There are things Gen Z and X should be ashamed of from dieting to pouty lips – but there are Bridget Jones’s in both
There are things Gen Z and X should be ashamed of from dieting to pouty lips – but there are Bridget Jones’s in both
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JUST over two weeks to go until Bridget Jones hits UK cinemas and it is a date that has been in the diary for me and my friends for months. But this time it won’t just be us Generation X mums going but some of our Gen Z daughters, too. Some love Bridget, others think she is an out-of-date, shocking role model who had zero body confidence. They say she was neurotic and often awkward.
![[Renee Zellweger in a still from Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/c-univeral-films-romantic-comedy-966594079.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
I agree. But generations in glass houses really shouldn’t throw stones, should they?. Looking back at my 1997 diary I, like Bridget, kicked off with my resolutions — “Lose a stone, stop smoking, drink less, get a boyfriend.” Which is ridiculous, as I was barely 8st and just 24, so really not in spinster panic land.
![[Two women in an elevator; one reviews paperwork, the other carries coffee.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mad-boy-c-univeral-films-966593408.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Plus, by mid-January I attended a showbiz party and wrote: “17 cigs, five mini burgers, five chardonnay.” Goodbye resolutions. Generation Z don’t have diaries, they “journal”. They don’t want to be skinny, they are body confident. But they do have their own obsessions — pouty lips, a curvy Kim Kardashian bottom and showing off gym routines on social media.
![[Renee Zellweger in bed writing in a journal.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/edge-reason-2004-923348172.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
I can’t think of anything worse — but then they think we are idiots for our constant dieting. Just like Bridget, Generation X loved going to the office. We shoved on heels and tight skirts and enjoyed banter — even the flirtatious kind. Imagine Gen Z doing that. It is just gross, it is not the done thing, it is ridiculous.
![[Woman with long blonde hair wearing a black lace bra and robe.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/www-instagram-com-p-debajncoqal-966361938.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
