5 EMOJIS WE NEED IN 2017

When it comes to expressing ourselves on social media, or through chats, we still prefer symbols over words; after all, a picture is worth a thousand words. But with hundreds of emojis in existence, as women, we sometimes still struggle to express exactly what we mean and have to rely on two or more emojis, or simply a longish paragraph to perfectly explain ourselves. While Unicode Consortium, the maker of emojis for iOS and Andriod, is ready to release almost 137 new emojis, we wonder if we'll get the following five emojis in the latest update.

BREASTFEEDING MUM EMOJI

Yes, the female emoji with a family (straight as well as queer) exists. And so does the pregnant woman emoji. But what about those mums who are struggling to explain why they can't make it to the Saturday night bash? The breastfeeding emoji will not only help these new mums explain their position, but also help push the movement asking for a woman's right to breastfeed in public.

PERIOD EMOJI

A recent study said that the world over, we women use more than 5000 words to explain our natural cycle. How about a period emoji? It will be helpful on those days when we are simply being `Bloody Mary', and instead of using a unicorn or an avocado (What? Really?), we use a proper emoji to explaining our erratic mood. It would be a blessing, trust us.

BEYONCÉ EMOJI

Well, this one is simply for the days when we feel the inner goddess rise.You know, the days when we want to either dance on Single Ladies or tell our man that we are feeling Crazy in love. A Queen Bey emoji will be the ultimate feminist symbol we all need in our phones, ASAP!

TRANSGENDER EMOJI

It's 2017 and we still don't have an emoji for the transgender community... all it will take is simply turning the transgender symbol into an emoji. Is it really that difficult? We do have a few emojis dedicated to the queer community, how about we include the T from the LGBTQ into the m a i n s t re a m as well?

FITNESS GIRL EMOJI

Well all those fitspo Insta pics need a great emoji to go with them, right? How about a girl planking or simply squatting with a barbell? That would show how we keep fit, instead of the regular girl running in denims emoji. Who runs in denims?
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