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b'The best essays, according to John D\\u2019Agata, Director of the University of Iowa\\u2019s Nonfiction Writing Program, are a \\u201cmind on a page.\\u201d According to Bernard Cooper, they magnify \\u201csome small aspect of what it means to be human.\\u201d But what does this mean, exactly? It means the best essayists harness a very particular and personal truth to speak to larger experience. Amy Butcher shares how a New York Times Sunday Review Op-Ed on the startling lack of diversity in our universal emoji set (while male emojis engaged in work and industry, female avatars had their nails painted, received haircuts, or enjoyed flamenco dancing) inspired Google technicians and international change.'