RantCrush Top 5: December 28, 2016

In a year that has felt absolutely littered with celebrity deaths, news of Carrie Fisher’s death yesterday was hard to stomach. While Fisher was best known for her role as Princess Leia, she also leaves behind a legacy of advocacy that speaks for itself. Fisher was an outspoken and unapologetic feminist. She was a vocal advocate for mental health services, and openly suffered from bipolar disorder and substance abuse problems. And she received the 10th Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism from Harvard University, because her “forthright activism and outspokenness about addiction, mental illness and agnosticism have advanced public discourse on these issues with creativity and empathy.”

Carrie Fisher was a champion of mental health issues – never afraid to discuss her personal battles in order to help others. pic.twitter.com/oGwBy5B1e2

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) December 28, 2016

We’ll miss you, Carrie.

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Emma Von Zeipel

Emma Von Zeipel is a staff writer at Law Street Media. She is originally from one of the islands of Stockholm, Sweden. After working for Democratic Voice of Burma in Thailand, she ended up in New York City. She has a BA in journalism from Stockholm University and is passionate about human rights, good books, horses, and European chocolate. Contact Emma at EVonZeipel@LawStreetMedia.com.