Скачать или смотреть Badass Icelandic feminist poetry in translation

In this video, I read and spotlight Icelandic feminist poetry in translation—work that is fierce, uncompromising, and intellectually sharp. These poems confront power, gender, bodies, language, and history with clarity and bite, refusing politeness or softness where it isn’t earned.

This is a poetry reading focused on listening to how resistance sounds on the page and in the voice. Icelandic feminist poetry often blends myth, lived experience, political urgency, and lyric intensity, creating poems that feel both ancient and urgently contemporary.

Reading these poems aloud brings forward their force: the rhythm of refusal, the humor edged with rage, the precision of language used as a tool rather than ornament. Translation here is not dilution—it’s transmission.

In this video:

Readings from Icelandic feminist poetry in translation
Attention to voice, tone, and emotional pressure
Reflections on feminism, resistance, and poetic form
Why listening matters when poetry is political

This video is part of an ongoing series dedicated to international poetry read aloud, with a strong focus on feminist poetry and poetry in translation—poems that challenge, unsettle, and energize.

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