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  Re: Carrie Fisher and the ageless princess

  Aging as an issue

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  Mariana Lins Federal University of Pernambuco

  Thursday, September 21, 2017 — 2:38 pm

  Tanya, I think Princess Leia's character herself is already a great contribution to the women's representation in sci-fi movies. After The Force Awakens premiere and the event I just described in my piece, I feel that Carrie's reaction was ...
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  Re: Prozac Princess: The Complex Imagery of Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking

  Leia as a burden

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  Mariana Lins Federal University of Pernambuco

  Thursday, September 21, 2017 — 3:17 pm

  The intersection of Fisher’s stardom, mental health advocacy, and candidness about substance abuse that you pointed out here can also be seen on the cover of Shockaholic, the next memoir she wrote after Wishful Drinking, in 2011. Again the picture of Prin ...
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  Re: When imperfect can be perfect: Lessons learned from Carrie Fisher's life and death

  Fans' grief

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  Mariana Lins Federal University of Pernambuco

  Thursday, September 21, 2017 — 3:48 pm

  I have been watching the fans' reaction surrounding Carrie's death since December on social media and I noticed most of them seemed to share a very unique bond with her. Their mourning, as Tanya already pointed out, undoubtedly had a lot to do w ...