She repeatedly tells her mother that she doesn't want to marry – not now, and perhaps not ever. Merida is different, not just because she has red hair, a Scottish accent and wields a bow and arrow, but also because she categorically is not waiting for her prince to come. and Disney’s latest airbrushed versionīut all that was before Merida, the star of the 2012 Pixar co-production , starts out as an ambitious businesswoman but, when it comes down to it, she decides she'd rather have the prince. Mulan, whose punishment for being a tomboy is to find herself declared “unfit for marriage”. Sleeping Beauty, who spends most of her own movie asleep. Rapunzel, who sits around growing her hair, until she gets rescued from her tower by a prince. There’s Ariel, who gives up her voice for a man. Drive, dynamism and high self-worth? Not so much. In the past, Disney princesses haven’t always been known for their verve or independence.
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