Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Madame X (X for Xtra Cerebral)
Madonna may have once quipped that she wanted an X rating for her Truth or Dare documentary because X meant “Xtra fun,” but Madame X [Read More…]
Black Mirror Series 5 Really Wants You to Know Your Media Addictions Are Fucked
Parsed down to just three episodes this season (as it was in the first two series) on the heels of its movie iteration, Bandersnatch, Black [Read More…]
The Shrinking Violet’s Need to Stand Out Through Ho-dom: A Perpetuated Stereotype in Looking for Mr. Goodbar
As the somewhat derogatorily called “women’s movement” raged on in the 70s, it was only natural that the media was going to jump on the [Read More…]
Ostracism’s No Party: Ma
As one of the elements of bullying still largely unaddressed by the so-called bleeding hearts of primarily liberals, ostracism factors in heavily to the lifelong [Read More…]
It Doesn’t Take Rocketman’s Surrealist Portrayal of Elton John’s Life to Note the Psychology Behind His Cuntery: He Just Wanted Love, But It Was Impossible
In at least partial response to acting as director of Bohemian Rhapsody for two weeks (though he didn’t receive credit for that time, with Bryan [Read More…]
Joan of Arc Remains a Fitting Metaphor for How Society Treats Its “Differents” in “Dark Ballet”
Though it may seem to those who despise the notion that it is not the meek but the weirdos who shall inherit the Earth that [Read More…]
A Carnival of Horrors is the Perfect Backing Track For a Song Called “Rich, White, Straight, Men” (Yes the Comma After Straight Is Intended)
As someone who knows “a little something” about being subjugated by a rich, white, straight man, it doesn’t feel unnatural for Kesha to come up [Read More…]
The New York Times Magazine Creates a Yearning For When Someone Adequate (Like Carrie Fisher) Could Interview Madonna
As Madonna gets older (which everyone loves talking about more than her work itself), it isn’t just that it gets harder for her to “prove [Read More…]
True Love, the Source of and Cure for Mental Illness in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Standing alone in the musical stalker genre of both television and film, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend‘s heroine, Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom), came a long way from season [Read More…]
Diplo and Charli XCX Rip Off Spice Girls, Lisa Frank for “Spicy”
As the summer single competition heats up (“Playa Grande,” “Glad He’s Gone,” the entire Miley EP and, as Katy Perry would like to believe, “Never [Read More…]
