Facebook gets a feminist twist with new friends icons
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#DNR8)
Company designer Caitlin Winner puts women front and centre in new icons for friends and groups
As software updates go, the one coming soon to Facebook appears relatively minor. It's a slight visual update to the icons used to represent friends and groups on the platform, and probably won't even be noticed by the vast majority of users. But symbolically, the change says a lot.
Why? Because it puts women first - literally.
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