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Emoji Equality
Here’s news worth texting about: Female emojis may soon have a new set of career options. A team at Google has proposed expanding emoji offerings of women—currently limited to symbols such as bride, princess, and dancer—to include professional roles like doctor, scientist, farmer, and professor. Critics have long argued that while male emojis are depicted as everything from police officers to rock climbers, female emojis fuel gender stereotypes. The 13 newly proposed symbols would “empower young women,” according to Google, “and better reflect the pivotal roles women play in the world.” The next step: The Unicode Consortium—the international organization that has final say over emojis and other smartphone symbols—will review the proposals. If they’re approved, you could text a female doctor to your friends by the end of 2016.