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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.
Review: Circus of the Night - Tricks and Bits Galore
Picture credit: Circus of the Night Words by Chloe Eichler (they/she) The circus is in town, but it might be a little different than you...
Chloe Eichler
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Review: The Cyranoid
A tale as old as time: men can’t talk to women… Picture credit: Phoebe Robertson Words by: Guy van Egmond (he/him) Turning a five-act...
Guy van Egmond
Feb 18, 20243 min read
Review: The Forever Wave, a radio play
A case study on what dystopian fiction can be. Picture credit: Estrella Suerte Productions Words by: Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Inspired...
Phoebe Robertson
Feb 16, 20242 min read
Review: Exes and Nos
Words by: Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Picture Credit: Crooked Love Productions Editor's Note: For the full experience, we recommend...
Phoebe Robertson
Feb 9, 20242 min read
Review: No Hetero
Words by: Phoebe Robertson (she/her) Picture Credit: Crooked Love Productions Editor's Note: For the full experience, we recommend...
Phoebe Robertson
Feb 9, 20243 min read
The Children Yearn for the Mines: Confessing to my Minecraft YouTuber Past
Words by Phoebe Robertson (she/her) CW: Online Sexual Harassment. Ah, nostalgia—that bittersweet sensation that tugs at our heartstrings...
Phoebe Robertson
Oct 9, 20234 min read
Condom Confusion Erupts as Machine Vanishes from Campus Toilets
Words by Ethan Manera (he/him) and Francesca Pietkiewicz (she/they) A curious condom machine in a men's bathroom on Kelburn campus has...
Francesca Pietkiewicz
Oct 9, 20232 min read
The Iconic, the Cringe, and the Timeless: Why We’re Still Talking About Alexa Chung’s It Ten Years After Its Release
Words by Barbara De La Peña Cuevas (she/her) CW: Disordered Eating. After many years living overseas, I finally landed in my teenage room...
Barbara De La Peña Cuevas
Oct 8, 20235 min read
senses of you
Words by Angie Johnson (she/her) I savour your name on my tongue still My mouth salivates as I reminisce on the flavour of how it used to...
Angie Johnson
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Staff Told to Tear Down Posters Protesting Staff Cuts On Open Day
Words by Ethan Manera (he/him) Documents released to Salient under the Official Information Act reveal the university ordered the removal...
Ethan Manera
Oct 8, 20232 min read
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