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 [...]
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 [...]
kiss goodbye to ms
In 2008, just shy of her 22nd birthday, Jackie Richards experienced some dizziness, fatigue and blurred vision, which she took as evidence of ‘partying too hard’, but after the facial paralysis hit (and gradually worsened throughout the day) she took herself off to the doctor. The diagnosis? Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a neurological disease caused by [...]
lip top 10: myths surrounding menstruation
So it’s that time of the month and you’re feeling crappy. If you were living in any other historical period you may just well find yourself segregated from the rest of your community, you know, just to make you feel good about it. Oh, and you’ll be told that your menses is poisonous. The belief [...]
feminist news round-up 13.05.12
barack obama says same-sex couples should marry In a mammoth political move, US President Barack Obama has declared his personal support for gay marriage. He said: “I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my [...]
dvd giveaway: teen wolf series 1
To coincide with the ‘Supermoon’ on the weekend, lip has some fantastic Teen Wolf Prize Packs to giveaway! The pack includes TEEN WOLF SEASON ONE ON DVD, A WOLF HOOD & TEMPORARY TATTOO! Simply email Courtney@lipmag.com with the name of your favourite movie that features a werewolf! Only winners will be notified. Teen Wolf follows the [...]
be me: a fundraising afternoon
The High Tea is back and in a big way; it’s our trendy new thing to do and it’s not hard to understand why. Tea-sipping ladies wearing their Sunday best while indulging in sweet treats and juicy gossip? What’s not to love! Here’s your chance to enjoy that luxury and do something worthwhile at the [...]
(sex)uality: the united states’ “war on women”
At the moment in the United States, there are things happening to challenge women’s reproductive rights. It is being referred to as the “War on Women”. States all across America are passing legislation in record numbers to dissuade, delay or stop women from making choices about their own reproductive health. It has become so overwhelmingly [...]
who needs money? beautiful people travel for free!
A friend recently posted the below video to Facebook because she was completely bemused by the content. I was too. Quite a few commenters had the same reaction – is this a joke? Could it perhaps be some sort of satirical viral marketing? Some sort of social media experiment? A previously unreleased skit from Saturday Night Live? According [...]
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