Lucy Kippist
Lucy has nursed her ambition to be a journalist since 1987 when at the age of seven she announced her intention to the family video camera with steely determination.
Born in Victoria but raised in NSW, she worked in the subscription department of Murdoch Magazines before completing an undergraduate degree in history at UNSW. She then followed a whole bunch of other people her age to work and play in the UK – a period most notable for snow, warm beer, slippery sidewalks and a stint on the news desk of The Sun in Dublin.
She returned to Australia in 2004 and started a postgraduate degree in journalism at UTS. An internship at the Village Voice (Sydney not New York), writing for free press and a stint producing news stories on local radio followed until Lucy joined CareerOne.com.au as a careers writer. In mid 2009 she joined team at The Punch.
Articles by Lucy Kippist
We need some cold hard facts about coal seam gas
This week’s mess in the Pilliga Forest of New South Wales, is the latest evidence of an extremely messy industry.…... Read more
Cheap clothes don’t make you a fashion disaster
Vivienne Westwood thinks modern women are too cheap to be stylish. The 70 year old British designer, known for her…... Read more
Australia, we’re a bunch of heartless travel snobs
Low cost air carriers have turned us into a bunch of travel snobs. Tell someone you’re about to take a…... Read more
Punch on: Open thread 20/02/2012
Who loves the weekend for how much more time they get to spend reading? Yep, me too. Especially longer feature/magazine…... Read more
Glossy PR exposed on the road to Damascus
When Vogue published its February 2011 profile on Asma Al-Assad, the English-born first lady of Syria, her husband’s totalitarian regime…... Read more
Assimilation should not be a flight of fancy
In any discussion about how best to manage migration in this country, there needs to be a line. And that…... Read more
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did at…... Read more
Snappy 60th birthday to our most fun newspaper
Life is far from dull in the Northern Territory. Or if it is, we’ll never know. And that’s all thanks…... Read more
Is it sexist? We’ve got nothing to compare it to
It all started with the empty fruit bowl on a stark kitchen bench in Altona. The Fairfax profile of Julia…... Read more
City vs country: What would you change your life for?
Old-fashioned community values. A big house, with an even bigger backyard. Fresh air, no traffic and keeping your own cows…... Read more
A muddled medal: Our volunteers deserve more
In Grantham and beyond, they searched for bodies in battered houses and hot, swampy fields. Clearing debris from footpaths, roads…... Read more
Lay off the tatts and have a debate about the real issues
At Melbas nightclub on the Gold Coast they won’t serve people with hand, neck and facial tattoos. You can, however,…... Read more
If you want a promotion don’t dress like a hobo
Big organisations are giving causal Friday the boot. Or should that be the zipper? Turns out sitting around feeling relaxed…... Read more
I tripped and fell into the lifeboat! Costa Coward
You can well imagine that in better times, Francesco Schettino is the kind of guy you’d like to have around.…... Read more
We lie. We cheat. Then we cheat and lie some more
From the second you’re married, people say your love life takes a tumble. Well, the polite ones. Others are a…... Read more
Can Gervais save Hollywood from itself?
Gah. The Golden Globes. If you don’t like frocks, and can’t bear self-indulgent speeches thanking God, long-dead parents, a dog…... Read more
Friday dilemma: Using your smartphone at dinner
A friend of mine was forced to leave a drinks party with three friends because they spent more time scrolling…... Read more
ChinaWatch: Growing up in a brewing social disaster
This column is the first of a monthly series we’ll be running on what’s happening in China from a political,…... Read more
What won’t we do in the name of BBQ?
Okay, so Australians love meat. We also love BBQs and Australia Day. Mostly because it means we don’t have to…... Read more
Is this the end of the Aussie family farm?
Foreign investors have been snapping at the heels of Aussie farms. In spite of Cyclone Yasi, fires, floods, supermarket wars,…... Read more
Only the selfish dump their crap in charity bins
Dead cats don’t belong in charity bins. Same goes for sex toys, dirty nappies, sharp knives, broken furniture and the…... Read more
Don’t hang the jury
In a perfect world, justice would be swift. Right and wrong would be black and white. Good people would feel…... Read more
Love in the time of internet
Cupid’s been busy this year. We’ve had fairytales: Kate and Wills. Celebrity hook-ups: Warnie and Liz Hurley. And a whole…... Read more
Forget over the counter, give us the pill for free
The federal government wants to give women easier access to the contraceptive pill by making it available, without a prescription,…... Read more
Good body image is a big fat myth. Let’s change it.
