Carrie Fisher's Appropriate Role Model

Now in days it could be a hard to find a suitable role model. The celebrity world is always corrupted with lies and scandals; it is always hard to find a person who is upfront and honest to the people. Most people don’t want the next Kardasian to be their role model, if anything they would want someone who can show them it is okay not to be okay. Carrie Fisher showed people everywhere it was okay not to be okay. She battled mental health issues and drug addiction and was open about it. Fisher wrote 4 books and 3 memoirs being brutally honest about her life, her affairs, mental health and drug addiction. It was this honesty which made her one of the most trusted public figures in Hollywood. She wasn’t just a princess in a gold bikini, nor Jake Blues’s psycho ex-girlfriend, she was and will always …show more content…
For example, all those “trends” that everyone seems to follow are just another standard for women. Do not be another follower. Be someone you will be proud of in the future. Fight to be the person you want to be.
“If you claim something, you can own it, but if you have it as a shameful secret, you’re f*****.”-Carrie Fisher Carrie Fisher learned to be herself. She became a hero and an icon. She knew what she wanted when she wanted it. To most people she is princess Leia in Star Wars. To others she’s Mystery Girl in Blues Brothers. Some may know her as Marie from When Harry Met Sally, or even Janie from Drop Dead Fred. To me she is not a princess or a psycho ex-girlfriend, but a woman who was extraordinary. Fisher was an accomplished author, script consultant, mental health advocate, dog lover, quirky tweeter, mother, storyteller, feminist, and more importantly, herself. We lost Ms. Carrie Fisher October 27, 2016. An icon in this world and the next. One bodacious soul who fought her demons and continues still to help people open up about addiction. You can say, “she drowned in moonlight, strangled by her own