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women in careers: genevieve the artist
Meet Genevieve, an emerging artist currently primarily dabbling in documentary and portraiture photography, filmmaking and painting pictured here at the Premiere of her film The Three Minute Project, shot by Christopher Arblaster. Her journey to becoming an artist came as an unexpected wave of abstract creativity inspired by Jackson Pollock, as opposed to her original [...]
I’m Siobhan, and I love my body
Here at lip, we’re used to talking about embracing and loving ourselves. Positive body image is at the forefront of unlocking our true potential, for flaunting (tastefully) who we are makes for one less challenge to overcome in a world full to the brim with challenges. I wrote about Jetta Vegas and her Positive Mental [...]
How to keep on keepin’ on
Happy (belated) Autumn, Lipsters! I’ve been off the Lip radar for a few weeks, and I can’t even pin point the reason why. A combination of shitty writing (or no writing at all) and going crazy in my mind to justify myself and everything I try to achieve. Luckily I’ve had a bit of inspiration [...]
7 (more) things that are OK to do in front of your man… or woman
Once again, this post started from a link that was posted on facebook. My friend had shared this link, 10 things that are OK to do in front of your man in disgust that such an opinion could be shallow enough to share reasons such as shaving your legs, showing your anger, looking unkempt and [...]
dream big for the rest of the year
Now that the excitement of the new year has dulled down and we’re well on our way into February, things, sadly, seem less exciting. January flew by and with the exception of learning a new crochet stitch I feel like I’ve missed out on an entire 31 days of productivity and general awesomeness. I feel [...]
women in careers: florentina the musician
Florentina (right); vocals and drummer for Ride Into the Sun (pictured) and The Sunbirds It’s a likely fact that more than half of you reading this have wanted to be a rock star at some point in your life, and perhaps you still do. If the rock star life isn’t your cup of tea, there [...]
a woman’s right to breastfeed
It’s certainly not news that many mothers have copped flack for breastfeeding their babies in public, I for one recall stories from my mum about the struggles that she faced when my siblings and I were young. However you’d think in this day and age the most natural process of feeding one’s young would be [...]
the disposable man
I was sitting on facebook when a video was posted in my recent updates that I just couldn’t go past. This video was called Feminism and the disposable man and in continuation of Zoya’s query about the objectification of men and the ever-standing view of equality and definition of feminism that lip upholds, there is [...]
women in careers: carlie the plumber
Plumber: Carlie When you have a drain or toilet issue and you flip through the yellow pages looking for a plumber, you might be surprised if the female that answered your phone call is actually the plumber who turns up at your door. Female trade workers aren’t as common as males, but it appears the [...]
women in careers: dani the occupational therapist
Dani, 25 Occupational Therapist (OT) There are many ways to make a living from being a caring person and Occupational Therapy (OT) is just one of them. Sporting a funky blonde hair style and cute skull cardigan, 25 year old OT, Dani Lees casually tells me about her career choice. Occupational therapy is a discipline [...]
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