Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
A Midsommar Night’s Psilocybin Trip
For many watching Midsommar, the furthest thing from their mind will be the image of its then four-year-old director, Ari Aster, taking in his first [Read More…]
The American (Double) Standard of Consequence
With the wave of two coinciding incidents involving Americans abroad (for yes, A$AP Rocky is, at the end of the day, just another American)–namely, Europe, [Read More…]
The Process and Inspiration Behind “Looking For America” Echoes “Coachella-Woodstock In My Mind”
On the weekend of April 15-16 in 2017, the strange festival-turned-Instagram “influencer’s” wet dream that is Coachella found Lana Del Rey among the ranks of [Read More…]
The Corporation That Sold A Gun to Mass Shoot Itself
The corporation will sell the noose to hang itself. If it means profits, so be it. And it’s all a variation on a quote often [Read More…]
Tove Lo Posits That Women Are Just As Assholic in Matters of Love in “Bad As The Boys”
Like an 80s bop brought to life (something like a mutant baby of Rick Springfield and Sheena Easton), Tove Lo’s “Bad As The Boys,” the [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Carries the *NSYNC Torch Re: the Heteronormative Thrill of Repressed Desire a.k.a. the Hunt on “boyfriend”
Re-teaming with longtime directorial collaborator Hannah Lux Davis (who also brought us the scandalous for its cultural appropriativeness “7 Rings“), Ariana Grande continues to go [Read More…]
Jessica Jones, Season 3: A Nod to the Most Unique Masochists of All–The Ones Who Stay in NYC
There are two factions of NYC residents: those who leave and those who stay. Those who declare their undying devotion for it and those who [Read More…]
Subverting Pastiche: Some Takeaways From the Norman Fucking Rockwell Album Cover
As Lana Del Rey stans proceed to attempt picking the wigs that were snatched up off the floor after getting an official release date and [Read More…]
Billie Eilish As the 21st Century Ideal of a Sexless Pop Star
At this point, it’s fairly patent that every generation that succeeds the millennial one (at the current moment, Gen Z) has learned, or will learn, [Read More…]
The Hustle Continues to Accent A Longstanding Issue With the Female Con Movie
While, of course, it’s always “refreshing” to see any scale of a production company throw women a bone by pushing projects through that feature “heroines” [Read More…]
