LIL BRAVE 2 BOW MOVIE
Make sure you tell her they’re also making a huge mistake with those who make the time to take those young girls to the theatre, those who buy the movie ticket, the popcorn, the dress up clothes, and all the promotional merchandise that goes along with a Disney movie… their moms! BE BRAVE! Tell her they are making a huge mistake, and not just with their target audience.
To each woman who is mom to a little Merida, I look you straight in the eye and urge you to listen closely. When Disney then takes that same brave character and strips her of the very characteristics that make her beautiful inside and out, unique, and a good role model for young girls… BE BRAVE and understand they are making a huge mistake with no consideration for their target audience – young impressionable girls like you.When Disney introduces you to a strong female character who stands up for herself at any cost, is comfortable in her own skin, and won’t be silenced by anyone… BE BRAVE and applaud her.When the media suggests the only way to become someone noteworthy is to conform to moral and ethical standards that aren’t your own… BE BRAVE!.When someone tries to convince you that standing up for what you believe in is a waste of time… BE BRAVE!.When those around you tell you that your body isn’t perfect and you should starve yourself or take diet pills or turn to cosmetic surgery… BE BRAVE!.When a salon you frequent tries to straighten your beautiful curls or change your hair color “because it’s what everyone in Hollywood is doing”… BE BRAVE!.When someone tries to convince you it is better to look like everyone else, rather than have your own style… BE BRAVE!.To each little Merida in the world, I look you straight in the eye and urge you to listen closely. Just what the world needs, another helpless Barbie/wannabe Paris Hilton with no purpose in life. Gone is the image of the delightful, tomboyish, spitfire originally introduced to little girls everywhere. Instead, they are thinning out her face, redoing her eyes, and giving her a smaller waist and overall curvier appearance.
They are stripping her of her signature badass archery set and replacing it with… nothing. Disney geniuses are changing her beautiful, untamed, long red curls into a salon perfect wavy do of the auburn sort. Not so fast because in order for bow and arrow wielding Merida of the long, naturally curly hair and average figure to become a Disney Princess she must undergo a complete makeover.