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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.
Abby Saywell
Oct 8, 202410 min read
THE TEA ON POSTGRAD
Everyone wants to know: ‘what are you going to do after you graduate?’
Ryan Cleland
Oct 7, 20243 min read
The Salacious Side To Wikipedia
present to you the best gossip channel, the agony aunt of Encyclopedias! Our very own humble Wikipedia.
Meredith Ross-James
Sep 30, 20245 min read
You’re not Crazy: An Anorexic's Philosophical Reflections on Injustice and Eating Disorder
The process of female socialisation can be fucking traumatising, and the philosophers agree.
Cassia Percival-Day
Sep 30, 20245 min read
A Diabetic’s Guide to Partying
This advice has come from my experiences of festivals, gigs & parties but could be applied to anything: one epic night, or a multi-day fest
Will Irvine
Sep 30, 20243 min read
City of Amputees: How Israel Weaponises Disability against Gaza
By permanently disabling massive portions of society, Israel places a long-term strain on Gaza’s already destroyed healthcare system.
Elyshia Bedwell
Sep 30, 20245 min read
PCOS: The Invisible Chronic Illness No One Sees
Coming to terms with having a chronic illness changed my whole outlook on life, and made me more empathetic towards others.
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynold
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Disabling Paradise ‘for the greater good’
Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds (she/they) CW: Nuclear Testing, Colonialism, Suicide, Henry Kissinger Global imagery of the Pacific has long been...
Guest Writer
Sep 30, 20244 min read
MY BODY IS A WASTELAND(and yours might be too)
There’s not been a day in my life since I was about seven or eight years old when I haven’t been in pain.
Kyle Cloete
Sep 30, 20244 min read
Why I'll never Give Way to a Ringing Bell
Unless you expect me to paint my head with PVA glue, it is impossible to wear hearing aids 24/7. I have not yet met a person who does.
Emily Gambrill
Sep 23, 20245 min read
A Curated People
Hello, my name is Emily, and I recently deleted Tik Tok. The findings of my abstention have been less than promising.
Jay Lee-Guard
Sep 23, 20244 min read
A One Star Review Of A Literary Classic
Ah, Goodreads: the internet bastion of literary genius, where sophisticated readers flock to leave insightful and witty reviews—not.
Pipiana Coventon
Sep 23, 20244 min read
Indoctrination of Youth Into The Alt-right via Social Media
The increasing use of social media in the past two decades has fostered a cyclical system of indoctrination of youth into the alt-right.
Will Tickner
Sep 23, 20246 min read
The Fun and Heinous of TikTok Famous
Oh my god you guys … Will is TikTok famous!” I choke on the bag of chips I’m wolfing down. I look up from the bean bag I’m sitting on.
Abby Saywell
Sep 23, 20243 min read
AI: LOVES ME, LOVES ME… BOT?
Just the idea of joining a dating app is daunting enough. Now you’re telling me there’s an added risk of being catfished by a supercomputer?
Emily Bull
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Poptropica: Fuck Yeah 👿🦅
I’d like to take a moment to reminisce on the golden days of Poptropica.
Dan Moskovitz
Sep 23, 20243 min read
CNZ: Sticking it to The Man Since ‘59
65 years young, and with a unique voyage to being the advocacy group it is today, Consumer New Zealand is a useful organization to be aware
Salient Mag
Sep 23, 20243 min read
Stop the Scroll
Going to bed for most of my life has been a difficult process.
Shay McEwan
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Ko te ako tahi o te reo Māori: he haerenga reo, he haerenga aroha
Ko te whakaako reo, ehara mō te kupu noa - engari ko tāna mahi he tuiui i tētahi hononga hōhonu ake ki te ahurea, ki te tuakiri.
Te Rātā Campbell
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Mihi: He Poroporoaki
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao!
Whakaeke mai ko roimata, kō hūpē, i ngā mate o te wā nei.
Sterling Maxwell
Sep 16, 20245 min read
KO WAI
We are the seed that will blossom. We are the sum of our experiences, a blend of our triumphs and our tribulations.
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