Merida Update

My kids love Disney, so I do get Disney email newsletters even if I don't like everything about them.  When I got an email with the subject "Presenting Princess Merida: Strong, Fearless and Adventurous," I had to click through to see what they'd done with Merida.

To my delight I found the original Merida.  It's a pity they didn't revive the original princess styles all around, though.  Maybe that's the next petition.

Disney Merida Makeover

In case any of you don't frequent The Sounding or haven't already heard through other venues, I wanted to share with you this great post by Mat. Donna Farley.

I loved Brave when I saw, and it was the first Disney Princess movie that actually made me cry.  I think I was even as excited as my girls about how "cool" Merida is.  I guess I don't keep up with pop culture well enough, and I don't buy much of the Princess merchandise for the girls, so the new look of the princesses truly surprised me, and not in a pleasant way.

I highly recommend reading Mat. Donna's post and following the link at the bottom of her article to sign a petition to Disney.