UK News Outlet’s Op-Ed Says Going Solo to Cinema Not 'Self Love', Gets Slammed

Have you ever been to movies alone? If yes, then was it an act of self love or just an expression of solitude? Now, an article by ‘The Independent’ is being slammed on social media as it states that doing things alone is not always ‘self love’. The article elaborates on how today’s generation, deemed as the ‘GenZ’, have this knack of romanticising doing things alone. It is in reference to a video which went viral that showed an elderly woman who went to see ‘Barbie’ alone. “Saw this queen leave the theatre alone after Barbie,” read the video’s caption. The author, however, mentioned that doing things alone is not always self love but also an act of loneliness.

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Here, in the article, she also elaborates on doing daily chores, going to a bookstore, and making a playlist. She mentions how these day to day errands are romanticised by GenZs.

Now, the article did not go that well with a section of people on Twitter. “This full article is actually a pretty sad take on people who are just trying to find joy in mundane everyday things. There’s still stigma around doing stuff alone, but surely we should celebrate that we feel more comfortable & confident flying solo in a society made for couples?” wrote a Twitter user.

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Meanwhile, earlier, The New York Times caused a stir on social media when it published a recipe for a simple masoor dal but referred to it as ‘red lentil soup.’ Desis around the world found this misrepresentation hard to swallow and took to social media to share their laughter and disbelief. Sharing the post on Twitter, NYT wrote, “I have made this soup at least three dozen times, always yielding the same delicious results. This revelatory lentil soup takes less than an hour to make and has 19,600 5 star reviews.”

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