Editor 

Zoya Patel (Editor-in-Chief)

Zoya has been writing for lip since she was fifteen, and has been editor since 2010. When she isn’t dabbling in the art of editing, she likes to try her hand at music journalism, through her work for BMA Magazine, and feature writing for Trespass Magazine. Still slaving away at her studies (Bachelor of Arts at the ANU), Zoya also spends inordinate amounts of time watching trashy TV shows, and modelling her life off B-grade 90′s film stars. Winona Ryder is her idol.

Dunja Nedic (Managing Editor/Music Sub-Editor)

Dunja Nedic lives in Adelaide and is currently studying psychology and creative writing. In addition to her weekly musings for lip, she also writes for her university’s magazine, dB and Trespass, and previously worked as an Opinions Columnist for the Arizona Daily Wildcat. Her main areas of interest are music (specifically psychedelia, rock ‘n’ roll and shoegaze), travel and socio-cultural phenomena.

Jess Barlow (Web Editor/Editorial Coordinator)

Jessica started studying Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT in 2011 and ever since has fallen into a variety of writing roles. Her day-to-day life is a rollercoaster of juggling study, freelancing and eagerly devouring her latest deliveries from Book Depository. Working mostly online she loves being able to go to work in her pyjamas although she has also fallen in love with her ‘office job’ at RMIT Communications, Melbourne. She started writing for Lip in October 2011 and has loved the whirlwind of activity that has surrounded her ever since. Guilty pleasures include singing along (quite badly) to the radio while driving, sleeping in and playing on Photoshop.

Sub-Editors

Courtney Dawson (Film Editor)

Courtney is obsessed with all things film. She has completed an honours year in film studies through the Australian National University and plans to turn her horror thesis, Scream Queens and Male Fiends into a book. She also intends on writing a screenplay for a feature film. Aside from writing film reviews for lip, and entertainment articles for FLY The Canberra Times, she works full time at the ABC – but has dreams of making it as a washed up filmmaker in Hollywood one day.

 Freya Tomren (Literature Editor)

Freya Tomren thinks in another life, she would be a spy whose speciality was breaking into safes. However, since she’s incredibly clumsy and an awful liar, she’s decided to pursue her back-up career in writing. If this doesn’t work out, she’ll become a lion tamer or a professional ballerina. Her idea of a perfect day involves rain, a big bed, a fantastic book, coffee, and Zachary Levi (but only if he can make killer French toast). She has weaknesses for red wine, chocolate, dresses and anything written by Dave Eggers. She is rarely without a pen, but always forgets her keys.

Josephine Mandarano (Features Editor)

Josephine Mandarano is a twenty-something Melburnian who spends her nine-to-five knee-deep in the busy world of educational publishing. She reads (everything), writes (words, mostly), collects books (487 at last count), and spends too much time inside her head (and on the Internet). A self-professed word nerd, her remarks about our glorious language were quoted in the 2009 Victorian Certificate of Education English Language Exam – strange, but true. Her friends might describe her as a ranting Feminist who can be found, most days, sitting atop her metaphorical soapbox.

Veronica Harland-Lee (Art sub-editor)

Veronica is a fashion student, a blogger and lover of all the little things. She travelled around Europe with her Mother and brother for 6 months, and lived in Ireland for 3 months when she was younger. She is also currently doing her Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design & Technology, whilst working in retail. Veronica has a love for Greek Tragedies, Klimt, exploring the world, blogs, candid photography, tv shows and the odd vampire novel. She hopes to get into designing childrenswear in the future, and eventually one day own her own label. Her blog ‘The Harlin Diaries’ can be found here.

Writers

Christine Campbell

Christine Campbell has been writing for Lip since September 2010. She is the resident New York City music journalist / cultural ambassador. She also works at a small digital advertising agency in Manhattan performing Search Engine Optimization and volunteers with an arts nonprofit, somehow also managing to help people with their websites on the side. In her spare time, she enjoys going to as many events as she can, sampling the awesome cuisines of Brooklyn and dreaming of the revolution. Her love for Jay-Z is unending, she sleeps less than most people and she wants to learn more, always.

Emma Koehn

Emma spends her days studying writing, cinema and too many languages. Her nights are devoted to more frivolous pursuits, like eating crepes and dressing up in sombreros to form Mariachi bands. She likes to talk about politics more than is healthy, and can often be seen juggling caffeinated beverages and newspapers on public transport. Right now, she’s partial to hearing bizarre and beautiful tales and writing about them. If all goes well, this might even become her job. Mind maps are her idea of heaven.

Erin Stewart

Erin Stewart is 21, an anthropology student at the Australian National University. She likes putting tea bags in her pockets and the springtime. A walking compromise, Erin is diplomatic yet emotional, insane yet sensible, a strict grammarian who likes to verbify nouns and split infinitives. She can also work independently as part of a team, whatever that means. Her work has appeared in The Age and The Scavenger. Her blog can be found here.

Kaylia Payne

Kaylia is a career student who is currently doing her MA in Professional Writing. She likes tea, dancing, summer and singing out of tune. She hates the cold, which is unfortunate because she lives in chilly Canberra. She is opinionated about all political and social issues (some would say a little too much) and will remain forever uncool due to her unhealthy obsession with both college rock and cats. A student/office assistant by day and a blogger by night, she dreams of one day having a job where she doesn’t need to wear shoes to work.
Siobhan

I’ve been writing for lip since I discovered it on myspace going on three years ago. When I’m not spending time with my gamer husband or playing with our crazy cat, Lammy, I am either crocheting my heart out or trying to bond with my sewing machine, always with a cup of tea by my side. I am involved with a bunch of social justice activities and love doing things within my community. So far this year, I’ve completed one of my resolutions – learning how to flip a pancake. It’s going to be a good year!

Sonya Krzywoszyja

Sonya identifies as a feminist, femme, cis gendered female person. She is in her 20s and still hasn’t entirely figured out what to do with her life. She just knows it involves writing in some way, shape or form. She still has the first story and ‘book’ she wrote, a hot pink stapled and texta coloured tome. For a current day job, she cares for her disabled younger sister, a job she will be staying in until her parents retire and are able to care for her full time. She is fat and a part of the burgeoning fat acceptance movement in Australia. She is rarely seen without red lipstick on her lips and barely ever seen in pants. She loves shopping to an almost unhealthy degree, but is constantly frustrated by the lack of plus sized clothing on offer within the Australian retail industry. Hence why most of her addiction takes place online, in the middle of the night, in a darkened room, credit card in hand. She started writing a weekly for Lip magazine in 2009 and hopes to continue to do so, as long as there are issues relating to fat and feminism.