Pixar's 'Brave' shoots arrows in the princess ideal

A princess never lays her weapons on the table. A princess never raises her voice. A princess strives for perfection. A princess, in other words, is a royal bore.Can Brave help Pixar make a comeback at the Oscars this year? I know that may sound strange to say about a company that has won the Animated Feature A.After I got home I went to read my favorite culture blogger Alyssa Rosenberg over at ThinkProgress who highlighted one of the more problematic themes in the reviews of Brave. Alyssa cites EW.com's review which includesWhile I might know a handful of people who were as excited to

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