Author: Genna Rivieccio
Only Britney Spears Could Find A Way Revolutionize Perfume for All Genders While Still Maintaining Her Heteronormative Steez
As a girl with the most extensive number of perfumes in the celebrity game (illustriously beating out Paris Hilton) and a song called, naturally, “Perfume,” [Read More…]
Jailed for Good Marketing Sense: Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot, a collective of Russian women that formed in 2011, have been flirting with fame in the West ever since being arrested in March [Read More…]
Sure You Hate America Now, But Maybe You Should Re-Watch Sex and the City 2 to Be Grateful You Can Still Be Who You Want to Be There
Sex and the City 2 was already feeling dated in all the ways that the show itself does now with the hindsight that comes with [Read More…]
Every Day, the Only Thing That Becomes Clearer Is That Aureta Is the Sole Role Model for Our Times
Aureta Thomollari, better known simply as @aureta on Instagram, is that rare breed of mysterious “personality” in the vain of Citizen Kane of Howard Hughes [Read More…]
Suede’s “Don’t Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You,” Or: Everybody’s Theme Song
After releasing the video for the first single from the forthcoming The Blue Hour, “The Invisibles” (seemingly inspired by Elton John’s “I Want Love” video), [Read More…]
Even John Lennon In His Boy Band Days Couldn’t Buy In to the Lyrics of “Do You Want to Know A Secret?”
In 1963, The Beatles had finally succeeded in doing what no other “foreign” band had: cracking the U.S.A. (though Beatlemania wouldn’t reach its crescendo in [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Has Some Vengeance & Fury (& Sexuality) to Strike Upon Thee in “God Is A Woman” Video
As her third single and video (or second, if you want to look at “The Light Is Coming” as “promotional”), from the upcoming Sweetener album [Read More…]
Kulture Shock
Almost as surely as Beyoncé is arching her brow over Cardi B’s very poseur-ish baby gender and name reveal Instagram post, Kulture Kiari Cephus is [Read More…]
To Rome With Love’s Use of the Fellini Blueprint
As one of the most maligned of Woody Allen’s past ten years of back to back films (a feat he has sustained since he began [Read More…]
A Blemish on Hype Williams’ Work: “Bed” Video Has Nothing to Do With Sleep or Sex, So Much As Mermaids and F21 Style Inspiration
After much buildup and anticipation, Nicki Minaj finally bestowed the music video for “Bed” upon us, only to leave us a little bit high and [Read More…]