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Fight to keep the stilettoes with the naughty lingerie in the bedroom (Melania, Transwimmin shaming?)
By artappraiser on Mon, 10/23/2017 - 8:54pm |Meet the Woman Fighting for the Sensible-Shoe Emoji
By Katie van Syckle @ NYMag.com, Oct. 22
In recent years, the Unicode Consortium, the governing body that green-lights new emojis, and its members have made a point to embrace gender and racial diversity. (There are now nontraditional families, salsa dancers of color, and scientists of all genders.)
But this variety is lacking when it comes to female footwear — three out of four emojis for shoes traditionally associated with women have a heel. Now, one intrepid woman is fighting for the sensible-shoe emoji. Florie Hutchinson, a Palo Alto public-relations specialist, is leading the charge for a royal-blue ballet flat, The Atlantic reports.
Hutchinson, a mother of three, says she was breast-feeding her daughter while texting a friend. When she typed the word shoe, Hutchinson was dismayed to see that the red stiletto popped up [....]
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https://www.thecut.com/2017/10/meet-the-woman-fighting-for-a-sensible-shoe-emoji.html
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