Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.02.2010, Qupperneq 2

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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 02 — 2010
On Cover:
Svava Guðmundsdóttir,
Volunteer Rescue Worker
Cover Photo by:
Hörður Sveinsson
Styling by:
Ellen Loftsdóttir
Thanks to:
Landsbjörg / ICE-SAR
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You may not like it, but at least it's not
sponsored. (No articles in the Reykjavík
Grapevine are pay-for articles. The opinions
expressed are the writers’ own, not the
advertisers’).
You remember our last issue, right? The
one where we tried to give some sort of
account of what went down in Iceland
in 2009 by asking a bunch of folks to
contribute their thoughts. And among
the group of dudes commenting on THE
SITUATION, there was but a single
female contributor?
Anyway. I mentioned it then in a
disapproving tone, and I apologize now,
on behalf of myself as editor, and the
Grapevine as a publication. We should
have worked harder to add some raging
feminine voices to our ranks that time.
The problem is noted, and will be avoided
in th’ future.
You weren’t the only one that noticed,
either. The ordeal recently scored us a
write-up in a fancy scholarly web-zine.
If you belong to our target audience, you
won’t be able to read it (it’s in Icelandic),
but I’ll summarize in saying that they
were pretty annoyed at us, and that they
saw this as a symptom of a larger societal
menace that seeks to marginalize
women by not seeking out their voices or
opinions and is reflected in the media.
Our cries of “they just didn’t seem
that interested in contributing to that
particular debate!” were met with
disdainful reproaches of “maybe you
should think about why women aren’t
interested in behing heard in your
paper, instead of laying the blame for
your phallic ignorance on the people you
subordinate!”
And I gasped. Issues of gender
equality and feminism are subjects that
I’ve always held close to heart and taken
sorta seriously, and it felt shitty to learn
that my efforts to be inclusive weren’t
good or far-reaching enough. It sucks to
fail. But then some of their arguments
seemed sorta far-fetched as well, and it
became evident early on that many of
those participating in the debate hadn’t
read a copy of GV for aeons (if ever). For
what it’s worth, a pretty even half of our
writers are female – this is evident to
anyone who reads the damn thing – and
we do strive to cover issues of gender. Our
last contribution was Louise Petersson’s
excellent recounting of a ‘Gender And
Power In Scandinavia’ conference at the
University of Iceland in our Xmas issue
(go read her excellent feature on ICE-
SAR on page 8).
Of course, this doesn’t change the fact
that our year-end list was absurdly slanted
towards patriarchal penismongers and
their penii. And the fact that the local
media landscape keeps getting more and
more male dominated, both in terms of
its subjects and the journalists that cover
them.
As for my errors, I accept full
responsibility and plead to do better in
the coming year. Again: it won’t happen
again. Promise.
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Haukur’s 20th Editorial
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Prepared!
There are 99 rescue squads currently operating in Iceland, with a total of around 3.000 volunteers
on constant alert, always prepared to abandon whatever they're doing to save the day. These
unselfish people undergo harsh training regimes and devote most of their free time to the cause.
They make us awfully proud.
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Here’s some freakin’ good news: Hudson Wayne
are back! Oh yes, Hudson Wayne are back. The
fabled alt.country troupe has finally returned to the
stage, announcing a new single, album and tour. It
was about time, too—it’s been five long years since
they released their first (and last) LP, Battle Of The
Bandidos. And while that was a fine album, it still didn’t quite quench the hunger that was stirred by
their legendarily awesome self-released EPs (track those down NOW).
The forthcoming album is titled How Quick Is Your Fish and will be out on 12 Tónar in February. The
good men sent us a preview track to get us all in the mood—and it did! The tune’s called Cave-In, it’s
freakin’ awesome and we are sharing it with you guys on Grapevine.is. Go get it!
Hudson Wayne
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Cave In

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