Trying to keep active this winter without going outside? Hate wearing runners? Perhaps you should try out pilates. I’m going to preface this article by admitting that I was a notorious failure at school in aerobic exercise or any kind of ball sport. I was the kid who was always picked last for teams, and…
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It seems everyone’s going vegetarian or vegan these days – your best friend, your mother, your mother’s chickens… (Don’t ask.) I used to think that vegetarians/vegans were all animal lovers, but lately I’ve learned it can also be a dietary choice. It can even make your eggs taste better, if you happen to be a…
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Hanging out on Facebook the other night, I came across a new community page that nine of my friends (and 40,000 other people) had recently Liked – the ‘Box Gap’ community page. ‘What’s a box gap?’ I asked my boyfriend’s housemates. One laughed. ‘Don’t worry, you probably have one,’ he said. Well, it turns out…
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Name: Sam van Zweden Age: 25 Occupation: Writer, student, book seller How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m an honest person, and I am by turns shy and outgoing, both in extremes. My life is, above everything else, creative and moving. I always prioritise making and consuming creative things (usually wordy creative things),…
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I can picture you wrinkling your nose already. I promise this article won’t be gross or painful. Because in fact, pap smears aren’t gross or painful. I decided to write this article after hearing a relatively unsurprising piece of data from a friend of mine. She’d recently asked around in her study group and found…
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Name: Monique Stern Age: 18 Occupation: Deaf and Blind Social Group Assistant How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m generally an optimistic person. I love to smile and be a little naïve by thinking I can always be happy. My big negative is I am a very critical person and tend to expect…
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Name: Kat Muscat Age: 22 Occupation: Voiceworks editor How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m a Melbourne-based word nerd who is happiest in a good beer garden with some friends or a bunch of manuscripts. I cannot cook or run very fast. At the end of last year I completed a double degree…
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Name: Thomas Bailey Age:19 Occupation: Number-cruncher How would you describe yourself and your life? In a nutshell, I work, study and play in Melbourne. I’m at Melbourne University doing Actuarial Studies (a fancy kind of Commerce) and in my spare time I go to the gym, make lentil soup and tutor schoolkids in Maths. I…
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Name: Shannon McKeogh Age: 22 Occupation: Student How would you describe yourself and your life? I’m your typical cardigan-wearing arts student. I study, I write a fair bit online and sometimes (if I’m lucky!) it gets published in other places. I’m originally from the regional city of Albury – you’re not allowed to bag it…
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As a Melbourne resident and newcomer to the Lip team, I can hardly articulate the bravery of Lip’s fight against our blistering Melbourne autumn, in order to host their first launch party in Victoria on the 5th of May. Was it worth venturing out into the cold that night? Of course it was! With a…
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