A schoolgirl campaigner who has beforehand referred to as for extra glasses-wearing heroines in Disney movies is asking for higher illustration from tech corporations.
Lowri, 13, from Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, says one of many few bespectacled emojis is the “nerd” face, which she believes is damaging to the arrogance of younger glasses wearers.
She has written to the Unicode Consortium, a gaggle of tech corporations which approves new emojis, calling for an choice so as to add glasses to emojis.
{The teenager} made headlines in 2019 after writing to Disney, calling for extra glasses-wearing feminine characters of their movies.
The corporate responded by inviting Lowri to accompany them to the Baftas, the place their newest movie Encanto – which incorporates a glasses-wearing heroine – was honoured.
She is launching her newest marketing campaign to coincide with World Sight Day.
“Youngsters [who wear glasses] do not actually really feel represented,” Lowri mentioned.
“Not positively anyway. If it is illustration then it is the nerd [emoji] and that is not who we’re.”
Video journalist: Alex Thorp
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