Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Dawson’s Creek Interpretations That Try Too Hard to Fit the Political Mold of Now on Its Twentieth Anniversary
With a number of “celebratory” “think pieces” out at the moment about Dawson’s Creek in honor of its twentieth anniversary, the current climate of needing to [Read More…]
Everyone’s a Trigger: Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang
Getting older, a topic of discussion that seems to grow chicer with each passing Diane Keaton movie. For Lily Allen, “ancient” by white girl pop [Read More…]
From Meek to Mogul: The High Priestess of Print Journalism Gets Her Due in The Post
Spielberg. Streep. Hanks. Though some might slightly roll their eyes at the Oscar-baiting (which, as we recently found out, was, indeed, taken by the Academy) [Read More…]
Dancing to Phil Collins With Duct Tape: The Patrick Bateman/Andrew Cunanan Connection
As we enter further into the psychotic, drug-addled brain of Andrew Cunanan with each new episode of The Assassination of Gianni Versace, one can’t help [Read More…]
The End of The F***ing World: Moonrise Kingdom With Murderous Rage
From the moment The End of the F***ing World opens with an emotionless James (Alex Lawther) sitting in a darkened room internally explaining, “I’m James, [Read More…]
Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope: The Me Without You of Irish Television
In every female friendship dynamic that has long ago reached a plateau largely for codependent reasons, there is one person in particular who has already [Read More…]
Donatella as Huckster: Designing a Leotard For Gaga That Forced Her to Wear Madonna’s Head
It’s the feud endlessly regurgitated by drag queens and anomalous straight women like myself ever since Madonna’s infamous 2012 “Look it up” comment with regard [Read More…]
Keep Your “Supplies,” Or: What the Fuck is Justin Timberlake Doing?
With what will soon amount to five albums in sixteen years, former boy band staple Justin Timberlake has never bothered to get very political, relying [Read More…]
Class Envy: The Man Who Would Be Vogue vs. The Man Who Would Be FBI’s Most Wanted
With “The Man Who Would Be Vogue,” the first electrifying episode to kick off the second season of American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni [Read More…]
Pretty Persuasion: A More Macabre Combo Platter of Clueless and Mean Girls
Prophetic in many ways for its key narrative plot point of accusing a man in power (well, a teacher) of sexual assault, Marcos Siega’s (yes, [Read More…]
