Author: Genna Rivieccio
“thank u, next” is a Celebration of the 21st Century Phenomenon Finding Its Way to More “Straight” Women Than Ever: Sologamy
Being that no one believes in the concept of “straight” in the post-twentieth century apocalypse we’ve chosen to ignore is happening, there can be no [Read More…]
Choosing Dick Will Result in (Still Further) Regret: Clean Bandit, Marina and Luis Fonsi’s “Baby”
Though Generation Z would be remiss to remember a time in which it wasn’t chic to make declarations of being fluid (something Miranda Hobbes would [Read More…]
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Probes the Plagues of the Condition of Duality
“Your attempts to conciliate your duality will only bring you suffering and pain,” Zelda Spellman (Miranda Otto) cautions her niece, Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka), as she [Read More…]
An Apple Tree of Censorship Grows in Brooklyn
Lana Del Rey, despite the success that has mounted and therefore augmented her clout with finagling potential endorsement deals over the years (still unclear why [Read More…]
Winona Ryder’s Harrowing Experience As A Bullied Youth Is What Has Made Her Vulnerability So Riveting Onscreen
As Winona Ryder, who turns forty-seven on October 29th (in typical goth Lydia Deetz fashion because of that Scorpio/near Halloween cachet), once explained of her [Read More…]
Robyn Brings Sweet “Honey” to An Otherwise Bitter Season
The obsession with Robyn has only mounted in the years since her last release, Body Talk, all the way back in 2010 (maybe the last [Read More…]
Seduction is Better Than Education–At Least When It Comes to St. Vincent’s MASSes
Not everyone has the courage to release the same album in a different way (in fact, maybe the closest excuse a musician ever got was [Read More…]
In Defense of Meredith Blake, Rightful Child Hater
While Lindsay Lohan was once capable of rendering audiences sympathetic toward her character before she became a cokehead/lush/TMZ darling, she managed to make us fall [Read More…]
“We’re Gonna Have A Nice Family Dinner”: Clueless & The Highlight on a Moment of Peak White Suburban Repression
Dan Hedaya has played many parts in his decade-spanning career, among the most important being Richard Nixon in Dick, but his most valuable of all [Read More…]
Unclear Why Britney Was Having An Existential Crisis About Not Being a Girl, Not Yet A Woman When It’s Obviously the Best Thing to Be
Released as a single in February of 2002, after Britney Spears had recently turned twenty, “I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman” was intended [Read More…]