article_snippet: A young Australian woman is spearheading a global campaign petitioning Facebook to remove 'body shaming' emoticons and status options from the social media site.
article_snippet: and ‘I feel ugly’ emoticons from the social media site.
article_snippet: The 'fat' and 'ugly' emoticons were first introduced in 2013 as part of the 'feelings' feature for status updates, along with almost 100 other emoticons that can be individualised to reflect a user's mood.
article_snippet: Ms Guzelian said the emoticons normalise body shaming and encourages young people to use the words publicly to speak negatively about young people. '
article_snippet: Not only do these features remain as emoji selections, Facebook have not addressed the critcisms that this plays in contributing to culture of body shaming,' Sarah McMahon said. '
article_snippet: Ms Guzelian said that Ms Guzelian and the other women hope that the social media giant will recognise that the emoticons are contributing to body shaming issues, and that it is a concern for Australians.
article_snippet: The 'fat' and 'ugly' emoticons were first introduced in 2013 as part of the 'feelings' feature for status updates .
article_snippet: Ms Guzelian said  that the emoticons are contributing to body shaming issues .
article_snippet: Ms Guzelian said that the campaign was as much about encouraging a positive discussion about body image as it was a bid to have the emoticons removed. '
highlights_snippet: seven other women are asking Facebook to remove the 'fat' and 'ugly' emoticons .
  