These Feminist Emojis Of Prominent Women Would Pretty Much Remove The Need For Words

Last month Apple’s emoji range got a boost of over 300 as the company released a host of options reflecting a more racially and sexually diverse audience than the happy all-white nuclear family emoji were long associated with. While people welcomed the move, the range of emoji depicting women is still relatively stunted, mostly featuring things like hairdressing, salsa dancing and getting married.

To help Apple fill the gap, feminist media outlet MAKERS has dummied up a range of feminist emoji, or “femoji,” depicting prominent women like Taylor Swift, Oprah, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gloria Steinem and astronaut Mae Jemison.

“Compared to larger global women’s issues, emojis may seem insignificant, but these tiny characters have become the primary language young girls use to express themselves in text messages or on social media,” MAKERS write. “And if they don’t see a female police officer like Val Demmings, are they less likely to aspire to be one?

“If Apple is going to make an effort to be progressive and value diversity, their next iOS update needs to feature a larger representation of females in their emoji alphabet.”

Honestly, if you can’t think of a situation in which a Notorious RBJ emoji wouldn’t come in handy, you don’t deserve that phone, bud.

You can check out the full range here.

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All images via MAKERS.