First Day Cover Design - Royal Mail's 'Women of Distinction' & Feminism Logo

I designed the following FDC and Logo after checking out Royal Mail's stamp issue for the month of October, 2008 - took me 10 seconds to think up the logo;).  The highlight of the FDC design is not the design of the cover, which is quite straightforward and simple, but the logo.  It comprises the female symbol turned into a 'torch'.  I wrote to the Fawcett Society to ask if they would consider this for their logo as they don't seem to currently have one.  I also thought that they could endorse this FDC and perhaps launch it to coincide with Royal Mail's issue of the said stamps.  The logo could also be turned into a postmark and imprinted on the stamps on the FDC.  Anyway, it's just one of my many ideas in many arenas which, I suppose, will not see the light of day (due to various types of discrimination...which is quite interesting from a sociological perspective) - which has led to me producing less ideas these days.  Never mind.  At least it is done eh.:)

By the way, in case you're wondering, I'm a feminist myself.  I'm of what I call, 'The Integrational School', as opposed to (what I term) The Assimilationist or Progressive school - (assimilationist - seeking to be like men, progressive - seeking more rights of self-determination....my 'integrational school' comprises the latter and also calls for men to become more like women as opposed to women seeking to become as fu*ked up as men;) )  I suppose, in that sense, the torch symbol below illustrates my view as traditional femininity as a 'light/beacon for humanity'.  This is a movement away from the commonly used fist-in-female symbol which is quite associated with a fight for 'equality' which is a bit off from my 'Integrational' perspective.

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