

This authentication occurs automatically, and it is not possible to sign out of an IP authenticated account.Ĭhoose this option to get remote access when outside your institution. Typically, access is provided across an institutional network to a range of IP addresses. If you are a member of an institution with an active account, you may be able to access content in one of the following ways: What do you think.Get help with access Institutional accessĪccess to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. In a statement to Yahoo! Shine, Disney said, “Merida exemplifies what it means to be a Disney Princess through being brave, passionate, and confident and she remains the same strong and determined Merida from the movie whose inner qualities have inspired moms and daughters around the world.” So far, the petition has 100,000 signatures. Petitioners say it sends the wrong message to girls now that the focus is just on looks. Some parents and older fans are so upset, they’ve gone as far as creating a petition to have the character’s design reversed. Brenda Chapman, “Brave’s” original director who was replaced during production, told a local newspaper, “When little girls say they like it because it’s more sparkly, that’s all fine and good but, subconsciously, they are soaking in the sexy ‘come hither’ look and the skinny aspect of the new version. This dress is the same one she hated to wear in the movie.

Her clothes are fancier and the neckline on her dress is lower.

But her new look, created so that she’ll look more like the other princesses, shows her without her signature weapons and with a noticeably slimmer physique. No rescue, no handsome prince: Merida was a modern-day heroine.

Many say what separated Merida from the other princesses in the series-like Belle, Jasmine and Snow White-is her wild hair and her fighter spirit. Now the eleventh of Disney’s princesses, she’s gotten a makeover that plenty of parents and some kids aren’t too happy about, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Last year, moms and daughters were excited to welcome the bow and arrow-wielding princess Merida to the screen in Pixar’s “Brave”.
