Author: Þórdís Elva Þorvaldsdóttir
Not a Standard Night at the Movies:
The Danish film Solkongen, directed by Academy Award Nominee Thomas Villum Jensen, is a bittersweet comedy about a young, hopeless…
Alice Cooper
Funny as it may seem, the self-crowned Prince of Darkness is a huge West Side Story fan. Alice Cooper, (real…
Fearless and Original
Going to see theatre in Iceland has not been an option for non-Icelandic speakers, since there have been relatively few…
DYING FOR GOVERNMENT ATTENTION
One Nurse and Three Beds According to Katrín Sif Sigurgeirsdóttir, the chairperson of Spegillinn (The Mirror), an interest group for…
Inherent Sexual Difference
On websites concerning women’s bodies, women’s sex lives or women’s issues in general, an ongoing theme can easily be detected….
A Chick Who Checked Out Porn
How did you get the job of being a porn movie critic? (laughing) Actually, it was purely accidental. I was…
Rent Your Art, Buy It If You Like It: Artótek at Borgarbókasafnið
Borgarbókasafnið (The City Library) on Tryggvagata is home to a unique phenomenon in Iceland’s culture scene: on the ground floor,…
Bi All Means
What do Sigmund Freud, Alfred Kinsey, Eleanor Roosevelt, Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Keanu Reeves, Marlon Brando, David Bowie, Pete Townshend…
Healing the Wounds of Violence
Why did you go into this line of work, assisting battered women? It all started three years ago. I am…
Human Rights of Paedophiles
Child molesters undoubtedly commit one of the most loathed and brutal crimes known to humanity. Their photographs are front-page material…
Dirty Secrets Made Public
It is true that Oprah Winfrey has an estimated 30 million viewers and is one of the most influential people…
Being a Woman in the World of Pope Benedict XVI
The world watched as Benedict XVI was inaugerated on the 24th of April. Many cheered and applauded the new pope,…
IS THERE REASON TO WORRY ABOUT ICELANDIC VAGINAS?
The President was not the only politician to attend V-day. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, former mayor of Reykjavík, read a harrowing…