Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Cher: Decadence, Longevity, Eternal Beauty—In Short, It Isn’t “4/20” So Much As the Start of Taurus Season
There are some who still say Taurus season kicks off on April 19th, ostensibly in the wake of that whole controversy circa 2016 when NASA [Read More…]
Europe and An Inherent Non-Predilection for “Sanitization”
Europe has so long been associated with words like “earthy” and “real” (otherwise known as: life outside of America), that it’s difficult to imagine it [Read More…]
Saweetie Challenges Hot Girl Summer With Pretty Bitch Summer
Although Megan Thee Stallion might have coined “Hot Girl Summer” (we’ll pretend Chet Hanks never said anything about a “White Boy Summer”), Saweetie is building [Read More…]
The Sequel Song You Didn’t Know You Needed: Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey’s “Where I Belong”
Perhaps realizing the song needed a promotional boost, it seemed to occur to Mariah Carey only a week after the single dropped that she ought [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #36: (Celebrities) Letting the ArcLight Close
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 [Read More…]
MARINA Still Believes In A “Handmade Heaven” If We “Purge The Poison”
The year before the New World Order that would commence whether anyone wanted it or not, MARINA released an album called Love + Fear, separated [Read More…]
The Pervasiveness of the Vaccine in America Has Merely Confirmed the Country’s Belief That Suffering (“Too Long”) is For Suckers
It’s among the many ironies of the U.S. that the “American work ethic” is one punctuated by long hours but little actual output (or much [Read More…]
Gwen Stefani’s “Slow Clap” Video Featuring Saweetie Provides The Internet A Slow Burn Opportunity
Although no one should really be all that surprised at this point by Gwen Stefani’s ability to not quite grasp the difference between cultural appropriation [Read More…]
Singing Teen Girl Lyrics Thirteen Years On & Ironically Getting More Agency Out of It: Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
One wonders at times if there were several moments when Taylor Swift might have cringed throughout the re-recording of her 2008 sophomore album, Fearless. The [Read More…]
It Takes Two (Doja Cat and SZA) to Try to Fill the “Oops!…I Did It Again” Void
In another case of people perhaps assuming that once enough time passes in the pop culture realm, it opens up a free-for-all opportunity to copy [Read More…]
