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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.
Thursdays in Black: Challenging Norms: Language and the Queer Experience™
How many times have you heard something that made you feel uncomfortable? Something that could be problematic?
Dylan Van Heerden
Jul 15, 20242 min read
A Vision for Gender Neutral and Inclusive Legal Language
Words by VUW Rainbow Law Students Society 2024 The law applies to all of us. It should be written in an inclusive and accessible way to...
Guest Writer
Jul 15, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: Republic of Kiribati (Tungaru)
Welcome back to our very special project! This year at Salient we decided we wanted to celebrate our Pasifika language weeks
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Jul 8, 20242 min read
Some kōrero on Matariki & Puanga
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows (she/her/ia) Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi - Ngāti Hine, Tūhoe Despite growing up in Murihiku (known for being makariri)...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
Jul 8, 20243 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages: Gagana Sāmoa
Welcome back to another week of Pacific Nations and Languages! This week is Gagana Sāmoa (Sāmoan) Language week, so obviously we have to...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
May 27, 20242 min read
Artist Profile: @smushedavocado
Artist Profile @smushedavocado Talked through by Phoebe Robertson (she/her) In the heart of Wellington's tattoo scene, Tim, known to his...
Phoebe Robertson
May 27, 20242 min read
Te Tiriti o Waitangiweto
Nā Te Mana Ākonga The weaponization of Pākehā tears are the most dangerous weapons to ever befall Aotearoa; more dangerous than our patu,...
Guest Writer
May 20, 20242 min read
NT: Whaia te Tino Rangatiratanga kia tū te ao Māori
Taipari Taua (she/they) | Ngāti Kahu and Ngāpuhi Ko tēnei te whakatauākī o tōku kura, i ahu mai i te kāhui matua i whakakā ai te ahikā...
Taipari Taua
May 20, 20243 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages
Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week is Rotuman Language Week, or Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta. This year's theme...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
May 13, 20242 min read
You are political whether you like it or not.
Words by Sandy Taing (she/they) As Campaigns Officer this year, I’ve learnt that a petition doesn’t do shit because most people don’t...
Sandy Taing
May 13, 20243 min read
UniQ: Participation Trophy Progress? The State of Queer Rights on Campus
Words by Khai (They/Them) Ah, student life. Lectures, two-minute noodles, that existential dread that lingers like a flatmate who won't...
Guest Writer
May 13, 20241 min read
Aunty Vic
Hey Aunty Vic! I was just wondering if you had any advice around trying to find a partner. Dating apps suck and my three-second long eye...
Salient Mag
May 13, 20242 min read
UniQ: RIP Saint Sebastian You Would’ve Loved Masochism
Words by Zia Ravenscroft (he/they) “You know, sometimes he’s called the patron saint of piercings,” the piercer doing my navel stud said...
Zia Ravenscroft
May 7, 20242 min read
New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) Week 2024!
ASHLEIGH PUTT-FALLOWS (SHE/HER) Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi-Ngāti Hine, Tūhoe NZSL traces its roots back to the early 19th century when deaf...
Ashleigh Putt-Fallows
May 6, 20241 min read
Thursdays in Black: Artemisia Gentileschi
Words by Dinah Symons (she/her) CW: discussion of sexual abuse. Artemisia Gentileschi burrowed into my heart when I discovered her two...
Guest Writer
May 6, 20242 min read
Cuba Street Meal Steals
Served by Bianca Maria Schioler (she/her) Kia ora tātou and welcome back to another season of Meal Steals which your StudyLink budget...
Bianca Maria Schioler
Apr 29, 20244 min read
NZPC: Red flags for sugardating
(and anyone else doing hookups for cash over Snapchat, Grindr, Insta etc) Cherida Fraser (she/her) Sugaring rights are sex workers’...
Cherida Fraser
Apr 29, 20242 min read
Pacific Nations and Languages
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) Welcome back to Salient’s Pacific language learning! This week we’re looking at Vanuatu, which is not...
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Apr 29, 20242 min read
Ngāi Tauira: Waiata Reo Māori
Kōrero by: Shay McEwan | Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Te Whanau a Kai, Ngāti Pāhauwera Nestled in the emerald embrace of the South Pacific, New...
Shay McEwan
Apr 29, 20242 min read
UniQ: Did you know there’s girldick in the Louvre?
Words by Goose (she/they) It’s true. Check it out: Isn’t she pretty? Look at her, so peaceful. Just a girl taking a nap. Wish I was brave...
Goose
Apr 22, 20242 min read
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