Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Crash All Over Again With Charli XCX’s Deluxe Edition of the Album
Not one to lose control of her creamy smooth pop icon goddess (yes, that’s a Madonna reference) status, Charli XCX has followed the release of [Read More…]
Motomami Rides Every Flavor
Unlike how it usually goes down in the U.S., studying music at a collegiate level can actually pay off in Europe (the U.K. being a [Read More…]
Three’s Company: Lorde Turns to Herself for Comfort in “Secrets From a Girl (Who’s Seen It All)”
Lorde has been admittedly disappointing in terms of coming up with the visuals for Solar Power. And arguably the most exciting thing she did for [Read More…]
In Defense of Mrs. Maisel’s “Stagnation” in Season 4
There is all this constant pressure to “do” and “be” “more” as a human being. As though the very basic obligations of said title aren’t [Read More…]
Still Ain’t No Catwoman Like Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman
Despite the praise for Zoë Kravitz’s performance in The Batman (though not as “watershed” as Jeffrey Wright playing Gordon, being that other women of color [Read More…]
A Crash into the Mainstream Limelight: Charli XCX’s “Right Proper Pop Star” Performance Art
Charli XCX has decided to go out with one final blaze of glory for the last album she will release under mega-label Atlantic Records. And [Read More…]
The Pratfalls of Monogamy: Charli XCX Breaks “Every Rule” For “Love”—and with Her Single Release Momentum
Just when you think you’ve finally mastered the choreography to one of Charli XCX’s bops from Crash, she goes and decides to release another song [Read More…]
Millennial Pluggin’: Turning Red
It seems a somewhat superfluous and arbitrary decision to set the coming-of-age events of Turning Red in the year 2002. And yet, upon further consideration, [Read More…]
Fresh: The Dating “Meat Market” of Mimi Cave’s Debut Reminds That Abuse of Women Comes As No Surprise… No Matter How “Creatively”
“I didn’t think people still met in real life anymore,” Noa (Daisy Edgar-Jones) tells her best friend, Mollie (Jonica T. Gibbs), after experiencing just that [Read More…]
Public Display of Aff(l)ec(k)tion: J. Lo Makes “Marry Me” Surprisingly Less Cheesy by Ballad-ifying It—But Then Manages to Make It Cheesier Than Before By Including Ben Affleck in the Video
Of course, Ben Affleck is no stranger to appearing in a J. Lo video—most famously having done so in 2002’s indelible “Jenny from the Block.” [Read More…]
