Reykjavík Grapevine - 27.09.2019, Qupperneq 2

Elín Elísabet is an illus-
trator and cartoonist
born and raised in
Borgarnes. At the
tender age of 15, Elín
moved to Reykjavík
and hasn’t looked
back, except for the
annual springtime
impulse to move
someplace quiet
and keep chickens.
Elín likes folk music,
stationery, seal vid-
eos, the country of
Ireland, and eggs.
Hannah Jane Cohen is
based out of Iceland
by way of New
York. An alumni of
Columbia University,
Hannah has lived
on five continents
and speaks three
languages fluently.
Her visionary work is
known for expand-
ing the definitions of
emotion, introspec-
tion, and above all
else, taste.
Alexander Jean
Edvard Le Sage
de Fontenay is a
Reykjavík-born part-
time DJ (under the
pseudonym Bervit),
event-planner and
lover of art, creation
and aesthetics. Most
recent endeavors in-
clude co-producing
The Grapevine’s own
Grassroots concerts
at Húrra and LungA
Art Festival’s busy
event schedule.
Lea Müller first
came to Reykjavík
in 2016. Three years
of long-distance, a
bachelor’s degree
in cultural and busi-
ness studies, and
uncountable visits
to Iceland later, she
finally decided to
move here. Apart
from her writing,
she’s currently
learning to let go of
her perfectionism by
learning Icelandic.
Samuel O Donnell
Sam is an English
major from The
United States. He
has his Bachelor’s
Degree, and keeps
telling himself that
this is the year he
will begin pursu-
ing his Master’s. In
his spare time, he
enjoys playing video
games, writing short
horror stories, listen-
ing to all kinds of
metal, and reading.
Sveinbjörn Pálsson
is our Art Director.
He's responsible for
the design of the
magazine and the
cover photography.
When he's not work-
ing here, he DJs as
Terrordisco, hosts
the Funk!átturinn
radio show, or sits at
a table in a Laugarda-
lur café, drinking
copious amounts of
co"ee and thinking
about fonts.
Andie Fontaine has
lived in Iceland since
1999 and has been
reporting since 2003.
They were the first
foreign-born mem-
ber of the Icelandic
Parliament, in 2007-
08, an experience
they recommend for
anyone who wants
to experience a
workplace where
colleagues work tire-
lessly to undermine
each other.
a rawlings is Grape-
vine's literature
correspondent, also
covering environ-
mental news, travel,
and more. An inter-
disciplinary artist
whose work focuses
on environmental
ethics, dysfluency,
and watery bodies,
her books include
'Wide slumber for
lepidopterists' and
'Sound of Mull.'
Lóa Hlín Hjálmt!sdóttir
is a national treasure.
One of Iceland's
leading illustra-
tors, when she's
not drawing in her
unique style, she's
the front-woman of
Icelandic electro-
pop supergroup FM
Belfast. Her comic
strip Lóaboratorium
appears every issue
on page 8, and is also
available as a daily
dose on her Twitter.
First 06: Trans woman vs. National Registry 08: A Sailor's guide to Superstition12: Women Unite at #MeToo
19: Almar Atlason: Out of
the Box and Gone Stale
20: !el Leaves No Room
for Jesus
31: Supersport!
Think about it like this: the world is
like inflight smoking. You remem-
ber that time? Probably not, unless
you were born in the early eighties.
But once, when we were ignorant,
adults thought it was okay to smoke
inside planes. The same vehicles
that recycle the air and spew it back
out, because no one can open the
window to let fresh air in unless
you want to crash and die.
But not everyone liked to smoke.
Like children. Like people that
weren’t that fond of lung cancer.
Or people that didn’t like crash-
ing. So the smokers made these
no-smoking areas in the planes—
like it made any difference at all—
because those passengers had to
have their cigars and cigarettes, no
matter what. And they were merci-
ful, allowing us to have a small
space without their air pollution.
So imagine this, if these smok-
ers—men in suits that are of course
sitting at first-class—refused to
stop smoking, the air in the plane
would run out within hours, with
the consequence being that every-
one in the plane would suffocate
and die.
You would imagine that all the
smokers would quit immediately—
if not only to save themselves—
right? No, let’s imagine that they
would refuse to stop, even with
warnings of their impending doom
fresh in their mind minds.
Imagine next that the pilot, the
one that captains the plane, would
talk to those smokers and ask them
to quit for the greater good. But
they are too afraid of smokers, as
they’re the customers bringing in
serious money for the airline and
spending the most on the inflight
services. The pilots agree that it’s
more simple to do nothing and just
hope for the best and keep their key
customers satisfied.
So what would happen amongst
the passengers on the plane? The
kids would revolt. They would real-
ise that the grown-ups are failing
them. They would say, this is our
future, and demand that these
fuming bastards put out their ciga-
rettes for the rest of the trip and
save everyone from destruction.
The flight attendants politely
ask the suits in first-class to reduce
their smoking because the kids’
eyes are burning from the smoke.
They agree to this, grudgingly, but
they still have some Cuban cigars
that just need to be smoked, and it
makes no difference to the oxygen
- it’s all burning up anyway. And are
we even sure that the smoke is the
true reason for the air is running
out?
Well, first class is not convinced.

Messed up, right? I mean, who
wouldn’t butt out their cigarette
in a situation like that? But hey, it’s
just hypothetical.
Now imagine if the pilot was
Donald Trump (or any other
world leader turning a blind eye to
climate emergency), the passen-
gers in first class were the richest
one per cent, and the kid in the
back of the plane— the hope of the
future—was Greta Thunberg.
No, sorry, that’s just some silly
fiction. Kids aren't allowed to have
an opinion about their future in the
real world.
This metaphor is borrowed
from the former mayor of
Reykjavík Jón Gnarr, and it’s
a point worth translating to
English. VG
EDITORIAL The World Is Like
Inflight Smoking
COVER PHOTO:
Anna Magg!
instagram.com/not_
annamaggy
Anna Magg#'s only
brief for the cover was
"go nuts". Her artful,
experimental style has
won her accolades.
40: RVK Meat Your
Destiny
44: Húsavík Town Guide
46: Horrorscopes:
Scorpios beware
Her hugely popular
Instagram feed is an
absolute must, a joy to
behold.
With Sindri's love of
experimentation, their
work together on the
cover is a match made
in heaven.

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