…now’s your chance. We know copies of lip can sometimes be hard to get hold of, so we’re giving you a sneak peak at one of our back issues: #12 – download the full mag in PDF format – FREE (scroll to the bottom of the page for the download link). If you like what…
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So, we’ve been having a bit of a clean up at lip HQ, and found we still have a big stack of back issues available. Help us raise much needed funds towards issue 14 and grab yourself a bargain at the same time in our 2 for 1 offer. You’ll also be helping us make…
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Despite how we feel about advertising in general (and I’m not just talking about the objectionable, sexist, exploitative ads that are so prevalent in the media), we have included some ads on this blog and on our website to help us raise much needed funds to keep bringing you lip magazine in print. A free…
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In a wave of magazines ceasing publication of late, Jane magazine is the next to close its pages for the last time, with its final issue to be published in August. Jane was designed to appeal to women who are irreverent, and “delivered the second-wave feminist editorial mission of Sassy”, Jane’s little sister, which folded…
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with lip radio about to return to the airwaves, it appears there is some controversy around whether to let guys be presenters on the show. join in the discussion on the newly revived lip radio blog. should lip radio be a show solely by young women for young women, or will including both female and…
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Paul raises some excellent points about what employers look for in new recruits in the journalism/publishing arena. You need to be young, tech-savvy, self-taught and ambitious. (You still, of course, need to be able to write too.) However, his statement “That’s why I tell students that the only clips I want to see are the…
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Thanks Mark for filling us in on the Dolly “production error”. I find this sort of tactic, if it is indeed a marketing ploy, interesting as it provides insight into the way people choose their media. Perhaps this is why celebrity gossip magazines continue to be so popular. People love scandal. We had a small…
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Has anyone seen the latest issue of Dolly? It reportedly contains some explicit images… I’d love to know what these might be.
It was so much fun reading all the creative ideas that came through in last week’s comp. I can’t wait to try some of the projects posted! The retro earrings go to Nicole – but feel free to keep posting your creative recycling projects. Share the love! Or feel the love from Enamor – she…
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It’s a good thing I don’t have to actually choose the Sampler competition winners, as there were some really great responses for the Batches o’ Patches comp. This week’s winner is Sarah. Our next prize comes from tomate d’epingles. Recycled jewellery? How eco-chic! You can win these fun retro hoop earrings by sending an email…
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Late last year I blogged about the competition run by Dove so that real women could make ads for Dove about real women. The winner, 22-year-old Lindsay Miller from California, in her ad sings into a pink hairbrush and dances in the shower. “Thinking about beauty and what it means to me … and to…
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Not much in the way of competition in our last Sampler comp, so Emily walks away with the Gifts Define Ladybugs Hairclip. Keeping in with the theme of cute brightly-coloured accessories, this week’s comp is for this Batches o’ Patches by FredFlare.com. Their online store is named for Fred Astaire, as they believe that great…
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Check out this blog: an experiment in environmentalism, viral marketing, and user interface design with the goal of reducing consumer waste paper! Click here: thesecomefromtrees.blogspot.com Incidentally, I found this blog only minutes after a heated debate with my coworkers about office recycling. Bureaucratic contracts prevent effective recycling in my workplace, allowing only white printer paper…
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It’s going to be hard to part with last week’s cuuute Chick Notes, but I’m sure they’ll be put to good use by Lauren, our lucky week 3 Sampler blog comp winner. Just as cute is this Ladybugs Hairclip, courtesy of Gifts Define. To quote from their website: “INdollGENCES” is the popular nickname of our…
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