Édaein O’Connell: Why I was terrified of becoming like Bridget Jones but am finally glad I did

I was six when the first Bridget Jones film was released. Even though my parents should never have let me, I was 10 when I watched it for the first time. Even then, I knew she wasn’t the type of woman you aspired to become as an adult.

Bridget was the antithesis of acceptable femininity but you needed to use every bit of strength and reserve to eschew her influence..