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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.
Cassia Percival-Day
Sep 30, 20245 min read
A Diabetic’s Guide to Partying
This advice has come from my experiences of festivals, gigs & parties but could be applied to anything: one epic night, or a multi-day fest
Will Irvine
Sep 30, 20243 min read
City of Amputees: How Israel Weaponises Disability against Gaza
By permanently disabling massive portions of society, Israel places a long-term strain on Gaza’s already destroyed healthcare system.
Elyshia Bedwell
Sep 30, 20245 min read
PCOS: The Invisible Chronic Illness No One Sees
Coming to terms with having a chronic illness changed my whole outlook on life, and made me more empathetic towards others.
Zia Ravenscroft
Sep 30, 20242 min read
UniQ | Pre-Disability: A Myth
We are all pre-disabled. The notion of a liveable life is always connected to an able body.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Disabling Paradise ‘for the greater good’
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) CW: Nuclear Testing, Colonialism, Suicide, Henry Kissinger Global imagery of the Pacific has long been...
Guest Writer
Sep 30, 20244 min read
MY BODY IS A WASTELAND(and yours might be too)
There’s not been a day in my life since I was about seven or eight years old when I haven’t been in pain.
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Sep 30, 20242 min read
Māori & Pacific News, 30/09
Māori & Pacific News, week of Monday the 30th
Kyle Cloete
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Why I'll never Give Way to a Ringing Bell
Unless you expect me to paint my head with PVA glue, it is impossible to wear hearing aids 24/7. I have not yet met a person who does.
Fox Keane
Sep 30, 20245 min read
The Access Trap
Our ability to watch, read and listen is mediated almost entirely by corporations who follow the lone star of profit alone.
Salient Mag
Sep 30, 20243 min read
Little Bird: Work for Salient in 2025?
The Toroa and Blue Duck debate the pros and cons of a job at the student rag
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