![]() Wishful Drinking, published in 2008, is Fisher’s first of three memoirs, and was based on a one-woman play she began performing in 2006. ![]() What I’ve always appreciated about Carrie Fisher is that she always seems to be such a strong individual. Science fiction movies in the 70s and 80s were not kind to women, so her portrayal of Leia as a strong, independent, powerful woman matters quite a bit.īut many people admire Fisher not for her role as Leia, but for her honesty and humor as a writer and her advocacy for those with mental illnesses. While I can’t say Carrie Fisher shaped my self-image as a girl, I can say she’s one of the best parts of the movies. There are women who can say that her portrayal of Princess Leia changed how they viewed women and themselves. I actually didn’t grow up with the Star Wars movies (I’m the right age, we just weren’t a movie-going family). ![]() Having suffered through the last three, he’s in a kind of heaven right now with the latest two being so good. I was especially sad for my husband, who grew up with the Star Wars movies. And we had just seen her in Rogue One and Star Wars: A New Hope. ![]() ![]() I was really saddened by Carrie Fisher’s death last month. ![]()
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