Carrie Fisher Is Still a Hero

[demmiblue]

Source: Jezebel

There’s been an unending stream of sexual assault stories hitting us over the last week. Let’s take a break to enjoy a story of women defending women, in which one of those women is Princess Leia.

Heather Ross is a screenwriter who was also a close friend of the late, great Carrie Fisher. The Blast reports that Ross called into 94.9 MixFM in Tucson and relayed a story to the hosts of The Morning Mix about how a Sony executive harassed her in 2000. At the time, Ross told Fisher about her harrowing experience, and Fisher decided to give the guy bothering her friend a little gift:

“About two weeks later, she sent me a message online and she said, ‘I just saw (blank) at Sony Studios. I knew he would probably be there, so I went to his office and personally delivered a Tiffany box wrapped with a white bow.’” Ross explained. “I asked her what was inside and she said, ‘It was a cow tongue from Jerry’s Famous Deli with a note that said, If you ever touch my darling Heather or any other woman again, the next delivery will be (clears throat) something of yours in a much smaller box!’”

https://jezebel.com/carrie-fisher-is-still-a-hero-1819505828

[LonePirate]

1. Carrie truly was a hero in every regard. I suspect there are many more stories like this about her.

[B2G]

2. Carrie Fisher was a total badass. nt

[johnsonsnap]

6. More badass would have been naming names

By refusing to try to stop the abusers, she enabled them to continue their abuse.

[pnwmom]

12. No one has the right to expose another woman who has been targeted. She wasn't an enabler.

She was a woman who kept the confidence of other women.

[LittleGirl]

16. thank you. eom

[demmiblue]

14. Go away. n/t

[LittleGirl]

17. oh come on!

were you there?

[Aristus]

3. It proves that when Fisher portrayed Princess Leia as an ass-kicker,

she wasn't just acting...

I'm still in mourning...

There was a cartoon that was published not long after she died that showed Leia walking off into the sunset with R2-D2 (Kenny Baker, who also died last year.)

I can't find it. Can someone post it, please?

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. I found this

[Aristus]

5. Thank you.

This is not the one. But it breaks the heart just the same...

[demmiblue]

7. ...

[Aristus]

15. Yes!

Thank you...

[louis-t]

8. I actually saw her in a play on Broadway.

1974. She must have been about 17. 'Irene' was the name of the play. I found the Playbill from the show about 10 years ago and was flipping through it.

[TuxedoKat]

10. My parents took me to see that

when I was a kid. I don't remember much about it except this beautiful, sparkling white dress that Debbie Reynolds wore. I was mesmerized. I didn't know at the time her daughter was in it too.

[louis-t]

11. Yup, I remember the white dress.

Carrie is listed as "debutant'.

[LisaM]

18. Funny, I was just reading about "Irene" and how Carrie Fisher had been in it...

I was looking it up because I was watching "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and Jane Powell (who's still alive, BTW) did the role too, it seems that after she followed Debbie Reynolds on Broadway, the two of them both appeared frequently in the role. But anyway, I only found out then that Carrie Fisher was in it, too.

[Adrahil]

9. Always my Princess!

She was a bold woman, unashamed of the challenges that faced her!

[iluvtennis]

13. Love it.