Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Beyoncé Tries to Possess Us With the “Spirit” of The Lion King
Before quickly devolving into a sort of remixed and revisited version of “Halo,” Beyoncé’s original song, “Spirit,” written for the new version of The Lion [Read More…]
Tove Lo’s Friendship Is So Strong, It Makes Her Phone Immune to A Dead Battery As She Pep Talks Through the Elements & An Arrest in “Glad He’s Gone”
The bond created between two women who endure endless trials and tribulations together (usually spurred by some sort of male-delivered trauma) can and should never [Read More…]
Britney Spears Wants Her Catsuit Back & Other Issues With Miley Cyrus’ “Mother’s Daughter” Video
Although the message behind Miley Cyrus’ lead single from the She Is Coming EP is one of empowerment (particularly as it pertains to the rights [Read More…]
We Are the Tools of Mass Communication, Not the Other Way Around: On Arbitrary Social Media Blackouts
While the social media blackout of July 3rd, 2019 (which makes it somehow sound almost as historic as the literal blackout of July 13-14, 1977 [Read More…]
Morrissey Makes Any Cover Maudlin: California Son (By Way of Manchester)
While it’s become increasingly impossible for people to separate Morrissey’s politics from his work, maybe it will soon also be impossible to separate his covers [Read More…]
Jonas Åkerlund Manipulates Time Again In “God Control”–Because Nostalgia Is Required to Make NYC Relatable
As Madonna has likened her time in Lisbon to the early years of her New York days, when she had first moved there and knew [Read More…]
I Feel So Alone on a Friday Night: Essential LDR Songs for the Sad Party Girl In You
As one, Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, embarks upon year thirty-four (on June 21, much to the chagrin of Geminis everywhere who recently had to reconcile with [Read More…]
Taylor Swift Again Can’t Calm Down on Making Being Gay About Her in Video for “You Need to Calm Down”
The assumption that, “If Katy Perry and Taylor Swift can make peace with one another, so, too, can gays and homophobes” is the crux of [Read More…]
Ashley O’s Music Video Looks Like a Target Commercial Before Showing Cracks in the Veneer
For those who couldn’t help but tap their foot to the pre-manufactured rhythm of fictional pop star Ashley O on the third episode of the [Read More…]
Murder Mystery: The Tourist Meets Ocean’s Twelve Meets Murder on the Orient Express in a Blender–And Also Rich People Do Fucked Up Things
Taking into account the ever-waning ability of audiences to digest the rom-com, Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler have reteamed after 2011’s Just Go With It [Read More…]
