Period Emoji

These expressions of emotion allow people to add context to otherwise dry text messages and can help as shorthand reactions in many situations.

The 'period emoji' was approved by Unicode Consortium, along with 229 other new emojis - and Twitter is celebrating. The red drop of blood is being seen as a step towards normalising conversations around menstruation and breaking the stigma that surrounds periods.

These expressions of emotion allow people to add context to otherwise dry text messages and can help as shorthand reactions in many situations.

The 'period emoji' was approved by Unicode Consortium, along with 229 other new emojis - and Twitter is celebrating. The red drop of blood is being seen as a step towards normalising conversations around menstruation and breaking the stigma that surrounds periods.