Mar 28 2025
PRESENTATION ABOUT WOMEN IN MUSIC held at the G! Festival 2024 in Gøta, Faroe Islands, by Elin Brimheim Heinesen – an old-timer on the Faroese music scene, born in 1958 and started performing music publicly in 1974 when she was 16 years old: WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FEMALE ARTISTS FACE? I will be speaking to …
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Sep 24 2024
Dear Russel, Let me say right away, I’m not one to mock your newfound passion. Your love for Christianity seems heartfelt, and I acknowledge your desire to better yourself as a human being. You appear convinced that the Bible holds the key to your transformation, and honestly, there is indeed wisdom nestled within its pages. …
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Aug 10 2024
Short Essay in the Women’s Magazine Kvinna, May 29, 2024 By Elin Brimheim Heinesen I have nearly lived for 66 years now. Looking back, it can be established that I have lived a very colourful life, both for better and worse. When you live this long, you can’t avoid facing some challenges along the way. …
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Jul 12 2024
In continuation of the debate about the lack of female representation at festivals in the Faroe Islands and elsewhere, many wonder why it should even be a problem. Why the heck should everything be turned into a question of gender? Isn’t it all just about good music? The desire for more female musicians on stage …
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May 12 2024
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Let me say this straight away. I support freedom of choice – meaning women should have the right to decide whether to carry a pregnancy to term or not. This doesn’t mean I believe abortion is good or an ideal solution, as the best scenario would naturally be for women to …
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Mar 05 2024
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Read aloud at the Sirkus bar in Tórshavn during the Femifestival on 4 March 2024 In our patriarchal society, age-old norms still dictate how men and women should be. Traditional gender perceptions lead us to expect men to be strong and stoic. Consequently, many men are afraid to talk about their …
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May 15 2023
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Gentrification is a process of change occurring in numerous cities worldwide, where old, often rundown and neglected neighbourhoods are renovated and revitalised. But is this development always beneficial? This is the question, as gentrification often leads to conflicts between long-term residents—sometimes spanning several generations—and newer, more affluent arrivals. In this presentation, …
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Mar 12 2023
Trigger warning: If you are curious to read about masculinity from a female point of view, then this is for you. But if you have a hard time tolerating a woman allowing herself to have an opinion about what a “real man” is, then I would recommend that you skip this article. 😉 By Elin …
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Jan 02 2023
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen WARNING! This is intense stuff! Do you want to watch a chilling documentary about the harm that fundamentalism, blind faith, and loyalty to men who claim to be God’s chosen messengers can cause? Do you want to see what happens when a ruthless man achieves god-like status and gains power over …
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Mar 30 2022
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Is it necessary to identify “culprits”? Some people dislike the term “general sexist culture” because they find it too vague. They compare it to a situation where someone is assaulted during a night out, knows who did it, but instead of reporting the perpetrator, only complains about the “general culture of …
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Feb 17 2021
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Belief in conspiracy theories is essentially a projection of one’s own fear. The recent rapid rise of conspiracy theories reveals how fearful and mentally stressed many are about the current state of the world, especially with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The powerlessness in the face of uncertainty makes people gravitate towards …
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Dec 28 2020
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen What mindset most promotes or hinders development and wellbeing in the Faroe Islands? Is it the dream of the modern, technologically advanced city life, or the belief that “everything was better in the old days”? Who is right – those who want to make the Faroe Islands a hyper-modern global IT …
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Jun 30 2020
Long article in the Faroese newspaper Dimmalætting, April 2019 Narrated by: Elin Brimheim Heinesen Written by: Hans Egholm Elin is in balance. Currently, she is in a good place in life. She is content with her job, has a cozy home, owns a sweet dog, has lovely siblings with the world’s sweetest children whom she …
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Apr 13 2020
Column in the Faroese Women’s Magazine “Kvinna” about the Corona crisis. By Elin Brimheim Heinesen From carefree to nervous worry February 3 this year I flew from the Faroe Islands to spend a long winter holiday in Cuba with seven girlfriends. Little did we know that a month later we would return home to a …
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Mar 09 2020
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen With regard to yesterday’s International Women’s Day, how far have we come with gender equality when it comes to our attitudes? Many are still clinging to old ideas about gender that prevailed in the 60s (as the advice to women in the picture to the right illustrates). It seems more than …
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Oct 22 2019
Article in the Faroese women’s magazine Kvinna in 2019 about Elin Brimheim Heinesen and what she has learned from life. The article in Kvinna was a bit shorter, but here is the full-length article. Facts about Elin Born: 25th June 1958 Children: One daughter, Helena, born in 1990 Marital status: Single About Family… Family means …
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Sep 05 2019
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Whether we like it or not, homosexuality is a reality we cannot ignore. We can choose to accept this reality or not, but burying our heads in the sand is not helpful. Homosexuals have always existed and will not disappear, regardless of efforts to prevent these people from loving their own …
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May 08 2018
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen I have recently seen on Facebook discussions that people are wondering about women who return to men who are or have been violent towards them. A well-known social worker and advice columnist, Tine Bryld – also known as “Denmark’s Mother” – once commented on this in a youth programme called P4 …
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Jan 18 2018
Translation into English of a Faroese article written by Mildrið Jacobsen. The article was published in the Faroese newspaper Sosialurin on 18 January 2018. The topic is #MeToo Faroese women are hesitant to use the #MeToo tag on their social media profiles. This is not because the problem of sexual harassment is less prevalent in …
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Dec 16 2017
Translation of the Swedish article by Maria Sveland “#MeToo and the Backlash”: https://www.etc.se/kronika/metoo-och-bakslaget If there is one thing feminists can be certain of, it’s that all their successes will face resistance. The setbacks can vary in form and effectiveness, but attempts to hinder progress are as guaranteed as the fact that the so-called “Kulturprofilene” linked …
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