It’s a sad day for science fiction fans everywhere. Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars series, has passed away at the age of 60. According to The New York Times, Fisher suffered a heart attack while on a flight from London to Los Angeles this past Friday and had been hospitalized until her time of death. As an actress, Fisher’s role as Leia showed that a passive, helpless character was the not the only role for women in cinema. In spite of the heartbreaking destruction of her home planet Alderaan at the hands of Darth Vader, Princess Leia was a force to be a reckoned with as one of the most esteemed leaders of the Rebel Alliance. Decades after the first installment of Star Wars, Fisher continued to blaze a trail as someone who would always stand up for what was right. In her 2011 memoir Shockaholic, she poignantly predicted the vicious ageism she would face from many fans when she reprised her role as Leia in The Force Awakens, stating ““what I didn’t realize, back when I was this twenty-five-year-old pinup for geeks in that me myself and iconic metal bikini, was that I had signed an invisible contract to stay looking the exact same way for the next 30 to 40 years.” But, Fisher did much more than play the role of a character who would go on to become a highly recognized feminist icon in pop culture; she was also an animal lover who fought for an end to the Yulin Dog Meat Festival.
Carrie Fisher was a fighter. As an older woman, she fought for the way that we view younger women in the meeting and the way that the media treats actresses of a certain age. As an animal rights activist, she believed that we can put a stop to the Yulin Dog Meat Festival through the power of the people. We’ll continue to fight for an end to this atrocious festival and that one day, all dogs will live peacefully.
Rest in peace, Carrie. Thank you for being an inspiration to all.
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