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A Word From Wellington Zine Fest & An Ex-Salient Comic Artist

Guest Writer

May 61 min read

A Word From Wellington Zine Fest & An Ex-Salient Comic Artist

Gus Mitchell (@gusmitchellcomics) In 2015, my time at Salient as a writer-columnist-comic artist was drawing to a close, and I was...

Guest Writer

May 64 min read

Z.I.Y—Zine It Yourself

At VUW, there is a club that is possibly queerer than UniQ. The vast majority of Zine Club are queer and neurodivergent, and they gather...

Salient Mag

May 63 min read

Reviewing the Chairs of Te Aro Campus

From an ex-design student, Kate Seager (she/her) One of my fondest memories of university was when, in a state of delirium, some design...

Te Huihui Tran

May 62 min read

`E RITENGA ORA O TE TUAKIRI MĀORI

Te Huihui o Matariki Chi Huy Tran (he/him) Taranaki Tūturu, Te iwi o Maruwharanui, Ngāti Maniapoto E Rangi, e Papa, e te w`ānau Atua Ka...

Ryan Cleland

Apr 294 min read

The Relevance of Folk Music Today

Words by: Ryan Cleland (he/him) I am well aware folk music is not something we all have in common at Te Herenga Waka. In fact, most of us...

Henry Broadbent

Apr 294 min read

Navigating the Algorithm

I’m going to make a confession. I love Spotify Wrapped.

If you’re not growing, you’ll rot: a philosophy on making music

Katie Hunter

Apr 295 min read

If you’re not growing, you’ll rot: a philosophy on making music

Words by Katie Hunter (she/her) I played the violin for years. My mum was my first violin teacher and when I was nine I started having...

Jia Sharma

Apr 295 min read

Rock and Roll: A Reluctant Eulogy

TW: Drugs and substance abuse Rocked and rolled by: Jia Sharma (she/her) One of the many struggles I face in my day-to-day life is the...

A Trans Guy’s Guide To Changing Your Name

Micah Nicholson

Apr 225 min read

A Trans Guy’s Guide To Changing Your Name

Mentord by Micah Nicholson (He/Him) A caveat, that this article is largely written with trans people in mind. However, there’s no reason...

Teddy O'Neill

Apr 223 min read

Takatāpuitanga

A kōrero by Teddy, (he/it/ia) - Ngāpuhi As someone who has struggled with identity and what it really means to exist as someone who is...

Snow Best

Apr 224 min read

Kill The Gender Binary!!

Snow Best (they/she) CW: Queerphobic language I don’t want my gender anymore. I don’t want to be told what and who I am. At some point...

Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold

Apr 225 min read

Musings of a Modern Māhū

Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Coined by the Niuean human rights activist Phylesha Brown-Acton, MVPFAFF+ is essentially the Pasifika...

Salient Mag

Apr 222 min read

Stealth

Written by an Anonymous Trans Woman (She/her) When a trans person doesn’t tell anyone that they’re trans, and lives their life ‘passing’...

The Information wars - What I’ve learnt in the frontlines of comment sections

Salient Mag

Apr 224 min read

The Information wars - What I’ve learnt in the frontlines of comment sections

Fought by Onjei Bond (he/him) When I wake up with fourteen notifications from Instagram, it’s not because I’ve posted anything. It’s...

A Queer Faith - Trans Abundance in the Anglican Church

Gilbert Ostini

Apr 225 min read

A Queer Faith - Trans Abundance in the Anglican Church

Lovingly interviewed by Gilbert Ostini (he/him) Being a transgender Christian is, in the balance of things, pretty weird. Apart from...

Te Huihui Tran

Apr 153 min read

Soul Ties: Yeah or Nah ?

Discussed by Te Huihui Tran (he/him), Taranakai, Ngāti Maruwharanui Human connections are super complex, and the idea of ‘soul ties’ is...

Kate Seager

Apr 154 min read

Violently Single on Valentine’s

Waffled on by Kate Seager (she/her) The closest I’ve been to a relationship on arguably the most wretched day of the year was receiving a...

Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold

Apr 155 min read

The Dusky Maiden’s Search for Love

Shared by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) It's no secret that Pasifika women have been sexualised since early European contact....

Emily Bull

Apr 152 min read

License To Love

Customised by Emily Bull (she/her) Love comes in many forms. One form is that between a girl and customised license plates. Customised...

Salient Mag

Mar 256 min read

Confessions of an Ex-Junkie

CW: Drug use, sexual themes. I did cocaine for the first time when I was roughly 15 years old. (Holy shit!, you might think, What the...

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