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07-15-2016, 04:41 AM
Dozens of new emoji will finally show women being awesome
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If you are tired of having to choose from the same predictable female emoji characters (yes, I mean you, princess), **w is the time to rejoice.
On Thursday, Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/) an**unced (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/promoting-gender-equality-through-emoji.html) that the emoji subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium, a **nprofit organization that develops and promotes software internationalization standards, had agreed to add 11 new characters that portray professional women in every skin tone.*
SEE ALSO: Why scientists think your social media posts can help prevent suicide (http://mashable.com/2016/06/26/suicide-prevention-social-media/)
You'll eventually be able to send text messages that feature a woman as a farmer, welder, mechanic, health worker, scientist, coder, business person, chef, student, teacher and David Bowie look-alike rockstar.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/new-awesome-female-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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If you are tired of having to choose from the same predictable female emoji characters (yes, I mean you, princess), **w is the time to rejoice.
On Thursday, Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/) an**unced (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/promoting-gender-equality-through-emoji.html) that the emoji subcommittee of the Unicode Consortium, a **nprofit organization that develops and promotes software internationalization standards, had agreed to add 11 new characters that portray professional women in every skin tone.*
SEE ALSO: Why scientists think your social media posts can help prevent suicide (http://mashable.com/2016/06/26/suicide-prevention-social-media/)
You'll eventually be able to send text messages that feature a woman as a farmer, welder, mechanic, health worker, scientist, coder, business person, chef, student, teacher and David Bowie look-alike rockstar.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/new-awesome-female-emoji/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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