Stuck in a difficult marriage, ANNE GLENCONNER was given a lifeline by the Queen's sister. 'Couldn't she be "pretty" and powerful?' she asked. Her mom, Comer, 34, who is adverse to letting Caroline engage with Disney's princesses because 'they don't "do" anything except look attractive,' said her main contention with the new Merida is the absence of her bow and arrow.
She’s pretty.’Īnd when four-year-old New Yorker, Caroline Aebersold, was asked what she thought of the new Merida, she replied: 'I think I like the new Brave better because it looks like there is snow falling on her dress.' Three-year-old Beatrix Bakken, a fan of the animated film from Palo Alto, California, told MailOnline: ‘I like her after, in the blue dress. It was about being pretty.'īut little girls, perhaps proving the petition's concerns, seem to support Merida's gold-trimmed dress and newly tamed hair. The writer, who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her daughter, Daisy, said: 'In the end, it wasn’t about being brave after all. Peggy Orenstein, the author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, which looks at how princess culture affects young girls, is also against the redesign. 'With Merida, girls finally had a princess role model that looked like a real girl, complete with the "imperfections" that made her such a unique and appealing character.'ĭisney's princesses: Merida joined the likes of Cinderella, Snow White, and Pocahontas to become Disney's 11th princess on Saturday, May 11
She explained: 'Merida inspired countless young girls by showing them that they too could go off on adventures and save the day that it’s not about how you looked that matters but what kind of person you are. In her original form, Merida inspired young girls teaching them that 'imperfections' and 'appealing' could go hand in hand, argued Ms Danckaert, whose A Might Girl website sells books, toys, films, and clothing for 'smart, confident, and courageous girls'. 'Instead they’d be like, "Yeah, you go girl!"' Ms Chapman envisaged Merida as 'a stronger princess that both mothers and daughters could relate to, so mothers wouldn’t be pulling their hair out when their little girls were trying to dress or act like this princess,' she said. Merida, lauded for her refreshing representation of an authentic teenager, was originally created to offer little girls a 'different kind of princess,' according to Brave writer and co-director, Brenda Chapman.
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