Michelle
The first rule of zine club is…
Actually, I don’t think there are any rules, just lots of options to get your mitts on lots of great zines in between zine fair seasons. There’s 3 and 6-month subscriptions and mixed-zine grab bags for $20 and $50. Check it out at http://zines.bigcartel.com/product/the-zine-club
No cock forest for 2010
I can’t believe it’s that time of year again already. Voting for the next Triple J Hottest 100 closes in 4 days! We don’t want to see a repeat of last year’s results, with not a single all-girl band or female solo artist making the list. So make sure you show your support and vote [...]
Issue 18 Launch Party
A quick reminder about our launch party this Thursday, celebrating the release of our eagerly-awaited 18th issue. There’ll be poetry sets by Canberra favorites Julian Fleetwood, Adam Hadley and Andrew Galan, and entertainment of the musical kind from the stylish girls of Ah! Pandita. www.myspace.com/ahpandita Entry is by donation and money raised will go towards [...]
ACT Fringe Fest axed; Corinbank to Support Canberra Artists and Musicians
If you’re a Canberra local, you may have heard by now about John Hargreaves’ plans to axe the Canberra Fringe Festival. He also plans to redirect the $30,000 of funding to the National Folk Festival to “do something Fringey”. Now, we at lip love the Folkie, but given the nature and accessibility of the two [...]
hottest 100 of all time a “cock forest”
Disappointingly, Triple J’s Hottest 100 of All Time playlist did not contain a single all-girl band or female solo artist, although a handful of bands that made it into the Hottest 100 did have female members. To borrow Lindsay McDougall’s (aka The Doctor) term from the Breakfast Show this morning, it was a “cock forest”. [...]
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, [...]
do gentlemen still exist, and do we need them?
I was having a discussion with a co-worker earlier about what kind of man would be considered a gentleman. In Victorian times it was a title associated with nobility (wealth and social position), and “It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain.” Nowadays we use the [...]
What is the definition of ugly?
Because of many so-called “beauty standards”, Tiara Shafiq feels she is. In her home country, Malaysia, where most people have dark skin, fair skin is touted as the ideal of loveliness. An Australian size 12-14 translates to a XXL. And smooth, hair-free legs is also an expected feature of a “beautiful” woman. Yet, I’m sure [...]
a new combat team for body image
A new government initiative – the Body Image National Advisory Board – met for the first time this week and will be working towards combating the prevalence of negative body image amongst girls, and recognising how the media and fashion industries play a huge part in this. Over the next five months the group will [...]
Corinbank ’09
Just ’cause summer’s almost over, doesn’t signal the end of the festival season. Yeah, the Canberra Show’s on this weekend… but so much much better than that is CORINBANK!!! I can smell the chai and mulled wine already… mmmm! If you haven’t heard of the “Deliberately intimate. Incredibly beautiful. Totally immersive” Corinbank festival, you’ll be [...]
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