lip lit: gil scott-heron, the last holiday
In theory, The Last Holiday is an autobiographical account of the concert tour which resulted in legislation to make Martin Luther King’s birthday a public holiday. Author Gil Scott-Heron did a huge 41-city tour, supporting Stevie Wonder throughout America. The tour promoted Wonder’s Hotter than July album, which included the song “Happy Birthday” – a [...]
confessions : my life as a moderately successful fanfiction writer
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 [...]
interview: nicole trilivas
A couple of weeks ago I reviewed Nicole Trilivas’s debut novel Pretty Girls Make Graves. I spoke to Nicole about her candid writing regarding sex, what’s coming next in her writing, and iconic females in literature. The narration and content of the book is very raw and honest, particularly when it comes to sex, and [...]
The Reluctant Feminist
I clearly identify myself as a feminist. I write for lip and link articles from Jezebel on facebook. I can identify advertisements or warnings which work to blame the victims of rape; I tell my brother off for buying Lynx deodorant; “the pay gap”, “the double-shift”, and “double standards” are phrases that regularly feature in [...]
on writing (for lip)
At some point in my quest to be a “writer”, I became certain that editors hated me. Looking back, there is little grounding for this, except having heard hoards of stories about cruel rejection letters and cliquey types who would only publish the work of those within a/the literary canon and/or their friends (which are [...]
media pass
Many aspiring journalists have one common problem. How do I get my foot in the door? How do I start my career? Any journalist will tell you that starting off is hard, and it requires a lot of work. But how to begin? Freelance journalists Joanne Brooker, Andrew McMillen and Dean Saffron stress to keep [...]
National Young Writers Month – Are you up for the challenge?
Are you 25 or younger and thinking about writing, but not sure where to start? Do you want to make your mark as an upcoming writer but not sure if you’ve got the right stuff ? Are you quivering in anticipation for where my obvious, closed questions are going?! This, my friends, is a post [...]
words are a girl’s best friend
Many years ago, when I was only knee-high to a grasshopper, my dad bought me my very own bookshelf. He assembled it, painted it pink and sat it against a wall in my bedroom between my cot and the mountain of stuffed toys in the corner. I was in awe of the grandiose pink entity [...]
This is Not Art
It’s almost time for this year’s This is Not Art Festival (or TiNA, as it is affectionately known), a celebration of independent, emerging and experimental art and creativity of all kinds. Held in Newcastle from Thursday September 30th to Monday October 4th, TiNa draws together a number of smaller creative arts festivals including The Crack [...]
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 [...]
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