Reykjavík Grapevine - des. 2020, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - des. 2020, Blaðsíða 2
First 08: PROTEST = ARREST07: Hel, Half-Zombie Full-Sex Icon06: High On Highlands 11: SIGUR MF RÓS 18: Ultraflex Makes You Sweat26: #YuleLadHoliday What will change in the new year? Well, everything—or not so much. The whole world connected for a moment over the dreaded coronavirus. We saw what leaders and nations are made of. And what’s perhaps more important, we were reminded of how united we are at the end of the day. Scientists broke records developing a vaccine within a year. That’s no small feat for science or humankind. The pandemic exposed our worst and our best at the same time. Icelanders can be proud of their politicians, who listened to top scientists when needed. But we were also reminded of how underfunded our healthcare system is. Icelanders of my generation have been raised up to believe it was the best in the world. It is not. The reason is decades of politicians underfunding the system in hopes of privatising it bit by bit. The pandemic is also a rude awaken- ing to the fact that the whole world can be flipped upside down in a matter of weeks. Nothing stays the same forever. It’s a simple sentence to write down, but no one understands it fully until we’ve been slapped across the face with it. Soon, the hope is that the virus will seem like a distant dream. That every- thing and everyone will get back on their feet. That tourism will come back. That we will be able to visit our loved ones when we want. And that the econ- omy will bloom. It will be easy to put this behind us and keep on going like nothing ever happened. But this is when the real work starts. We have to reorganize how we are doing things. Global warming is still on the rise. The gap between the rich and the poor is still growing. And the importance of good health care that can take care of our brothers and sisters can’t be underestimated. This our wake up call. And from what I have seen and read and experienced myself in this pandemic, I’m more optimistic than pessimistic. Let’s wake up, do the work and make a better world in memory of those that have died from COVID-19. Merry Christmas and happy new year. Thank you all for reading our magazine and supporting the Reykjavík Grapevine. Valur Grettisson Editor-in-chief New Year Di!erent Mankind Megan Massey is an award-winning QWOC poet from Bedford, England. She writes about women, magic, and the Indian diaspora. She recently graduated from the University of London with a BA in Creative Writing. She is cur- rently in law school. Hannah Jane Cohen is based out of Iceland by way of New York. She's known for her love of Willa Ford, David Foster Wallace, and other such "intellectuals." Her visionary work is known for expand- ing the definitions of emotion, introspec- tion, and above all else, taste. Hannah is also the current Drag King of Iceland, HANS. Poll" is a hard-work- ing journalist by day and an enthusiastic ball-catcher by night. A four-year-old dachshund mix with an IQ of a five-year- old human, Poll! has been the o"cial Chief Of Morale at the Grapevine for eight months and is a regular contribu- tor to the Grape- vine Newscast on YouTube. Woof. Iona Rangeley-Wilson is an English gradu- ate from the UK. She writes children’s books, but has de- cided to also go into journalism on the absolutely minuscule o#-chance that her first book doesn’t immediately turn her into a multimil- lionaire. Her hobbies include getting up late and indulging in illusions of grandeur. 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. Art Bicnick is an international man of mystery. He moves like a shadow through the subcul- tures and soirees of Reykjavík, never still, o%en ghosting the scene in a pu# of blue smoke—the exhaust fumes of the elusive, well-travelled Bicnick Mini. Andie Sophia Fontaine has lived in Iceland since 1999 and has been reporting since 2003. They were the first foreign-born member of the Icelandic Parliament, an experience they recommend for anyone who wants to experience a workplace where colleagues work tire- lessly to undermine each other. Jess Distill is a musician, artist and wannabe writer from St. Albans, England. As a long time lover of Iceland, and recent copywriting diploma graduate, Jess came to the Grapevine to expand her writing portfolio whilst see- ing if she could hack it as an Icelandic resident. Valur Grettisson is an award-winning journalist, author and playwright. He has been writing for Icelandic media since 2005. He was also a theatre critic and one of the hosts of the cultural program, 'Djöflaeyjan' at RÚV. Valur is not to be confused with the dreadful football club that bears the same name. EDITORIAL 31: ICE CAVES!!!1! 28: COVID-Christmas Buffets 30: Holiday-Scopes COVER PHOTO: The cover image is a home-brewed homage to a faint memory of what mid-century scandinavian film posters looked like. Based on stills from the Odins Raven Magic concert recording in Paris, 2008. Photocollage by Sveinbjörn Pálsson. Find us: #intotheglacier www.intotheglacier.is Daily departures from Húsafell, Reykjavík and !ingvellir National Park Experience the amazing Langjökull glacier tunnels

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