Of course, most of the Disney princesses are far younger than they appear to be, all gussied up as beautiful ladies who are waiting for their Prince Charming. So to sexify her – a 13-year-old girl! – is really repulsive. The first animated film directed by a woman (Brenda Chapman, who stood up for her young ward) to win an Oscar in its category.īrave, and Merida, meant something to women, to girls, and to the industry. It also was the first Pixar film with a female lead character. It was about women being able to be more than some role set out for them. The entire movie was about her accepting her mother for the choices she had made, and her mother accepting that her daughter was not going to be her carbon copy. What made Merida such a kickass heroine, such an excellent character – whatever her gender – was that she was her own person her bow and arrow was as much a part of her as her hair, which was frizzy and unkempt. Most egregious, though, was that they took away her bow and arrow. Suddenly, her waist was Barbie-sized and she had breasts. Her eyes were rounder and had a certain come-hither look to them. The dress they put her in was the shiny, princess-y one she hated in the movie, not her preferred garb. I usually don’t give it much thought, though, except to betray my feminist leanings and be glad I have boys and don’t have to deal with shelves of pink when we go to the toy store (let’s face it, I’d still be shopping in the toy car and superhero section even if I had girls).īut when news broke the other week that Disney was adding Merida from Brave to its princess collection, I was a bit taken aback at the image I saw. I’m not even sure most of them are actually princesses, but that’s really splitting hairs. Look, I’m no fan of the whole “Disney Princess” canon.
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