Issue Eight – Autumn 2005
features
ayurveda / elemental healing
an introduction to this ancient health philosophy; dosha quiz: are you an earth, air or fire girl?; girlforce: review of the girlforce books and an interview with author nikki goldstein
when home hurts / when sticks and stones break your bones…
but words do hurt you: the issues and subtleties of domestic violence; bursting the bubble: helping young people cope with violence in the home; daddy dearest: one girl’s story about the father she’d rather not have
books, a lip special feature
lip author: focus on anita bell, author of the kirby’s crusader series; lip nonfiction: a critique of barbara creed’s media matrix: sexing the new reality; lip series: horse addict sarah hart revels in the pine hollow series; lip mixed review: hating and loving he’s just not that into you; lip thumbs down: our first ever bad review! lip fiction feature: sex, alcohol and best friends in we are the new romantics; lip review shorts: petals in the ashes by mary hooper; the insiders by j. minter; the silver child by cliff mcnish
life :: politics :: culture
culture + globalisation = youth in identity crisis
the last instalment of our globalisation series discusses how our new-found connectedness is affecting young people’s ability to negotiate identity
the art of travel according to neil grant:
grant’s book indo dreaming reveals the seedier side of backpacking.
a party of our own:
what is the perfect wedding really about? let’s scrap it altogether!
your words
lip staff on favourite clothes
comic
fiction
essay: late night reverie
poems: a series of tales from across the sea; user, abuser
departments
my west village life
hollywood stars and a president’s daughter
woman at work
mathemetician dr clio cresswell
a broad abroad
letters from amsterdam
the taste
family favourites
curtain call
auditions, auditions, auditions!!!
a dreamer’s view
episode 2: angry at erica
fighting words
american intellectual susan sontag
fashion
the lip princess party
sex[uality] special feature
behind closed doors: the peep show
the wire
let’s get some perspective: are youth apathetic?
