Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Cloudy With A Chance of Alcoholism and Anxiety: Ariana Grande’s “Breathin'” Video
After everyone was so “upset” over Ariana Grande releasing a sort of placeholder video for “Breathin’” starring her pet pig, Piggy Smalls, fans and detractors [Read More…]
First Wives Club, “Like A Virgin” (& A Dash of I Love Lucy) Infuse Ariana Grande’s First Live Performance of “thank u, next”
Every great performer is bound to fall metaphorically at times. Other times, however, that fall is literal–just ask Madonna, who barely lived down that infamous [Read More…]
The Phenomenon of Becoming Strangers Post-Intimacy in The xx’s “Sunset”
There is no phenomenon–no matter what anyone says–that could possibly be stranger than becoming a stranger…to the person you were once closest in the world [Read More…]
“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…]
