Self-partnered: the sudden, surprising rise of the single positivity movement

From Emma Watson to Lizzo - the singer who puts the ‘sing in single’ - more and more people are shucking off outdated stigmas and embracing a happy life on their own

Once upon a time we were brought up on fairytales. If we were lucky, they said, we would meet a prince or princess and live happily ever after. If not, we would tread a lonely road to the grave, with only cats to comfort us.

But an increasing number of “single-positive” people are rejecting the notion that true love is the only path to happiness. Just this week, the actor Emma Watson told Vogue how a “bloody influx of subliminal messaging” had left her “stressed and anxious” because she was heading into her 30s without a husband and baby. Now, however, she is “very happy” to be single. “I call it being self-partnered.”

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