Brittany Tiplady |

Popstar is Shraya’s first foray into the world of television. As a celebrated author and artist, she welcomed the collaborative nature of TV.

Brittany Tiplady |

The latest arts, culture and other happenings in Vancouver this October, 2023.

Tayvie Van Eeuwen |

Edzi’u explores an “early imagined world where each different impact of colonization enters into a Potlatch setting.”

Bhagyashree Chatterjee |

Hair holds power. For Queer people especially, appearances are one way to express themselves. Hair and beauty rituals, especially, are a way for people in the community…

Bhagyashree Chatterjee |

Queer as Funk performs at the Commodore Ballroom on August 4 for Vancouver’s annual pride weekend.

Jacqueline Salomé |

Like any union bid, Martineau’s was born of a plea for better working conditions, starting with a living wage.

 Jamie-Leigh Gonzales |

While acknowledging that not everyone will experience parenthood — perhaps from no desire to have kids or because of very real barriers — I still have to…

Carly Butler |

De-colonial people and parents will change this world if we let them. We are playing the long game, and the only ones who don’t want us to…

Emma Devin (they/them) |

Doula Care Collective Brood takes questions from pregnant-curious people in the first installment of their column: Ask A Doula.

Sarah Sahagian |

The taboo of parenting without a car is so ingrained that my loved ones worried about the very idea of me raising a kid without a vehicle…

Stacey McLachlan |

Exclusive pumping was the best parenting decision I could have possibly made — and one that honestly felt downright revolutionary.

Bhagyashree Chatterjee |

The latest arts, culture and other happenings in Vancouver this June, 2023.

Laura O’Connor |

As with most social causes, efforts in fighting food insecurity has largely been at the community-level. Food co-ops, local farming, and food mutual aid efforts have provided…

Romila |

Everyone can trace their personal lineage back to people who were revolutionary, your job is to pick that up and bring it to present.

Jacqueline Salomé |

How a grassroots campaign led BC to become the first Canadian jurisdiction to offer universal contraception coverage and a shining star for health and gender equity.

Kristi Alexandra |

We talked to users and practitioners of psychedelic therapy to find out why this mode of therapy yields results.

Lakeisha Goedluck |

It’s important that we share our stories as Black women because words are the sutures that hold us together, despite the fact that society routinely tries to…

Kimberly Sunder |

Many of us are now actively creating a life for ourselves that looks vastly different from our ancestors before us. It is a revolutionary movement in radical…

Brittany Tiplady |

For fans of Jane Austen and Bridgerton, the most sensible thing you can do this spring is head to the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre for another addition…

Brittany Tiplady |

I am erasing the narrative that others wrote for me over and over again, and reimagining what success can look like in this life with health, happiness,…

Andrea Javor |

By Andrea Javor @mystic_sandwich These horoscopes focus on the big-picture themes and major transformations unfolding over several years, with 2022 as the focal point

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Somehow, someway, we made it to November and that's something to celebrate. Check out what's happening in Vancouver, digitally and in-person, this…

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Joy @ms.andreajoy Grace Club: a curated series of events about everything from decolonized practices to sex to embracing anger and mental health

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 With passion, fervor and, of course, humour, Warner and Christiansen have hosted Pop This! for more than four and a half years

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 An essay on boobs, boys, and sexuality

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 So bad, it's good

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Take in three weeks of theatre, dance and experimental music taking place at various venues throughout the Lower Mainland

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 Beauty and the Beast opens to Vancouver audiences on Wednesday, December 5 on the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage

Andrea Loewen |

By  Andrea Loewen @ms.andreajoy A monthly round-up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items and…

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips mag @looselipsmag Winter is fast approaching and showcasing all the warm and cozy events Vancouver has to offer. Check out this month's collection of…

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @ms.andreajoy A monthly round up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items…

Keagan Perlette |

By Keagan Perlette @geminisympathizer Using ancestral knowledge of herbal medicines that the Coast Salish people have employed for millennia, Arianna Johnny-Wadsworth creates skin and body care products…

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 This year, TUTS presents another dazzling duo of productions: Rodgers and Hammsterstein's Cinderella and 42nd Street

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @Looselipsmag Summer is here and the city is buzzing with festivals, outdoor cinemas, markets, and more. Here’s what’s happening in July

Alex Duncan |

By Alex Duncan @anarmyofhearts As a Naturopathic Doctor and Registered Herbalist, her practice is rooted in methods that are intrinsically in tune with nature, emphasizing the use…

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @ms.andreajoy There are plenty of charities on the ground working hard to protect and support these families, here are a few that accept international donations

