Feminists Freak Out Because Steve Martin Called Carrie Fisher ‘Beautiful’

Maybe progressive feminists are upset because nobody ever calls them “beautiful.” That’s what I’m going with, anyway.

Yesterday and today, lots of people have paid tribute to the late Carrie Fisher. That included actor and comedian Steve Martin, who tweeted this (it has since been deleted) –

.@SteveMartinToGo pays tribute to Carrie Fisher https://t.co/RKfUe4G1fE pic.twitter.com/PXDJ5e7pKX

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 27, 2016

Do you see a problem with Steve Martin’s tweet? I certainly don’t. Carrie Fisher was beautiful. She was also witty and whip-smart. She owned her problems and mistakes and turned them into a way to help others and be an example.

She even owned the gold bikini she wore in Return of the Jedi – even when feminists were shrieking about how offensive and demeaning it was –

There’s been some debate recently about whether there should be no more merchandise with you in the “Return of the Jedi” bikini.

I think that’s stupid.

 

To stop making the merchandise?

The father who flipped out about it, “What am I going to tell my kid about why she’s in that outfit?” Tell them that a giant slug captured me and forced me to wear that stupid outfit, and then I killed him because I didn’t like it. And then I took it off. Backstage.

Say what you will about Carrie Fisher, she certainly wasn’t timid or whiny about her life.

But because feminism dictates we can only focus on the things they approve of in Carrie Fisher’s life, progressive feminists decided to pounce on Martin and his touching tribute to a fellow actor –

Remember Carrie Fisher for her talent, her feminism, her commentary on mental health — not for the way she looked https://t.co/R3eZqy6Ooh

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) December 28, 2016

Steve Martin’s tweet about Carrie Fisher is extremely bad https://t.co/if7QV6Ow3b

— The Cut (@TheCut) December 27, 2016

Remind me again why I find progressive feminism to be utterly repulsive?

Quite honestly, I’m already sick of feminists dictating how I choose to remember Carrie Fisher. I’ve already been subjected to lectures about how she was “General” Leia Organa in The Force Awakens. Or that Star Wars wasn’t the only thing she did. How DARE I only focus on her role as Princess Leia?

What – you don’t want me to remember her as the badass, butt-kicking rebel princess that saved her people from the tyranny of the Empire? If you think I’m going to change my mind just because you demand I do, YOU ARE HIGH.

The fact is that a lot of guys had crushes on Princess Leia (same way a lot of girls had crushes on Han Solo). To ignore that aspect is stupid and quite offensive.

Feminism doesn’t own Carrie Fisher. No more than the supposedly pervy fanboys do. Everyone’s going to remember Carrie Fisher how they choose to. Steve Martin remembered her as beautiful when he first met her, and then he got to know her for the funny and talented woman that she was. There is not one thing wrong with that.