lip lit: kate bussmann, a twitter year: 365 days in 140 characters or less
Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re a Gen Y (meaning you were born between 1980-2000, though these dates are not clearly defined). Gen Y are sometimes referred to as the Millennial Generation, Generation Me and the Net Generation. Gen Y is stereotyped as having Peter Pan syndrome, being disrespectful to authority figures, having a sense [...]
christmas film review: love actually
Around this time every year, there are a few things that never fail to get me into the Christmas spirit – decorating the tree, sneaking fruit mince pies and of course, watching Love Actually. With one of the most memorable casts and soundtracks of the noughties, this movie has already become a classic. Tackling the [...]
Last La Petite Mort – The Orgasm Before Edinburgh
After raging seasons at Melbourne Fringe and The Melbourne International Comedy Festival, La Petite Mort – The Orgasm is performing for one night only at Melbourne’s Butterfly Club before she heads over to The Edinburgh Fringe. Isabel Hertaeg, who has trained in acting, singing, and dance in Australia and Latvia, has gone back to the [...]
Star Face
This week I thought I would take a different tact as questions are slow in the mailbox… I would like to bring up the current news story of a teenage girl who got 56 tattoos on her face. Tattoos are a popular and much loved way of expressing identity, personality and uniqueness but what do [...]
Six too many
Since 2000, NSW’s youngest mother was just 11 and fewer than six 12-year-olds have given birth, according to the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. In the papers today we read about one such 12-year-old girl who, allowed to live with her 15-year-old boyfriend despite her father’s pleas to the Department of Community Services, [...]
lip’s first fiction anthology: call out for submissions!
Calling all writers! lip magazine, your resident indie mag for young women invites YOU to submit to their first ever, highly exciting fiction anthology, ‘Harvest’! And to make it even more fun, we’ve themed it with the appropriately ambiguous topic of ‘One’. Whether it’s a poem to your one true love, an attempt at capturing [...]
My flatmate’s boyfriend is driving me crazy!
Dear Ms Lip I hate my flatmate’s boyfriend and I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t think I can confront him but I hate feeling unwelcome in my own home and I don’t want to have to move again—I only moved in three months ago. Basically this guy is a jerk. He [...]
My friend hurts herself
Dear Ms Lip My best friend just confided in me that she cuts. I am really worried about her and don’t know what to say or do. I don’t think I can tell anyone cause I don’t want to ruin her trust but I’m afraid she might end up seriously hurting herself. I know she [...]
Nice to meet you at the Zine Fair
The MCA Zine Fair 2009 held on Sunday was a smashing success for lip! Thanks to everyone who came by, asked a question, flicked through a copy or even bought one or two, your interest and support is deeply appreciated. There was a wide range of goods for sale from zines to magazines, from art [...]
Learn to play with words with Siobhan from lip magazine
Get the low down on writing for magazines with a young writer from Logan. This workshop will give you the who, what, when, where, and why of freelance writing, particularly with up coming mag, lip. Workshops will be held at various Logan City Council Libraries around Logan, Queensland during the June/July school holidays. Contact Youth [...]
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