Olen niin suomalainen, että sattuu

idk, just Finnish language songs with different vibes about gender for all your pride needs, to finish this month off.

Dilemma and Turvallinen mies (A safe man) is a must on this playlist. In the song, the singer discusses the narrow idea of masculinity they grew up with and the need to grow and rebel against it. Works very well with both his style as a rapper and the more guitar heavy sound of the song. I also love his look in the music video.

Then we have Bämä and Jumala on muija (God is a chick). The song over all discusses gendered expectations and how women are easily the target of harrassment over things men never get called out for. Simultaneously it uses Christian ideas and language to highlight the hypocrisy. Aren’t women too made in the image of God? The highlight of the song is spoken word bridge, performed by Marja-Sisko Aalto, Finland’s first openly transgender priest when she came out in 2008 while in position as the Vicar of Imatra. Such a good feature for the song, and the lyrics are amazing.

Ibe also gets to be in this list with Lohikäärme (Dragon). It is, admittedly, a really queer song. That was my first impression of it. It discusses the pretenses of fitting in, feeling like an outsider, trying to discover yourself and more importantly, trying to accept yourself in a world that doesn’t accept you. Simultaneously it holds quite many mundane descriptions of masculinity.

Ooppera (Chef's kiss) by Senya goes here as well. Over all the Crash out album is a crash out, showing the highest highs and lowest lows and the rapid swing between them. Particularly enjoy this take on a glow up and finding your way, with the singer describing an idealized version of themself and finding their way to it, going from "a completely different guy" to the trap queen she calls Cece. Over all, Senya had a very different way of describing her femininity, that is more in line with the expectation of a tough guy rapper, without ever compromising on being a woman and a very girly one at that at times.

Next, I’d say Veronica by Emma & Matilda. There is something deeply difficult about wishing you were that woman. Wishing you were effortlessly feminine, that no one ever doubted you, that your life could be the dream you see others living.

One that always makes me feel a bit queer about my gender and life is Tavikset (normies) by Happoradio. The song is about what normal people are supposed to want and expected to get in their lives, while the singer considerd their own mixed feelings on achieving these things. The song manages to hit the nail on the head of wanting normal, yet feeling out if place within it.

Porridge blueberries   -  Teija Lehto, 2012.

Finnish, b. 1965 -

e.g. Ilmarinen is said to have forged the heaven and wrought the air's foundations, Väinämöinen was born from a continuous act of creation with the sun, moon, and stars, but later on, they're both very human. They're said to be brothers at one point, but later on aren't

Like, one way to play with this idea is to have explicit, like, forces of creation acting on the primordial world, but to inhabit it you have to shrink yourself, give up the things that made you able to shape it. When the work is done, you die as mortals

As primordial spirits, you were all kin to each other. As mortals, you aren't, you have new kin now, among the mortals

Midnight sunset season in Finland & my photobomber, Togepi

Tarvitset:

1 osa perunaa (esim 500g)

1 osa porkkanaa (juurekset voi ostaa myös pakastettuina ja valmiiksi pilkottuna!)

1 osa kalakuutioita pakkasesta, esim. seitiä

1 sipuli per 500 g perunaa (sipulinkin saa valmiina silppuna pakasteesta!)

1 dl kermaa tai kaurakermaa per 500g perunaa, tai voi laittaa enemmänkin jos tykkäät

puntti/nippu/ruokakaupan ruukku tilliä

rypsiöljyä kuullottamiseen

vettä

kalaliemikuutio(ita) 1 per 5dl vettä

leipää maun mukaan

kattila johon mahtuu valitsemasi määrä aineksia

leikkuulauta

keittiöveitsi

(sakset)

silppua sipuli ja siirrä se kattilaan

(kuori ja) pieni perunat ja porkkanat. Mitä pienempiä paloja, sitä nopeammin ne kypsyvät.

laita kattila kuumenemaan liedelle, lisää loraus öljyä sipulisilpun kaveriksi

kuullota sipuli pehmeäksi muttei ruskeaksi

lisää perunat ja porkkanat (tai valmiit pakastetut keittojuurekset)

kaada päälle vettä sen verran että perunat ja porkkanat juuri ja juuri peittyvät

anna kiehahtaa. lisää kalaliemikuutio(t), pakkauksessa lukee minkä verran kuutioita menee tiettyyn vesimäärään

anna porista jonkin aikaa, kunnes juurekset ovat vähän pehmenneet

lisää kala, anna porista kunnes kala on sulanut ja sen saa sekoitettua muiden ainesten joukkoon

leikkaa tilli pieneksi silpuksi saksilla tai veitsellä, lisää keittoon

lisää kerma, anna koko keiton kuumentua takaisin kiehuvaksi

syö (älä polta suuta)

omnomnom

The Northern Wind - Katarina Reuter , 2023.

Finnish , b. 1964 -