Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
The AIDS Effect on Hollywood Paranoia Reaches a New, More Fear-Inducing Level With Corona
While the notion of AIDS being “shocking” or even (as) stigmatized in the present drifts ever further into the ether of the past (the 1980s [Read More…]
Dua Lipa’s “Hallucinate” Video Conjures Visions of Madonna’s “Dear Jessie”
At the end of 1989, Europeans were treated to a fourth single from Madonna’s Like A Prayer album, an unusual-for-her-style number called “Dear Jessie.” With [Read More…]
13 Reasons Why Season 4: Degrassi Meets 90210 Meets An Almost Thankfulness That School Is Now Remote
Of course, looking back at any high school show now, the problems that stemmed from being among people (all unavoidable assholes, especially with the strange [Read More…]
Katy Perry’s “Smile”: No Lily Allen’s “Smile”
As Katy Perry gradually regains all of her confidence back after the critical massacre of her 2017 album, Witness, yet another single slated for what [Read More…]
Among the Wreckage: Kim Petras in the “Broken Glass” Video
As snow cascades down over a tire in the opening scene to the latest single from Kygo featuring Kim Petras, “Broken Glass,” Griffin Stoddard’s dramatic [Read More…]
All Superheroes Wear Capes: Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Walter Mercado was in the business of psychic energy before it was a co-optable millennial trend. Shit, even before Miss Cleo made it to TV. [Read More…]
The Old Guard: Death Becomes Her But With Purer Intentions
The ennui–the sheer “I’ve seen it all” aura–that goes with the territory of living for “too long” (which, yes, is very much a thing) already [Read More…]
I Can See Your Halo: Warrior Nun
While Sister Shannon Masters might have remained as the central figure of Ben Dunn’s manga-style comic book series, Warrior Nun Areala, audiences watching the Netflix [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #23: People Losing The Same Sense of Outrage They Had in 2017 When Kim Kardashian West Was Deemed America’s New First Lady
Continuing to experience outrage at this point is almost a herculean effort. For how does one keep up anymore with all the myriad facets of [Read More…]
God Is Time… And A Fucked Up Family Tree: Dark
While the genre of time travel in film is robust, including everything from Donnie Darko to 13 Going on 30, there has possibly never been [Read More…]
