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		<title>obsessing over excess baggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lip magazine</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was the fat kid. The token ‘Fatty Boomba’ at primary school. I relished tucking into a meal more than an excavation of the sandpit. I avoided the monkey bars because lifting my weight was a struggle. I was always the first chosen for trivia, yet the last for a game of kickball. Although aesthetically, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>is it okay: to use the words feminine and masculine?</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/is-it-okay-to-use-the-words-feminine-and-masculine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Flux</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[femininity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=18402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is a truth universally acknowledged that grammar trolls are extremely popular people. Picking on someone’s spelling and punctuation rather than their arguments and ideas is clearly taking the high road, and being nitpicky is definitely something that shouldn’t be associated with pince-nez and monkeys grooming each other for fleas. Or maybe I’ve got that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the dark side of tumblr</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 22:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya Krzywoszyja</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creepers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Tumblr for many reasons. It has opened me up to new worlds, educated me on concepts I previously had difficulty understanding or not even thought about at all, and introduced me to many new friends. But, like every form of social media, it can have its dark side. I&#8217;m mostly in my little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>who needs money? beautiful people travel for free!</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/who-needs-money-beautiful-people-travel-for-free/</link>
		<comments>http://lipmag.com/opinion/who-needs-money-beautiful-people-travel-for-free/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freya Dumas</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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  &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>apps against violence and abuse</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/apps-against-violence-and-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://lipmag.com/opinion/apps-against-violence-and-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 22:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emma Koehn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apps]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Good Wife has put a fair bit on our plates issues-wise. And amongst all that tightly written wit and too-clever law talk, this season offered up a new tech miracle capable of solving crimes and protecting women &#8211; the humble personal safety app. The question of &#8216;safety&#8217; of women in party or date situations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the 22 year old virgin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissah Comber</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m a 22 year old virgin. Shocking, I know. How inconceivable it is to think that in this day and age, with our over-sexualised culture and flippant approach to the values of yore, someone as ancient as I could still be on their V-plates. Apparently, I’m a dying breed. At least, that’s what my peers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Siobhan, and I love my body</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/im-siobhan-and-i-love-my-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 22:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Siobhan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[body acceptance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jetta Vegas]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17728</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here at lip, we&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>is it okay: for women to fight on the front line?</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/is-it-okay-for-women-to-fight-on-the-front-line/</link>
		<comments>http://lipmag.com/opinion/is-it-okay-for-women-to-fight-on-the-front-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Flux</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you had asked me this question at 15, there would have been no delay; just a clear, unequivocal yes. However, at the same age, if you had asked me the meaning of life and who I would have married the answers would have been just as immediate. Education. Work. Happiness. Orlando Bloom. When I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the power of dance</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/the-power-of-dance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaylia Payne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eating disorders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From year eight until year ten I only ate intermittently. Of course, by year eleven it had gotten to the point where I had stopped eating all together. Needless to say I did not have a positive relationship with my body. I didn’t like it because it ran into things, couldn’t catch or throw, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pregnant women&#8217;s bodies aren&#8217;t public property</title>
		<link>http://lipmag.com/opinion/pregnant-womens-bodies-arent-public-property/</link>
		<comments>http://lipmag.com/opinion/pregnant-womens-bodies-arent-public-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonya Krzywoszyja</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://lipmag.com/?p=17560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women face a lot of pressure, from themselves, from friends, from family, even from outside sources. And none seems more harsh and critical than when a woman is pregnant. Recently, a friend who just became pregnant went to her in-laws with her husband and the first thing the mother-in-law said to her? “Wow, you’re fat!” [...]]]></description>
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