Here at lip, there’s nothing we like more than a good success story, especially when it involves tasty food, a good business mind and an awesome woman! Meet Jo Corrigan, chef and owner of The Commoner, one of Fitzroy’s best restaurants. I caught up with Jo to talk food, business and cooking tips from a…
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Let me pitch a movie idea to you – Right, so there’s this young, naïve girl, who gets kicked out of uni and isn’t sure what she’s doing with her life. She moves in with her protective, and somewhat judgmental older brother, who tries to get her a real job. On one casual shift, she…
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Let me tell you a story, about a friend of mine. Sally, as we shall call her, is in her early twenties, single, and at university. A group of her friends often go out on a Friday night, get pleasantly sloshed and dance like maniacs in a variety of clubs. A while ago, she went…
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Spectacle City is the first novel by author Nicola Themistes, and it is a complex, multi-layered novel about Melbourne, drugs, self-destruction, and most importantly, life in all its forms. I caught up with Nicola to discuss the novel, writing, and self-publishing in the internet age. Tell me more about Spectacle City. I usually refer to…
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In season one of Girls*, one of my favourite plotlines is that of Shoshanna, the cousin and roommate of Jessa. Shoshanna is slightly awkward, very endearing, and most significantly, a 22-year-old virgin. Her virginity is somewhat of a burden to Shoshanna. She feels cut-off, left out, like she can’t join in with the girls when…
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In issue 19 of Lip, we had an article called ‘The Quest For The Perfect Vagina’. The spread (pun intended) for the article had a blown up image of a slightly-unfurled pink rose dominating most of the page. Every time I showed the issue to a friend, they would immediately flick to the article, and…
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(First published on Zoya’s blog, The Coconut Chronicles) If there’s one thing our generation is not known for, it’s our ardent enthusiasm for feminism. In fact, claiming that you’re a feminist is more like a kiss of social death than the badge of honour it once was. The general opinion seems to be that feminism…
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When I was in high school I often found myself the subject of unwanted male attention. Guys would sit near me in class, watch me avidly during debates and assemblies, follow me around at lunchtime. While I would love to say that it was because I was the cutest girl in school (would I love…
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I worked in a pharmacy for about 4 years while I was at university. I loved my job as a dispensary tech, despite the often gross conversations I would be forced into with customers. Some favourites include the time a guy tried to make me touch the wart that was blooming under his armpit, and…
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In episode 2 of Girls, protagonist Hannah gets panicky about her vagina. Specifically, what might be happening inside it. A firm believer in the use of condoms, Hannah is confident she has always had safe sex. But that doesn’t satisfy her paranoia – as she says repeatedly throughout the episode, ‘what about the stuff that…
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There aren’t many bands around like The Last Prom. Combining flawless pop music with an edgy Apocalypse theme, with costumes and characters to boot, the Canberra band have been making waves since their debut in 2011. Currently, The Last Prom are gearing up for a brand new theatre show, that focuses on the themes of…
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I realise I’m a bit behind the curve with this one, but I just watched the first eight episodes of the new HBO release, Girls. For those who don’t know, Girls has been lauded as the more realistic, more edgy, more funny version of Sex And The City for 20-somethings instead of 30-somethings. It’s also…
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Sometimes, working on an online magazine can feel a bit isolating – all of our staff is scattered across Australia, our readers are names and not faces, and it can feel a bit like it’s just us, in our bedrooms on our laptops, shouting into the abyss. This is what I said in my speech…
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I originally wrote this as a post for my blog, The Coconut Chronicles, but have expanded it here! Let me just put this out there – I’m not a fan of children. In fact, I would go so far as to say that children are like little aliens to me. I see them and I’m…
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