Yesterday, Mission Australia released the results of their 10th National Survey of Young Australians. Among the most reported of their…... Read more
The biggest dopes are the parents giving kids pot
Australia has a long standing love affair with cannabis. More than half of us have tried it, 10 to 15…... Read more
The Twitter mob is smarter than the PR flunkies
Twitter. It’s smarter than the average marketing company. More powerful, in its way, than the cleverest corporate PR machine. It’s…... Read more
Croc eating marines from another planet
There’s been a lot of talk this week about how crazy those folks in the Northern Territory are. Sure, they…... Read more
Between boozer and wowser is a sensible drinker
Mineral water, sparkling wine, sauvignon banc, chardonnay or pinot noir. That was the dilemma I faced last Wednesday night as…... Read more
Shakespeare a fake? What fools these mortals be.
My name’s Lucy and I’m a Stratfordian. Okay, not really. That’s just a fancy way of saying that I think…... Read more
So what if #mensaybadthingsaboutme
It’s the first rule of the playground: don’t pay attention to the bullies. So what do a bunch of highly…... Read more
Young women have not gone to the dogs
Most young women are not lying in the gutter with vomit in their hair. Nor are they starving themselves so…... Read more
A family that stickers together, sticks together
There’s a growing trend in rear window art. It’s the biggest thing since Baby on Board signs. Only these are…... Read more
Love thy neighbour, and stop spraying water on their cat
As the well-worn song goes, everybody needs good neighbours. But how many of us even know who our neighbours are?…... Read more
Festival of Obvious Ideas #6: Dump Facebook
There’s only one thing worse than a person who spends all their time on Facebook. The person who spends all…... Read more
Festival of Obvious Ideas #4. “Loyalty” is a hoax
There is too much fake stuff in today’s world. You have to look twice to tell if a woman’s breasts…... Read more
You’ll marry who I tell you to marry, young lady!
Remove romantic love from the concept of marriage and what are you left with? A partnership, long-term companionship, shared living…... Read more
Hey Scipione, don’t lecture us on sex and booze
In the first episode of Mad Men, the deliciously complicated American drama set in a fictitious advertising agency in the…... Read more
Should hitting children be a crime?
Should it be a crime to hit your child? Throw that question around at your next barbeque and see how…... Read more
The benefits of showing your bitchy side
In a New York nursing home, a bunch of 80-year-old women are sitting around in cliques, bitching about each other.…... Read more
Community is the real cost of coal seam gas
You get the feeling not much happens on a Saturday morning in Merriwa. The sleepy country town in the Upper…... Read more
Flexitarian: it’s vegetarianism for meat eaters
Here’s a new way to think about what you’re eating every day. Next time you’re standing in front of the…... Read more
Plastic wastelands; the mall the merrier
They’re calling it the “mother of all mega malls”. Frank Lowy’s Stratford Westfield; home to seven miles of shop windows,…... Read more
In this breakfast club, Weet-Bix saves the day
It was all over in 30 minutes. Bowls were washed, toasters put away and the lids of the honey jars…... Read more
Taking Spag Bog beyond the bog standard
Just another night in suburban Australia and the natives are hungry. What’s on the menu? Stir fry, spaghetti bolognese, meat…... Read more
For kids’ sake don’t blame the modern family
The statistics are shocking. One in four Aussie teenagers between the ages of 16-24 suffers from a mental or behavioural…... Read more
Screw equal pay; what do women really want?
Shove your shoulder pads and pipe down about the equal pay debate. This week’s annual Equal Pay Day completely overlooked…... Read more
Don’t judge this book by its cover
When you’re fourteen years old, chubbier than the rest of your friends and desperately unhappy about it, there’s nothing more…... Read more
Your boss does not own your thoughts
Great bosses send you emails full of praise. Smile when they see you. Give you feedback on everything and take…... Read more
Let me give you a tip: Only pay extra when it’s worth it
Jonathan Gold and I will never be friends. The savvy food critic who writes for the LA Weekly is an…... Read more
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