![]() ![]() Markovitz's post sparked intense debate and social-media activity for both honorable reasons and borderline-sleazy ones. ![]() well, OK, I actually do understand the because. In fact he seems to draw all conclusions at once - "Merida isn't an overtly lesbian character," but she "absolutely" could be gay - before drawing none at all: "Ultimately it doesn't matter if Merida could be interpreted as gay." That's an impressive display of having and eating all the cake in the bakery, but if it doesn't matter, friendo, then we read your whole article because. That's really all there is to say and, in fairness, Markovitz does not pretend that one can draw any conclusions about a Disney fairy-tale princess (one who, mysteriously, seems to have been named after a city in Mexico) when evidence is completely lacking. ![]() If she were a person in the real world - which, I will hasten to add, she isn't - and if her real world were a touch more modern and liberated than medieval Scotland (which was not exactly a gender-blur society), then sure, that girl might grow up to be gay. (If you haven't seen "Brave," and you still want to - well, hell, it's a free country, right? Keep on reading! A few spoilers won't kill ya!) It sort of goes like this: Merida is good at archery, she climbs rocks, she's kind of a tomboy type, and she doesn’t want to marry any of the three dimwit suitors for her hand. In the tradition of instant non-analysis of made-up issues - the tradition that made the Internet the wonderful place it is! - Adam Markovitz, of EW.com's PopWatch blog, put up a post over the weekend suggesting that the fiery Scottish princess Merida, heroine of Disney's new animated hit "Brave," might be a lesbian. ![]()
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