‘Bludgers’ and ‘Parasites’: What Happened to Our Compassion?
Unemployment in Australia has long been a contentious issue, where there is usually no in between as many are quick to choose a side: either you feel compassion for those struggling to balance a basic standard of living with trying to look for work or you believe that no obstacle should have to stand in [...]
bechdel taser: young adult…arrested development or depressed regression?
It’s not that I don’t know how I feel about Charlize Theron’s Mavis in Young Adult, it’s that I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel. The cinema-going audience for the film seems to be divided; there are those who loathe the character and applaud Diablo Cody for putting such an abrasive figure on screen, [...]
love out loud: i just called to say ‘i love you’
Over the course of my dating history, I have told two people that I love them. The first, rather predictably, was my high school boyfriend, while the second is my current partner, Julio. My having loved two people, and particularly my having loved these two people is quite unsurprising when you consider that they comprise [...]
album review: air, le voyage dans la lune
A long time ago, Dunja sent out a note to us Lip music contributors saying we had access to review EMI releases. I was ecstatic when I saw the newest AIR release, Le voyage dans la lune, listed available for review. An ex-boyfriend of sorts got me into French electronic-pop duo AIR back in college. [...]
Like a virgin… twice: losing your virginity to both genders
I blew my high school years in pursuit of one girl. It seems comical now, that my 13-year-old self met the girl of my dreams and spent the next five or so years pining after her. That, along with general shyness and being the only out lesbian at my high school and college meant I [...]
media round up: sexism and our politics
You may have noticed that Julia Gillard is of the female persuasion. Perhaps you’ve also seen that her government has received a fair chunk of disgruntlement from the Australian people lately. Leaving the ‘faceless men’ and leadership worries aside, is there actually sexism hiding within the walloping that Ms. Gillard has received? How do we [...]
lip lit: lauren kate, fallen in love
Love is one of those things. Overrated, underrated, underwritten, overwritten, sublime, misunderstood. The list could go on and on. Love is such an individual experience that it’s hard to accurately depict it in books and films, yet that certainly doesn’t stop filmmakers and authors from trying. Lauren Kate’s Fallen in Love is a book of four love stories, [...]
dallas frasca giveaway!
Perhaps you’re a longtime fan of Melbourne’s Dallas Frasca. Or maybe you first heard of her when you read her interview with Lip’s Angelique Lu, and it piqued your interest. Either way, we’ve got some double passes to Dallas Frasca’s East Coast shows on her upcoming album launch tour up for grabs! Thanks to Heapsaflash, [...]
culture valkyrie: how low-brow can you go? please marry my boy
Deviating slightly from the male wish fulfilment trope of other reality dating shows like Farmer Wants Someone to Do the Dishes, Channel Seven’s new smash hit (not really) is all about girl power (but not really). But sort of! This one’s about the matriarchy, with domineering Mums who manipulate their awkward offsprings’ sex lives. It’s [...]
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