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...
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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.
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.
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...
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’...
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...
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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