carrie fisher isnāt just princess leia. carrie fisher isnāt just an actress we all admire from a famous series of movies made a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. carrie fisher isnāt just another name on the list of shitty things 2016 has done to people i admire.
carrie fisher is a woman who struggled with addiction and mental illness and never sugar coated it - she spoke honestly, openly, about every ugly truth, and made me so much less ashamed of the things i struggle with in my daily life.
carrie fisher is a woman who fought back against body shaming and misogyny, against agesim, who looked at critics and saidĀ āyes, i am a woman who has aged, and had children, and struggled with depression and addiction and my body has changed, so you can just shut the fuck up and deal with itā, and it was absolutely beautiful.
carrie fisher is a woman who was placed in the role ofĀ āprincessā but didnāt conform to the typical hollywood idea of what a princess should be. sheās loud, brash, crass, and unapologetic for being so.
sheās an idol and an inspiration and sheās a woman who saved my life many times just by being who she was and never shying away from it or feeling the need to say sorry. carrie fisher is so much and more and i cannot begin to stomach the thought of 2016 taking her away from me, from her family, from the rest of the world and those of us who love her so dearly.
i love you, space momma. we all do. keep fighting the good fight.
