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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.
You (Probably) Don’t Know What Coffee Is
Carefully Brewed by Flynn Rodger (he/they) As pretentious as I have been about coffee for most of my ‘career’ as a barista, only recently...
Flynn Rodger
Mar 25, 20244 min read
Don’t Do Drugs If you want your DICK to work
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows, Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi-Ngāti Hine, Tūhoe Drugs are the biggest boner killer out there and, even if they don’t kill...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Volunteering for Know Your Stuff
Checked by Luquin Brennan (they/them) I started checking people’s drugs when I was eighteen and naive. A friend of mine joined...
Luquin Brennan
Mar 25, 20243 min read
Wellington’s very own Silk Road: an Unexpected Thriving Community
Investigated by KP (she/her) In my first year of University, I remember sitting in the dining hall talking to some newly found friends in...
Salient Mag
Mar 25, 20247 min read
Aries, the recreational sexworker
Words by Aries (he/him), Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Aries stumbled upon his sugar mother through Tinder, with the initial intention of...
Salient Mag
Mar 18, 20244 min read
#FiredUpStilettos: One Year On
Shouted by: Molly Hiles (she/her), Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Before discussing the fun parts of Sex Work, it is important to recognize...
Molly Hiles
Mar 18, 20245 min read
DO’s and DON’Ts of Sex work
Words by Aries (she/her) The aim of this article is to provide some guidance around the common DOs and Don’t for new sex workers as well...
Salient Mag
Mar 18, 20244 min read
Strip Club Etiquette
Words by: Cowboy (they/them) Stepping into a strip club for the first time can feel like entering a boss level in a game without knowing...
Salient Mag
Mar 18, 20244 min read
I Am My Fake Name
Exposed by: A super sexy anonymous worker I work in a walk-in late-night brothel. I choose the days I work but not the length of my...
Salient Mag
Mar 18, 20243 min read
So You're Burnt Out: What Now?
Candidly Weighed-Up by Flynn Rodger (he/him) For the sake of your student loan debt and general mental health, I hope you never do, but...
Flynn Rodger
Mar 11, 20245 min read
Behind the Podium
Words by Phoebe Robertson (she/her), Dr. Nicola Hyland (she/her) Te Atihaunui-a-Pāpārangi and Ngāti Hauiti. Do you recall the sensation...
Phoebe Robertson
Mar 10, 20243 min read
On Bone
etched by Phoebe Pierard (she/her) As I prepared to present my undergraduate research project at a conference in Melbourne, a small fish...
Phoebe Pierard
Mar 10, 20244 min read
Yeesh, that’s a shame
Taught by: Sean Dougdale-Martin (they/he) There was a time at Wellington High School during Covid where everyone had to wear masks....
Sean Dougdale-Martin
Mar 10, 20244 min read
In Praise of PASI
Written by Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) In his seminal text, Towards a New Oceania, Albert Wendt says: “Oceania deserves much more...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Mar 10, 20245 min read
Learning Paycheck to Paycheck
Gently explained by: Pierson Palmer (he/him) If you aren’t worrying about money, someone you know at Uni is. The financial pressure of...
Pierson Palmer
Mar 10, 20244 min read
You Might Feel a Pinch
Altruistically embarked upon by Benedict Robertson (he/him), Phoebe Robertson (she/her) If someone were to ask me what the most stressful...
Phoebe Robertson
Mar 3, 20246 min read
Five things you should look out for when you start a new job
Gone are the days where your living costs could comfortably cover all your weekly expenses.
Brie Keatley
Mar 3, 20243 min read
You do not work for the government of the day.
Angrily Ranted by Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (she/her) Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Tūhoe As I sit in a hui after the state opening of parliament, I...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Mar 3, 20243 min read
Broke and Hungry: The Elusive $5 Lunch
Lovingly tasted by Stephen Woods (he/him) The brief is simple: find the best food options for $5 or under on Vic’s three campuses, when...
Stephen Woods
Feb 25, 20245 min read
Hui aa Motu, Rātana, Waitangi - Here's what went down.
Passively-aggressively shouted by Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (she/her) Ngāpuhi-Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Whātua, Tūhoe If you don’t know what the reo...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Feb 25, 20243 min read
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