Four confident women. Four confident women doing things. Four confident women supporting each other. Four confident indigenous women given prime screen time in a well-grossing Australian film. Four confident indigenous women not allowing anyone to insult them for their race or gender, and never compromising their personalities or identities. The Sapphires is the most woman-positive…
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Unless you’ve been living deep within an unusually large pit of rocks for the past year, chances are you’ve all been subject to the hype surrounding E.L. James’ “erotic novel” Fifty Shades of Grey. Arising from the online world of Twilight Fanfiction, a few names were changed, eye colours altered, and voila: an entirely original…
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More women than ever have competed in the 2012 London Olympics than any previous games. For the first time, every country represented at the Olympic Games has sent women to compete in London. This includes Saudi Arabia, a country that has never previously sent any women athletes to the Olympics. Women’s boxing also made its…
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Darwin is probably my favourite place in the world. My parents took my brother and me there on long trips when we were younger and, to me, there’s always been something magical about the Top End. Despite this, my knowledge of how Darwin, and other places north of Australia, were affected during World War II…
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Serena Chalker is a choreographer, improviser, performer, and the co-director of Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre (AIVDT). She’s part of Sydney Fringe Festival’s Life in Miniature. This dance piece is set and performed in a caravan to an intimate audience of 5 people at a time, and looks at the lives of two travellers. Lets…
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The other day, I was grabbing coffee with a friend when talk turned to fitness. My friend has recently joined a gym and was chatting about some of the facilities. I piped up that I had let my gym membership lapse after I moved cities, because I didn’t know where would be most convenient for…
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Sometimes we all feel a bit anxious about the future. Even with the knowledge that life is nothing less than a rollercoaster of highs, lows and everything in between, I sometimes need to be reminded that everything passes. Revisiting an old experience that turned out fine can offer some perspective when you’re feeling down. So…
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The gender imbalance in Australian theatre has been a talking point over the past few years. In South Australia this imbalance, which sees men greatly outnumber women as playwrights, directors and artistic directors, was evident in the State Theatre Company of South Australia’s 2011 season, with all eight plays authored by men. It is not…
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Pussy Riot, a punk band from Russia, was charged in February with hooliganism. Their perceived hooligan behaviour was to perform a punk prayer against Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, at Moscow’s main cathedral. In most of the media coverage, Pussy Riot is labeled as not just a band but a “feminist punk band” and…
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One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. – Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright I read an article earlier this week about how one’s eating habits are influenced by the company one keeps. Apparently if you are…
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There are times when I complain about things in my life which, really, don’t warrant complaining about: Australia’s performance at the Olympics, getting out of my shift at work ten minutes late when I’m anxious to get home, the phenomenon that is Fifty Shades of Grey, university assignments. The list goes on. Thankfully, life is…
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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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There’s something about television that differs from other types of narrative. It’s not like a film, that’s over in 90 minutes, or like a book that you can inhale in a night or meander through across months. Instead it’s like a throwback to serialised narratives in journals from the 1800s, a Dickens-esque approach to storytelling…
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We’ve all heard people whinge about getting stuck in the “friend-zone”. Basically, they have fancied someone who does not return their feelings. The object of their longing has either knowingly or not placed them in the friend-zone. The zone of no escape. The zone of perpetual no-sex. They might even be, God forbid, “like a…
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