In Conversation with Nanna Vestgård
International Women’s Day - a reason, and a reminder.
There is a difference between being told you can do everything - and being allowed to do it on equal terms. During conversation at our Flagship in Møntergade, Nanna Vestgård brought clarity to that distinction. Her work centres on language and power, and how narratives shape what we accept as normal.
What followed was a conversation about standards set higher for women, pain normalised, and progress still waiting to arrive.
What truth about women’s lives in 2026 is still underestimated?
We are told that we can do everything - and we can. Just not on the same terms as men. When we apply for a job, research shows that we must be 20-25 percent better than a male candidate to be assessed as equally qualified. When we become parents, we must spend significantly more time with our children to be considered “good” parents than men do.
The invisible expectations placed on women everywhere are sky-high.
Which woman - past or present - would you most want to sit next to at a dinner party, and why?
Karen Blixen.
She was an extraordinary storyteller, a fearless traveller, and utterly uncompromising in the choices she made about her life. I would love to share a bottle of wine with her and listen all evening as she recounted her adventures - and what it cost her to be a self-willed woman at a time when most women were told that the purpose of their lives was to marry and bear children.
What is one challenge women face today that you would end immediately, if you could - and why?
For many women, life is a story of physical pain - from the first menstrual cramps that send eleven-year-olds home to bed, to the nausea and pelvic pain of pregnancy, childbirth itself - and eventually the headaches, hot flushes and sleepless nights of menopause.
If all of this happened to the male body, far more research would have been devoted to easing the many forms of pain women live with through every stage of life. I am the mother of four children, and I hope - deeply - that my two daughters will see real progress within their lifetime.
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Listening to Nanna, we were reminded that equality is often discussed in principles, but lived in details. In job applications. In parenting standards. In the research that is funded - or not funded.
Change begins with naming what is still uneven.
The series continues over the coming days. We invite you to return to our Journal daily this week as we publish the next conversations.
With Love,
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