The other day, while bored at work (as per usual), I decided to look at Fanfiction.net on a whim. For those who don’t know about the wonderful website, Fanfiction.net is one of the world’s largest fanfiction websites, and covers a huge number of genres. Writers can upload their own fanfics (or ‘fics’ as we called…
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If you were lucky enough to get a ticket to one of the shows on Aqua’s recent Australian tour, you might recognise the tour support: Sydney electropop trio, Radio Ink! Lip was lucky enough to chat to the lovely Miss S about the band’s recent escapades both here and in the US! Describe your sound…
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With the exception of Harry Potter and His Dark Materials, I have remained ignorant of young adult literature. I spent my formative years developing a collection of Buffy serial novels more substantial than nerd-mecca Minotaur’s. But I knew I should read The Hunger Games before the film was released. I’ve had enough conversations about Rowling…
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Feminism. Harry Potter. Two concepts that may tickle the fancy of a Lip reader. How are these two connected, if at all? In the spirit of making feminism fun, is Hermione the answer? We spend a fair chunk of time on Lip discussing the F word, and it isn’t always a case of warm and…
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Margin Call (directed and written by up-and-coming filmmaker J.C Chandor), stars Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci and Kevin Spacey and follows how the key people in an investment bank handled the first 24-hour period of the global financial crisis. It begins at a major bank with a low-level risk analyst (played by Zachary Quinto – Heroes, Star…
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As much as I love telling people what to do, I try to use this column to share funny and ridiculous anecdotes, and make observations about my love life and those of my friends, rather than as an instructional guide. But whether it’s because my writing this column means that people assume I have the…
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Facts closes with the lyrics “This is what I call fun”; it’s a perfect way to describe the experience of listening to these 10 songs. The third album from Melbourne five-piece, Aleks and the Ramps, was recorded over a period of roughly 18 months. It’s plain to hear the time and effort put into its…
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When I first heard about the ‘I did not report’ hashtag. I was blown away with the ingeniousness of the idea. How many of us have been groped against our will? How many of us have been harassed or threatened in the street simply because we happen to have a vagina? How many of us…
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I’ve never been good at maintaining friendships with people I’ve been involved with. I used to think it was their fault – because clearly it’s the height of maturity to blame everything on your ex after a break up – but in reality, I think it has a lot more to do with me. I’m…
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Often the issue that arises from flying the feminist flag is that people expect you to align all of your beliefs within a perceived system of norms that align with what they view as ‘feminism’. For a movement as multi-faceted, widely dispersed and fragmented as feminism is, this is nigh on impossible. Every feminist (much…
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Saturday night sees housemates communicating virtually through their latest favourite app, ‘Draw Something’. It involves drawing a misshapen picture on your smart phone before sending it into cyberspace for a person who is similarly engaged to decipher. Is that portly figure Bert Newton’s head or an eggplant? How do you represent ‘navy’ to an absent…
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Name: Wendy McCarthy Age: 70 Occupation: Company Director and Mentor How would you describe yourself and your life? A life well lived and still a work in progress. In many ways my original skills and passions are being reenergized in the work I do at the moment. I grew up in rural NSW and was…
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I am the first to admit the fact that I am not the world’s best driver (how would such a competition be judged anyway?). Back when I was but a novice P-plater, I was nervous, repeatedly took for granted that other cars could purely just know what I wanted to do without my having to…
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This is a really difficult review to write. I try to make all my reviews as balanced as possible, irrespective of whether I do or don’t know band members, like or don’t like a particular genre, etc etc. The problem with the Twoks’ performance at the Adelaide Fringe Festival this year, however, is that despite…
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