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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.
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 6, 20241 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...
Guest Writer
May 6, 20244 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...
Salient Mag
May 6, 20243 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...
Te Huihui Tran
May 6, 20242 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...
Ryan Cleland
Apr 29, 20244 min read
Navigating the Algorithm
I’m going to make a confession. I love Spotify Wrapped.
Henry Broadbent
Apr 29, 20244 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...
Katie Hunter
Apr 29, 20245 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...
Jia Sharma
Apr 29, 20245 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...
Micah Nicholson
Apr 22, 20245 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...
Teddy O'Neill
Apr 22, 20243 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...
Snow Best
Apr 22, 20244 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...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Apr 22, 20245 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’...
Salient Mag
Apr 22, 20242 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...
Salient Mag
Apr 22, 20244 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...
Gilbert Ostini
Apr 22, 20245 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...
Te Huihui Tran
Apr 15, 20243 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...
Kate Seager
Apr 15, 20244 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....
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Apr 15, 20245 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...
Emily Bull
Apr 15, 20242 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...
Salient Mag
Mar 25, 20246 min read
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