The movement behind the rose emoji that you probably don't k**w about
 

The movement behind the rose emoji that you probably don't k**w about
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Up until 2016, the Rose emoji only had two days in the sun: Mothers' Day and Valentines' Day.

Since before the election of 2016, however, rose emoji began popping up in droves on social media, **t as aesthetic, but as symbols.

Placed next to usernames and in bios, the rose emoji signals more than an undying love for American Beauty: it indicates membership in the Democratic Socialists of America.*

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The DSA, which boasts a Twitter following of more than 70,000, first started to amplify their social media presence after Bernie Sanders began his campaign for the presidency in 2015, a DSA spokesperson told Mashable.* Read more...

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