June 2009
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Still single…
Dear Ms Lip,
This may seem a bit of a silly question but I’m at my wits end. I am single and have been for about two years. I’m in my early twenties; I am told I have nice personality and complimented on my looks so I don’t get it? I go out and meet people, [...]
Update on Harvest Fiction Anthology!
Hi Guys,
In our excitement to get cracking on lip’s first fiction anthology, Harvest, we forgot to relay one very important piece of information: the submissions deadline!
So, the deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2009!
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at zoya@lipmag.com, or michelle@lipmag.com.
Get writing!
Australian Star Poets Slam at the Front
Australian Star Poets Slam at the Front
This June Canberra lipsters who are poetry fans will be treated to two very different performances from visiting Melbourne and Perth poets Tobias Manderson-Galvin and Rhys Rodgers.
Held at The Front Gallery & Café on the last Friday of every month, Traverse Poetry Slams begin with a feature poet [...]
Star Face
This week I thought I would take a different tact as questions are slow in the mailbox…
I would like to bring up the current news story of a teenage girl who got 56 tattoos on her face. Tattoos are a popular and much loved way of expressing identity, personality and uniqueness but what do [...]
Six too many
Since 2000, NSW’s youngest mother was just 11 and fewer than six 12-year-olds have given birth, according to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
In the papers today we read about one such 12-year-old girl who, allowed to live with her 15-year-old boyfriend despite her father’s pleas to the Department of Community Services, is [...]
lip’s first fiction anthology: call out for submissions!
Calling all writers!
lip magazine, your resident indie mag for young women invites YOU to submit to their first ever, highly exciting fiction anthology, ‘Harvest’!
And to make it even more fun, we’ve themed it with the appropriately ambiguous topic of ‘One’.
Whether it’s a poem to your one true love, an attempt at capturing your one favourite [...]
My flatmate’s boyfriend is driving me crazy!
Dear Ms Lip
I hate my flatmate’s boyfriend and I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t think I can confront him but I hate feeling unwelcome in my own home and I don’t want to have to move again—I only moved in three months ago. Basically this guy is a jerk. He goes [...]
My friend hurts herself
Dear Ms Lip
My best friend just confided in me that she cuts. I am really worried about her and don’t know what to say or do. I don’t think I can tell anyone cause I don’t want to ruin her trust but I’m afraid she might end up seriously hurting herself. I know she has [...]
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