Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
There Are Many Issues With Fatale—A Fatal Attraction Rip-off—But Making L.A. Look Fly Is Not One of Them
Lately, it seems as though directors are so entranced with the idea of making an “L.A. movie,” that they don’t bother too much with worrying [Read More…]
No Independence Day for Britney
You know things have reached a new crescendo of injustice when Ronan Farrow decides to report on the matter. Which is precisely what he just [Read More…]
Still Trying to Compute Ed Sheeran Being A Party Boy
Beyond just being a ginger with a flavor for non-Caucasian women (as evidenced by his music videos and past trysts), Ed Sheeran conjures an easy [Read More…]
When You Go From “Good Time Boy” to “Creepy Older Guy in Club”: Ed Sheeran’s Graduation From “Shape of You” to “Bad Habits”
In the summer of 2017, “Shape of You” was as inescapable as coronavirus in 2020 (and, to be honest, even as inescapable as it is [Read More…]
Ed Sheeran Wants to Make Us Feel Pre-Pandemic Vibes With “Bad Habits”
After waiting an entire five years since “Shape of You” was the song of the summer in 2017 (alongside “Despacito”)—a single many are still trying [Read More…]
Get A Clue and Its Tinges of Clueless and Gossip Girl
On the precipice of fully blowing up in the mid-00s, Lindsay Lohan put in her time with some less appreciated Disney movies in between The [Read More…]
Patriarchy Is… Bill Cosby Being Released the Same Day Britney Spears Is Denied Some Form of Freedom
As Olivia Rodrigo recently said in song form, “It’s always one step forward and three steps back.” That statement never seemed to be more apropos [Read More…]
When Ace of Base Wrote A Prophecy About Britney
While some have already moved on from the revelations of Britney Spears’ June 23rd conservatorship testimony (a date that will live on in pop culture [Read More…]
Prom As Fame Allegory: “Drowned World/Substitute For Love” and Sour Prom
Olivia Rodrigo might have been caught overtly copying Courtney Love’s aesthetic choices of late, but there was a moment in the pop ingenue’s Sour Prom—a [Read More…]
“Lucky” Is Too Real Right Now
While there are number of songs and specific Britney lyrics that feel decidedly all “too real” now (including the evermore problematic “I’m A Slave 4 [Read More…]
