introduction.

Hello all,Hannah is the name. I'm 19 years old and have decided to start up this new blog,partly due to my 48 year old mother's diagnosis of cancer last week. I keep another blog called bluebird,which is about my journey of living in the real world of being a university student,a best friend,a daughter,a flatmate and a lover,but this will be mainly about the issues that concern me as a female during my mother's journey,as well as coping with my second year at uni while she battles through chemo. I will still post to the other blog,but this could be seen as more of a sequel.

I'm a passionate feminist and political activist (past times which have not been picked up from my parents,may I add) and this has kept me strong throughout the past 12 months. From being in the throes of a university occupation in January,to going to Congress as a female member of the Socialist Party Branch Committee in March,things have picked up. I have a long term boyfriend who encourages my freedom as a female Socialist,even though he is now a member of The Labour Party ,and he is one of the people who keeps me grounded (even though I have the tendency to run away with my mind sometimes). But the one person who has inspired me throughout the last few years and has brought me up to be the person that I am today,is my mother.