Emma Watson's "self-partnered" status is the death of female liberation
In the heady days of the Noughties, when Facebook was in its prime, it was customary to use the platform to update one’s relationship status for all to see. Options included a strong, sturdy “In a relationship”; an even stronger and sturdier “In a relationship with [tagged partner’s name]”; an often ironic “Married” (perhaps hard to see the irony unless you were a Noughties teen); a wry “It’s complicated”; and a proud – or ashamed – “Single”. This week, in the cover interview for December’s issue of Vogue, the actress Emma Watson said that she prefers to describe herself as “self-partnered”. Though Facebook presumably will not be jumping to create a new relationship status, there was a strong response to Watson's statement online. On Monday, #selfpartnered was trending on Twitter. Reactions were varied: some users found the term progressive, others eye-rollingly woke or narcissistic. People cared about the comment not because it revealed anything particularly juicy about Wa
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