Brave, Heteronormativity, and Gender Roles

I found this article on Feministing about critics' responses to Brave. The author questions why comments have been made regarding Merida's sexual orientation, as well as whether mother-daughter conflict is a creative, or feminist, theme for a film. The comments at the bottom (specifically in addressing the latter) are particularly interesting. http://feministing.com/2012/06/26/brave-has-a-gender-problem/