Article 1EQDA So Google wants to make emojis for real women? Here are a few suggestions

So Google wants to make emojis for real women? Here are a few suggestions

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Arwa Mahdawi
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1EQDA)
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For those of us whose range of experience runs beyond brides, haircuts and dancing Playboy bunnies, a list of alternative female emoticons

When it comes to women and emojis, it can feel a bit like the 1950s got trapped in your keyboard. The "femoji" are all girly girls; they get their nails done , get haircuts , get married , and dress up as dancing Playboy bunnies .. Meanwhile "menmoji" are policemen , construction workers and cyclists ..

There have been many suggestions as to how best to change the emoji-optics. Michelle Obama tweeted that she'd like to see an emoji of a girl studying. Always and Bodyform, the feminine hygiene companies, have both launched campaigns to introduce less stereotypical emoji. In Bodyform's case these revolve around periods and include an angry-PMS-face emoji, which isn't stereotypical at all.

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