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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.
Zia Ravenscroft
Oct 7, 20242 min read
UniQ: The Secret Gay Language of Polari
It began probably sometime in the 1800s across the United Kingdom as a collection of words borrowed from other languages and slangs
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Chatting Shit with my Nail Artist
Every month, I make my way to Grace, and they somehow create little pieces of art on my nails.
Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson
Oct 7, 20242 min read
Review: ANTi
It was 7:50pm and the sky was like ink when I arrived at Basement Theatre to see Keagan Carr Fransch’s new work.
Angela Pelham
Oct 7, 20244 min read
Review: and the Lochburns
and the Lochburns explores family, memory, and the passage of time with tenderness and authenticity.
Henry Broadbent
Oct 7, 20242 min read
GOVT: ‘Look Over There!’ *Cripples Democracy*
The next two years—to certain people—represent an opportunity for one thing: profit
Salient Mag
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages | Solomon Islands & Niue
Solomon Islands & Niue
Meredith Ross-James
Sep 30, 20245 min read
You’re not Crazy: An Anorexic's Philosophical Reflections on Injustice and Eating Disorder
The process of female socialisation can be fucking traumatising, and the philosophers agree.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 30, 20243 min read
Rongoā Māori
Rongoā Māori is the traditional healing system of the Māori people, blending spiritual, physical, and mental well-being.
Guest Writer
Sep 30, 20243 min read
LONG-COVID: It Sucks
Over 200,000 Kiwis are registered in the long Covid registry. We’re out here—just struggling in silence.
Dan Moskovitz
Sep 30, 20242 min read
EXCLUSIVE: GWRC Mulls Altering Climate Targets
Greater Wellington Regional Council is looking at scrapping its pledge to be climate-neutral by 2030 and climate-positive by 2035.
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