman autobiographical play of the same name, was nominated for a Grammy. | The audiobook of her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking, inspired by her 2006 one-woman autobiographical play of the same name, was nominated for a Grammy. |
| She even gave birth to daughter Billie Lourd – who was unquestionably the best part of Ryan Murphy’s (typically) uneven slasher-comedy miniseries Scream Queens this fall. | She even gave birth to daughter Billie Lourd – who was unquestionably the best part of Ryan Murphy’s (typically) uneven slasher-comedy miniseries Scream Queens this fall. |
| And then, this month, Carrie Fisher even managed to outdo herself. Not only did she turn in a performance in the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, that would make even Gloria Steinem bow down, she then proceeded to perfectly shut up the haters who deigned to criticize her performance because of … her weight. | And then, this month, Carrie Fisher even managed to outdo herself. Not only did she turn in a performance in the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, that would make even Gloria Steinem bow down, she then proceeded to perfectly shut up the haters who deigned to criticize her performance because of … her weight. |
| Yes, in the year 2015 a living legend like Carrie Fisher – author, playwright, screenwriter and actor extraordinaire, as well as a brutally funny human being who has been unashamed and unabashed about her flaws and struggles – is still being told she isn’t good enough because of how she looks. Ah, to be a woman in the modern era. Or anytime, really. | Yes, in the year 2015 a living legend like Carrie Fisher – author, playwright, screenwriter and actor extraordinaire, as well as a brutally funny human being who has been unashamed and unabashed about her flaws and struggles – is still being told she isn’t good enough because of how she looks. Ah, to be a woman in the modern era. Or anytime, really. |
| But the point (the game, the set, the match) ultimately went to Fisher when, tired of the chatter of internet haters, she tweeted on Tuesday night: “Please stop debating about whether or not [I] aged well. Unfortunately it hurts all 3 of my feelings. My body hasn’t aged as well as I have. Blow us.” | But the point (the game, the set, the match) ultimately went to Fisher when, tired of the chatter of internet haters, she tweeted on Tuesday night: “Please stop debating about whether or not [I] aged well. Unfortunately it hurts all 3 of my feelings. My body hasn’t aged as well as I have. Blow us.” |
| She topped off this feat of Twitter brilliance with no less than an “OK” sign emoji. That’s how it’s done. That’s how you do it. | She topped off this feat of Twitter brilliance with no less than an “OK” sign emoji. That’s how it’s done. That’s how you do it. |
| Thank you, Carrie Fisher, for being you. For your amazing, illustrious career of defying stereotypes – and most of all, for showing how to best use Twitter and shut up trolls who still have not learned that – shocker! – women’s bodies aren’t there to be objectified and consumed. | Thank you, Carrie Fisher, for being you. For your amazing, illustrious career of defying stereotypes – and most of all, for showing how to best use Twitter and shut up trolls who still have not learned that – shocker! – women’s bodies aren’t there to be objectified and consumed. |
| Has Carrie Fisher aged? Yes, or else she’d be too dead to do all these awesome things. Does it show? Who cares. | Has Carrie Fisher aged? Yes, or else she’d be too dead to do all these awesome things. Does it show? Who cares. |
| Do you have a Grammy nomination? Did you star in Star Wars? Did you overcome addiction? Did you write some seriously funny scripts? | Do you have a Grammy nomination? Did you star in Star Wars? Did you overcome addiction? Did you write some seriously funny scripts? |
| No, you did not. Carrie Fisher did. | No, you did not. Carrie Fisher did. |
| And here’s the most amazing thing of all. What Carrie Fisher just showed us – and has shown us throughout her career – is that there is no such thing as being a woman actor or woman writer or woman anything at all. We’re all more than our bodies and our gender, so we shouldn’t be evaluated and assessed by them. We can be better – even if we’ll never be sassier than Carrie Fisher – in 2016. | And here’s the most amazing thing of all. What Carrie Fisher just showed us – and has shown us throughout her career – is that there is no such thing as being a woman actor or woman writer or woman anything at all. We’re all more than our bodies and our gender, so we shouldn’t be evaluated and assessed by them. We can be better – even if we’ll never be sassier than Carrie Fisher – in 2016. |