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stef-bob sez check it out
Aww!
The little user icon is cute! Sort of like a standing stone with a head. Or an androgynous Venus of Willendorf.
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ana_thema
2009-05-06 02:09 am (UTC)
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I think the website "Sociological Images" was having a discussion about this very topic the other day, how so many "neutral" icons are white, and in many cases, also depict men.
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2009-05-06 03:24 am (UTC)
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Yep:
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/05/04/default-avatars-a-collection/
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/04/15/who-is-facebook/
Over on my FB account I made a rainbow version of the FB avatar. It still looked male though.
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http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/05/04/default-avatars-a-collection/
http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/04/15/who-is-facebook/
Over on my FB account I made a rainbow version of the FB avatar. It still looked male though.