Have you seen Brave? It has exactly the narrative you're describing! And while Mulan has a nominal love interest it's essentially about an independent woman as well. You should check those out along with Zootopia, Inside Out, and Lilo & Stitch.

Here's what I wrote about that very topic!

Disney has produced 55 animated features films. 12 of them have featured princesses.

The Disney princess franchise is an official set of characters established by Disney (http://princess.disney.com/). Their actual royal status for most of the movie is irrelevant (Belle marries a prince at the end of her movie.)

Her plot deals with romance/marriage though, so I think she's in a distinct category from Elsa. But I also listed her as one of the Disney leads without a romantic arc later in the article ("Disney has recently offered female characters without romantic arcs in Zootopia, Inside Out, Wreck-It Ralph, and Brave") so I've…

Could very well be a fake out. But at least for one week I'm going to live in a glorious world in which they're no longer a couple.

I'm really confused about how the show wants me to feel about the Riggs/Maggie dynamic.

Some events will unfold differently after the historical changes in 1970s, but characters would presumably still age at the same rate. Plus we know they'll all come together at Xavier's mansion by whatever year it is in the DOFP final scene.

Great point about the Derek wanting to move to D.C. thing. I totally forgot about that! That makes it doubly strange that Mer is so supportive of Callie.

Ha, would you guys believe there's an erased timeline where this got posted a day early? Thank goodness I traveled back in time and corrected the mistake so no one would ever find out!

It's more the fact that her narrative centers on her parents forcing her
to repress/hide her true identity and it's not until she comes to
accepts who she is that she finally feels free/powerful. The fact that
she also lacks a love interest is just icing on the cake.

It's more the fact that her narrative centers on her parents forcing her to repress/hide her true identity and it's not until she comes to accept who she is that she finally feels free/powerful. The fact that she also lacks a love interest is just icing on the cake.

Thanks! I'm gonna update the article with this link.

What interests me is that this isn't a new conversation. For instance, Disney's Pocahontas very specifically featured a mostly Native American voice cast while Mulan featured a largely Chinese and/or Asian one (and I have heard Donny Osmond and Harvey Fierstein called out for voicing Asian characters in that movie).…

I imagine they're still endgame if/when the show ever ends.

Petition to officially rename her Callie "She lived in the basement" Torres.

The answer is so clearly to have Sophia stay with Arizona in Seattle where she can keep her school/friends/routine. And then she can go visit Penny and Callie and ease her way into spending more time with Penny in the process. Plus then Penny/Callie get to have a little year of romantic coupledom on their own. It…

To be fair Callie also married George on a whim so she does have some history of relationship impulsiveness.

I'm at such a loss because as a character I like Callie 100x more than Arizona But in this particular debate I think Arizona is objectively right. I'm curious to see how next week's episode plays out.

These are all good points, but I think this is where we run into the PSA vs. entertainment issue. As a PSA this episode told an effective self-contained story about gun safety without bringing in any other gun-related issues. As a part of long running TV show, however, it failed to pull from its history to explore how…