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Open up your Google Cal! Here's what's happening in June

Elizabeth Holliday |

By Elizabeth Holliday @femme.path Probability explores the division of the external Ego Self and the internal Higher Self through two women navigating an intimate relationship

Elizabeth Holliday |

By Elizabeth Holliday @femme.path Yolanda Bonnell brings her passion to the stage in a one-woman show about intergenerational trauma and addiction

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Mark your calendars! Here's what's happening in May

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag On Sunday April 29, local runners, walkers, families, and couples will be lacing up for the annual Daffodil Dash at Concord Pacific

Elizabeth Holliday |

By Elizabeth Holliday @femme.path Katey Hoffman and Cheyenne Mabberly are out to bring woman-forward comedy to Vancouver, and they’re doing one heck of a job

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @andreaxuaxua A monthly round up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items…

Kristi Alexandra |

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra Packed with femme-powered performances, director Mina Shum shows that there’s room for claiming your feminism at any stage in life with Meditation Park

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 Pour, presented by the 2018 PuSh Festival, takes The Scotiabank Dance Centre stage Friday, Feb. 2nd and Saturday, Feb. 3rd at 8 pm

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @andreaxuaxua A monthly round up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items and…

Andrea Loewen |

A monthly round up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items and take it down,…

Andrea Loewen |

By Andrea Loewen @andreaxuaxua A monthly round up of Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items…

Andrea Javor |

By Andi Astre @mystic_sandwich What does November's astrological shift portend for you? Resident astrologist at Gastown’s The Good Spirit and now Loose Lips, Mystic Sandwich, charts the…

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 Think of #GLITTERGURLZ as an artistic conduit for the (heterosexual) female experience

Chelsea Noel |

By Chelsea Noel Today, this scrappy little girl isn't standing down. She is telling her story

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 May you be triggered, or empowered, or saddened or strengthened, we are here

Sarine Gulerian |

Story and photography by Sarine Guerian @sarinegulerian Despite the portrayal in popular media, witches don’t practice animal sacrifice, cast evil hexes or fly around on brooms

Kate Belton |

By Kate Belton @k8beee Shit gets real. Need some advice yourself? Send in your question to submissions@looselipsmag.com

Alli Hayes |

By Alli Hayes @bunnie604  Women’s Equality Day and Vancouver's Go Topless Day is this Saturday, August 26th

Brittany Tiplady |

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 Without being ostentatious Ricketts has cultivated her zone of genius into a space that is dedicated to supporting those in the process of…

Loose Lips Mag |

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Sarah Bernstein is a woman who knows there's a divide between your passion and banking portfolio. For those of us trying to…

Kristi Alexandra |

By Kristi Alexandra @kristialexandra We got it from our mamas. As two ladies who run a feminist magazine, leading a group of warrior writer women who each…

Jess Procter |

By Jess Procter @north_west_jess//@thenewprocters Warning: this birth story will not bring tears to your eyes

By Jessie Hannah @jess_e_hannah Live comedy show takes aim at the collective human experience that is teen angst with live journal readings

Samantha Lego |

By Samantha Lego @samanthalego Yes, ghosting sucks. Yes, it’s savage, but no, it’s not wholly inadmissible

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Loose Lips Mag is honoured to work in Vancouver's iconic Dominion Building, soaking up all of that female hustler energy

By Andrea Loewen @andreaxuaxua Every month I’ll share my Resistance Research, including quotes, news, analysis, inspiration, and action items. Let’s break this regime down into actionable items

By Jess Procter @north_west_jess//@thenewprocters A new mom emerges from the newborn bubble and asks “WTF just happened!?”

By Samantha Lego @samanthalego Unleash your inner mountain goddess for local travel in 2017 with the Loose Lips' outdoor trend forecast.

By Brittany Tiplady @yellowbird888 What would a balanced kitchen taste like? The creatives behind the Women on the Line documentary are chopping through the culinary glass ceiling…

Erin Davidson | @erin.e.davidson

I grew up watching The Oprah Winfrey Show most days after school. Oprah deserves part, if not full, credit for my choice to pursue counselling as a…

By Loose Lips Mag @looselipsmag Free week-long online summit for women entrepreneurs features live sessions and advice from female CEOs

By Alli Hayes @allihayes16 Bif Naked shares an intimate story on love, music and coping in her recently published memoir

By Alli Hayes @allihayes16 Writer and festival-goer Alli Hayes gives us the low-down on the top 10 babe musicians at this year's Bass Coast

By Samantha Lego @samanthalego Having your period brings up a whole new set of challenges while travelling. So if you’re expecting a period on your next backpacking…