Author: Genna Rivieccio
Ariana Grande’s “Positions” Celebrates the Multifacetedness of Women in the Spirit of Meredith Brooks’ “Bitch”
It was Beyoncé that pointed out to us all in 2011 with “Run the World (Girls)” just, who, exactly is in control, and here in [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #26: The Belief That Telling “Fatima” To Give Up the Ghost of A Life Pursuing Her Art Is New or Outrageous
In a series called Mondo Bullshittio, let’s talk about some of the most glaring hypocrisies and faux pas in pop culture… and all that it affects. [Read More…]
Regina George Fucked The World, Or: Popular Girls Should Be Deemed Losers For Promoting Fossil Fuels
It is the high school trope that any girl who is popular has a car, and, obviously, the most au courant model, to boot, depending [Read More…]
Will Kill For Fame: Spree
While some critics have likened Spree to a “modern version” of American Psycho, it is so much more depressing than that. At least in terms [Read More…]
“Let Me Love You Like A Human Being That Subscribes To Neither Gender Trope”
In a move that seems to continue to prove that Lana Del Rey doesn’t exactly have her finger on the pulse of what “the kids [Read More…]
Declan McKenna’s Zeros Adds Up to Something Worthy of Your Record Player
For those who have been searching for another singer of “substance” besides Billie Eilish to materialize from Gen Z, one supposes British songwriter Declan McKenna [Read More…]
Hooey Halloween: What Adam Sandler’s Latest Recycled The Waterboy Character Can Learn From Bad Teacher and I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Maybe the reason the proliferation of incels still abounds has something to do with the false message that continues to be peddled by the likes [Read More…]
Lourdes Leon Makes The Most Gen Z Ad Yet–Which Is A Dichotomy Because Much of It Is Pulled From the Madonna (A Baby Boomer) Playbook
While “Lola” might be on the borderline of the generation we’ve come to call Z, her birth year of 1996 makes her amply attuned to [Read More…]
Gloria Who? Lykke Li Makes “I Will Survive” All Her Own
While the latest single from Lykke Li, “BRON,” is notable for being co-written with composer Ludwig Göransson and being her first song entirely in Swedish [Read More…]
Relic: An Allegory For the Inherited Damage of Generations–and Of Course, Being Put Out to Pasture When You’re Old
The slow burn of Relic is almost as slow-burning as time itself, until, all at once, the escalation becomes unstoppable, working at a breakneck pace [Read More…]