Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Dua Lipa Continues to Reiterate the Benefits of Staying at Home With “Break My Heart”
Although the non-sonorously named Dua Lipa couldn’t have known in 2019 that “Don’t Start Now,” the first single from her sophomore record, Future Nostalgia, would [Read More…]
The Strange Irony Behind Inventing the Biohazard a.k.a. Virus Symbol
Considering the renewed prevalence of the portentous symbol originally intended to be associated with biohazardous waste/that which might be harmful to human health, it bears [Read More…]
Chaos Is the New Cocaine & Other Revelations Seeking A Friend For the End of the World Taught Us
In a year that has rendered many apocalypse movies (in addition to zombie ones) freshly relevant, Lorene Scafaria’s directorial debut (after writing the script for [Read More…]
28 Days Later Proves Humans Keep Going Even When They Should Very Clearly Commit Suicide
Among the greats in the pandemic movie pantheon is a film from the not so distant past: Danny Boyle’s 2002 post-apocalyptic classic, 28 Days Later. [Read More…]
Madonna Speaking to Us From Her Rose Petal-Filled Bath About How “COVID-19 Is the Great Equalizer” Is Peak Why Celebrities Are the New Marie Antoinette Right Now
*disclaimer: I am a Madonna fan forever and always, but everyone has their limits now and again Regardless of whether or not it was Mother’s [Read More…]
The Entire Sense of American Identity Just Got Gut-Punched
Long notorious for having the reputation of working “harder” but not smarter, Americans are inoculated (no vaccine pun intended) from an early age to believe [Read More…]
Americans Thinking They’re in Bona Fide Quarantine Presently Understand Why 50s Housewives Went Insane
In 2011, after three Cornell alumni of Long Island privilege used said privilege to nurture the success of a website called Betches Love This, which [Read More…]
12 Monkeys & The Cassandra Complex: Why Having Foresight Makes No Difference in Trying to Stop a Pandemic
As the coronavirus rages on its world tour without signs of slowing down (despite the lies China is likely telling about no more reported cases), [Read More…]
Shaun of the Dead: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, It’s Too Close to Home & It’s Too Near the Bone
Remember what a levity-laden time 2004 really was? Sure, there was the usual contempt for Republicans and their latest “faux cause” (paying Afghanistan back for [Read More…]
Presently Living in the Plotline of Color Out of Space
The most recent film adaptation of one of H. P. Lovecraft’s most lauded and sinister tales, “The Colour Out of Space,” seems to have been [Read More…]
