If you read this blog regularly, you know how having a curly-haired daughter has changed my feelings about hair texture in this world. More specifically, I wish there were more celebration of natural ...

Merida, from the animated movie Brave, has just been inducted into the pantheon of Disney Princesses. As the daughter of a king and the star of a Disney/Pixar movie, she does seem like an obvious ...

With the independent, decidedly un-girly Merida, the studio is flipping the script on the traditional fairytale. By Jordan Zakarin Brave Merida with Arrow - H 2012 Where the film carves its own path, ...

It’s the before-and-after makeover heard around the world. When Princess Merida of “Brave” was crowned the 11th princess at Walt Disney World this weekend, she had a new look that included not only a ...

Disney appears to have pulled the newly-redesigned Princess Merida from its website, following a wave a public outcry about her new look. An online petition called for Disney to rethink their new ...

Fans of the more scrappy, less skinny Merida were incensed: So far 168,881 people have signed a Change.org petition asking Disney CEO Robert Iger to ditch the new version. “By making her skinnier, ...

Put down your bows and arrows, Brave fans. After more than a week of concern over the changed appearance of our favorite animated redhead, a Disney rep tells EW that there's no cause for alarm: Merida ...

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Passionate and fiery, Merida is a headstrong teenager of royal upbringing who is struggling to take control of her own destiny. She feels most at home in the outdoors honing her impressive athletic ...