Why the peanuts? Is it because I say \u201cThat\u2019s nuts!\u201d so often and my smarter-than-me phone autocorrects? Or is it because I just made chocolate peanut butter cake and told the world about it? This is as unclear as the flexed arm. My personal philosophy does not involve weightlifting, but I do wish \u201cmore power to you\u201d to a great many people, so perhaps that explains it.<\/p>\n
The high-heeled shoe appears towards the bottom and I can guarantee you, I do not wear heels. And I have certainly never worn the featured red stiletto. But as that\u2019s my \u201cnight on the town\u201d symbol of choice, it falls in line with the rest. Have you ever tried searching the shoe options? There\u2019s a boot, a running shoe, a sandal, a man\u2019s loafer, and that\u2019s about it other than the stiletto. So it makes sense this would be my \u2013 and most women\u2019s \u2013 default shoe.<\/p>\n
So, what\u2019s a girl got to do to get a sensible shoe on here? According to The Atlantic,\u00a0you need to address the Unicode Consortium<\/a>, which sounds like something from Star Wars, but is actually the committee which gathers to approve all emojis before they can enter the general lexicon. Once accepted, the new emojis will then get pushed out to Apple and Microsoft and all the other biggies in the tech world. This is exactly what Florie Hutchinson of Palo Alto intends to do. She has designed a ballet flat emoji for the masses, an image that might better suit \u2026 our image. Hutchinson wants something \u201csimple, elegant, and reflective of the world women walk.\u201d<\/p>\n In an age where women must fight for every inch of attainable ground in the political, social, and economic worlds, the stiletto needs an upgrade. As The Atlantic reports, \u201cheels as symbols and as objects, are fraught. They are impractical \u2013 that is their menace as well as their appeal \u2013 and, because of that, they are typically associated not just with feminine beauty, but also with feminine hindrance.\u201d We do not need more hindrances. We can walk tall without the heels. So, give us some more choices. Hutchinson doesn\u2019t fight to do away with the stiletto, but she does aim to find a middle ground between tennis shoe and six-inch heel, something any practical woman can appreciate.<\/p>\n If emojis are the union of art and communication, we must continue to evaluate the message we leave behind. What will our hieroglyphs say of us in 50 years? I hope we never lose the dancing lady in the red dress or the unicorn or the 100 percent that lets me be as superlatively emphatic as necessary. But what about the families grouped by color or the standard bride in veil? Can we make the essential upgrades to this pictorial language so that it accurately reflects the culture? I hope so. As a paralanguage, emojis must continue to transform. They are the language of the masses and must evolve as we do.<\/p>\n Hutchinson\u2019s shoe is the beginning of the changes we need to make as a society to accurately reflect women, men, cultures, and religions. The visual vocabulary needs expansion if it is going to encompass the world in which we live.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Parent.co<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just checked my texts. In order of importance and most use, here are the emoji favorites: Laughing face Red heart Peanuts Two-tear crying face Okay sign Winking face Fall leaves Flexed Arm Kiss face Cake slice High-heeled shoe Surprised Face Why the peanuts? Is it because I say \u201cThat\u2019s nuts!\u201d so often and my smarter-than-me phone autocorrects? 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