masturbation: the universal taboo
Airing the orchid, flicking the bean, slapping little Johnny behind the German helmet. Masturbation. We all do it, so why is it so taboo? It’s considered liberating if not expected, to casually discuss your sex life over a plate of fettuccini carbonara and a bottle of red wine. People often gather to boast, bemoan or [...]
how i learned to look like a doll from venus angelic
There is an interesting trend going around at the moment. And by interesting, I mean absolutely horrifying. The trend in question is girls and women trying to look like living dolls. If you haven’t heard about it or seen it yet, I’d suggest you have a look at Venus Angelic on YouTube. Her piece on [...]
amanda palmer, hairy armpits, and twitter
While some celebrities are paid for their tweets, others use their sphere of influence to create an open discussion about the world we live in. Amanda Palmer likes to shock people. Formerly of The Dresden Dolls, now a ukulele lover and solo artist in her own right, she seeks to ridicule cultural confines of beauty [...]
My cat’s tail is fluffy, my body is not
I know scores of people are not comfortable with describing themselves or other people as fat. I understand why – fat is still considered a bad word. “But I don’t see you as fat!” isn’t mean to be a compliment so much as a rejection of the way society ascribes and describes fat on people. [...]
giveaway: human rights arts and film festival
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is heading to Canberra from the 28 – 30th May and as a sponsor, lip has three double passes to giveaway to each screening at the National Film & Sound Archive! Simply email courtney@lipmag.com with the name of the film you would like to see and why! Only winners will be [...]
feminist news round-up 20.05.12
Penny Wong Knows Family Values On Q&A this week, a questioner asked Joe Hockey why he and his wife were better parents than Penny Wong and her same-sex partner. Hockey spluttered an embarrassed response which eventually culminated into the statement, ‘I think in this life we’ve got to aspire to give our children what I [...]
Interview: Anna Rose on the climate flight
You may have seen Anna Rose recently on the ABC special I Can Change Your Mind on Climate Change or the Q&A that followed it. At 29, Rose is an inspiring figure. In 2008 she graduated with first class honours in law and arts from the University of Sydney, but it’s an initiative she worked on [...]
theatre review: the glass menagerie
For his last show as the Artistic Director of State Theatre Company of SA, Adam Cook has selected a well-known and much loved author. Tennessee Williams once described The Glass Menagerie as the saddest play he’d ever written. To depict that kind of emotion on the stage as a farewell would be a stunning departure, [...]
album review: gin wigmore, gravel & wine
Virginia “Gin” Wigmore, Queen of the Wild Frontier. Record number two from this New Zealand native, Gravel & Wine, has already topped the album charts in her homeland. It’s an album full of unique energy; distinctive in the sense that it’s rare for an album to exude such excitable danger alongside its pop friendliness. Should [...]
art review: Contemporary Australia: Women
The risk of many large-scale exhibitions is that without a discernible narrative for the artistically naïve general public (including me) to follow, each piece seems unrelated to the others and you find yourself stumbling from abstract photography to giant nylon installations in the same room. The whole experience can be rather dizzying and overwhelming to [...]
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