Carrie Fisher’s Great Twitter Moments
As the world mourns the death of actress and author Carrie Fisher, we look back at how she took to Twitter to take a stand and just generally be hilarious in her own unique way.
The Postcards from the Edge and Princess Diarist author was known for a Twitter style that played with emojis (sometimes completely comprised of emojis), capitalizations, and spacing. During the press tour for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, Fisher, who had been fetishized and sexualized since that gold bikini scene in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, was very candid about shutting down anyone who sought to body-shame her. To all those who were comparing her 2015 body to her 1970s one, she had this to say: “Please stop debating about whetherOR not [eye emoji] aged well.unfortunately it hurts all3 of my feelings.My BODY hasnt aged as well as I have.Blow us [okay emoji].”
Please stop debating about whetherOR not????aged well.unfortunately it hurts all3 of my feelings.My BODY hasnt aged as well as I have.Blow us????????
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 29, 2015
She went on to make clear where she placed her looks on her priority list, writing, “My body is my brain bag, it hauls me around to those places & in front of faces where theres something to say or see.” She also got her beloved dog, Gary, in on the action. “Youth&BeautyR/NOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS,theyre theTEMPORARY happy/BiProducts/of Time&/or DNA/Dont Hold yourBreath4either/ifUmust holdAir/takeGarys.”
My body is my brain bag, it hauls me around to those places & in front of faces where theres something to say or see pic.twitter.com/T2TXiEyl17
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 29, 2015
Youth&BeautyR/NOT ACCOMPLISHMENTS,theyre theTEMPORARY happy/BiProducts/of Time&/or DNA/Dont Hold yourBreath4either/ifUmust holdAir/takeGarys
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) December 30, 2015
Known for publicly discussing her mental health struggles, Fisher even had fun making reference to her issues. “I didn’t LOSE my mind, I just changed it so many times it appeared unrecognisable & thus difficult to FIND…Reports of mind loss unfounded,” she joked. She was clear that she didn’t care what anyone thought of her anymore. “I’m not trying to make sense yet. Im saving that for later. So for those of you who lack the patience to wait for my sense, use yours.Cheers.”
I didn't LOSE my mind, I just changed it so many times it appeared unrecognisable & thus difficult to FIND…Reports of mind loss unfounded
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) July 22, 2015
I'm not trying to make sense yet. Im saving that for later. So for those of you who lack the patience to wait for my sense, use yours.Cheers
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) June 25, 2015
The only exercise I get lately is running off at the mouth & jumping to conclusions…..
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) September 11, 2016
And to the joy of fans everywhere, any reference made to that gold slave Princess Leia bikini was always dripping with sarcasm and what many saw as disdain. “–somewhere I’ll forever be 24…& Enslaved& PISSED!” she wrote next to this photo of that image.
–somewhere I'll forever be 24…& Enslaved& PISSED! pic.twitter.com/bN89V16ifx
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) June 2, 2016
Fisher’s emoji-laden tweets were almost challenges to her fans. She’d often playfully weigh in on whether they got the translation right, as with this exchange between Fisher and fan Ken Marranzino.
@carrieffisher My attempt at decoding: pic.twitter.com/U3ZzOeokRk
— Ken Marranzino (@kmarranzino) February 5, 2016
That would be a no for Marranzino.
@kmarranzino close, but no cigar???? pic.twitter.com/uejArADr62
— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher) February 5, 2016
They were so confusing that even her friend and co-star Mark Hamill got in on the action of calling them out, writing earlier this year, “Looking forward to @carrieffisher‘s new book-Hopefully it will include much-needed Emoji-to-English translator #Huh?”
Looking forward to @carrieffisher's new book-Hopefully it will include much-needed Emoji-to-English translator #Huh? https://t.co/uSGgJ9PCOD
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 30, 2016
Well, it turns out there’s an entire Twitter account dedicated to translating those amazing feats of pictography. Today the young Englishwoman behind that account, Charlotte Hammond, wrote her own tribute to Fisher, saying, “To me, Carrie Fisher was someone who defied social norms and said f*** you to people who didn’t like it. That’s someone I want to become. I’m trying not to be sad about her death, but thankful for her existence.”
Thank you for letting me translate Carrie Fisher's emoji tweets and for the kind messages along the way. https://t.co/xouhH7gbtU
— Carrie Translator (@thecarrielator) December 27, 2016