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 Creepiness of Having an On Location Photographer to Document the Reaction to Your Proposal
J. Lo and A. Rod: what two celebrities with perfectly suited to one another abbreviated names could belong together more? No strangers to cultivating the [Read More…]
Lifestyles of the Rich and Stupid: Operation Varsity Blues
It wasn’t as though USC needed to further add to the unofficial true meaning (University of Spoiled Children) behind the school’s acronym, but this, naturally, [Read More…]
At the Point of Needing to Be Hyper-Meta to Sell a Rom Com: Isn’t It Romantic?
In 1948, a non-ironically titled rom-com called Isn’t It Romantic? was released. Starring Veronica Lake as the coquettish Candy (because anyone named Candy just has [Read More…]
Wade Robson Causes Justin Timberlake Two Major Heartaches
As soon as one gets past the initial shock of Wade Robson’s vomit-inducing confessions in Leaving Neverland, they suddenly seem to remember that Robson himself [Read More…]
The Primary Takeaway From Cold War Is: Leaving Paris Will Fuck You Over
Despite being “insignificant” in size, the political importance of Poland during World War II made it a hot little commodity. And, of course, this included [Read More…]
Mariah Carey Brings Glam to Her Version of a 1980s NYC Subway Ride
While the notion of riding the subway in any decade has never exactly been associated with the words “glam” or “fun,” Mariah Carey, in all [Read More…]
A Pied Piper By Any Other Name…Than Michael Jackson
Though it may be hazy for some people to remember now, the furor surrounding Michael Jackson and his “purported” pedophilia when Jordan Chandler’s father, Evan, [Read More…]
The Death of the 90s in the Span of a Week: Keith Flint, Luke Perry & the Release of Leaving Neverland
Despite the steady and constant stream of 90s nostalgia that has kept Urban Outfitters afloat for the past decade, the actual death of all the [Read More…]
Dylan McKay: The Last of the Moody Heterosexual Male Tropes
It was roughly around the time of 1995 (also, incidentally, the same year Luke Perry left Beverly Hills 90210 to pursue “other projects”) that the [Read More…]
“Smack My Bitch Up” Video Remains One of the Most Provocative In Terms of Challenging Our Views on Gender
With the distorted perspective that Jonas Åkerlund would end up unwittingly commercializing in the video for Madonna’s “Ray of Light” in 1998, he implemented on [Read More…]
