love life: “We accept the love we think we deserve”
Love Life is Lip’s new fortnightly column for all things love, relationships, and getting along, brought to you by Camilla Patini. I’ve heard that love is a disease, an extreme of feeling very much...
View Articlelove life: should you remain friends with an ex?
I have been thinking about my former attachments – for want of a better word – and relationships, generally, in the past few weeks, which is the logical outcome of writing on the stuff. Every...
View Articlehow to date a feminist: a very serious guide
I actually don’t know how to approach this topic seriously without turning to you with my resting bitch face and saying something like, ‘Treat her like you would any other woman or human being.’ I...
View Articleto help or tinder: how apps are changing the way we date
I’ve never been one for casual dating. I went to a Catholic, all-girls school for God’s sake. Boys were scary and for a long time the only interaction I had with the male species was being unwillingly...
View Articlelove life: the booty call
Upon the genesis of this column, I expressed my hesitance about writing a column of this sort. I was afraid my metaphorical pen would reveal too much about me or disclose secrets too dangerous to...
View Articlelove life: what makes a lasting relationship?
I’m late, I’m late. I’m sorry I missed the deadline last week. Much has been afoot here in the Berra for this columnist and I’ve consequently been quite exhausted. Rest assured, however, that my...
View Articleback to ba(sex): a foray into polyamory, part one
‘Sex-crazed, emotionless boors’: this is just one insult levelled at people identifying as polyamorous. FYI, polyamory is more than fucking – but a diverse sex life is all part of the fun. Over the...
View Articlelessons learned from bad relationships and beyond
As an unapologetic Sex and The City fan, after re-watching episodes over and over again, and reliving the characters’ relationship high and lows, I have come to a conclusion: as Carrie, Miranda,...
View Articleno more excuses: building up lovelorn friends
I recently spent one whole glorious night and one cruisy Saturday morning in bed with a guy I had met on that universal fuck den, the dance floor. We left the club at 4:00am with the crusty remains...
View Articlelip lit: rebellious daughters
“Good daughters hold their tongues, obey their elders and let their families determine their destiny. Rebellious daughters are just the opposite.” Rebellious Daughters is an anthology of essays by...
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