Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.04.2016, Blaðsíða 55

Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.04.2016, Blaðsíða 55
ArtisAn BAkery & Coffee House Open everyday 6.30 - 21.00 Laugavegur 36 · 101 reykjavik LÓABRATORIUM BY LÓA HJÁLMTÝSDÓTTIR HUMANS OF REYKJAVÍK SMJÖRFLUGA This issue’s human: Hinrik Hrafn Marinósson On Reykjavík Reykjavík is cool but these hotels bother me. I mean it doesn't matter if your hotel is in Laugardalur or downtown. You can walk everywhere. One day Reykjavík will be full of hotels and no one to fill them. We're wrecking Iceland with hotels. On sunny days I go out on my cruiser and cruise around. With my beats of course. On hot dog preferences 10-11. You can get two bacon- wrapped hot dogs and a coke for like 600 krónur. But Bæjarins Beztu will always be the best hot dog. On the superiority of Bæjarins Beztu hot dogs I don't know. It's just—I cannot answer that. Every issue, we will interview someone living and working in Reykjavík, so as to share with you, dear reader, the trials and tribulations of daily life here in the capital. Why doesn’t any- one whistle to me on the street? By JÓHANNA PÉTURSDOTTIR Having grown up in Belgium, where you get catcalled often, I was surprised that no one whistled or looked at me in an inappropriate way while I walked the streets of Reykjavík. This made me think about feminism in a different way. Let’s put aside whether or not you’ve experienced catcall- ing in Iceland. Just the fact that I questioned myself when it didn’t occur disturbed me. I have always seen myself as a feminist, but this made me wonder: “When can you con- sider yourself a feminist?” It’s easy, at least for people with some common sense— being a feminist is as simple as wanting equal rights for men and women. But for women, another question arises: At what cost will you pronounce yourself to be one? Things like catcalling shouldn’t be seen as common, but there are other acts, expected by women and performed by men, that might appear less offensive but are still, in my opinion, rooted in inequality. At what point does the fact that we want equal rights in- terfere with some of the things we now take for granted? Do you still think the guy should pay on the first date even though you want to—and of course should—earn as much as he does for the same job? To what degree will you flirt to score a free drink or any other advantage that you might get because you are a woman? Does it still make you a feminist if you expect all the above? Or haven’t you considered these circumstances as symptoms of inequality between men and women? The line separating men and women, identity and privi- leges, has blurred over the years to the point that being a feminist is about much more than facing up to the most ob- vious examples of inequality. Iceland may be more gender-equal than Belgium. That’s fine for Iceland, but not enough. Women can never quit questioning and never quit challenging all forms of in- equality. It can be a little absurd constantly questioning your- self, but I’ve realized calling myself a feminist isn’t enough. It’s something I need to shout in the streets everyday. SHARE: gpv.is/whistlers REYKJAVÍK LIFE By ELIJAH PETZOLD The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 4 — 2016 54
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