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When I decided on the topic for the self-negotiated unit, I hadn't anticipated or noticed the revival of interest in feminism.  The whole of Woman's Hour, Radio BBC4 was about feminism today.  I sense a real change of direction.  Woman are happy to say they are feminists now - which wasn't always the case.

My 'off the cuff' survey to women asked 'Are you a feminist'.  Forty responses, of which 31 said Yes, only 5 said No, and 4 categorised themselves differently.  

Current discussions include the anniversary of Emily Davison's death at Epsom, the discontinuance of Page 3 model in The Sun, Caitlin Moran's funny and youthful books and blog and disproportionate representation of female images on banknotes.

I've been drawing images - suffragettes, a little doll in a rag dress with what looks like a black eye and a little teddy bear with a spanner.