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 Fatherly Blame on the “Failings” of a Daughter for His Own Failings in The Philadelphia Story
As one of the greatest movies ever made–in any genre–it’s no surprise that The Philadelphia Story still manages to hold up even in spite of [Read More…]
Bobby Brown, Presumably on Drugs, Says Whitney Houston Did Not Die of Drug Overdose
Bobby Brown is a lot of things: tactful and caring with regard to his ex-wife, Whitney Houston, isn’t one of them. The latest example in [Read More…]
Vivian Ward Listening to Headphones in the Bathtub: A Cry for Help
Those few who remain nostalgic about the way romantic comedies used to be (in part, because we as a society were still able and conditioned [Read More…]
Someone Tell “Lifestyle” Magazines It’s 2018 and You Don’t Need to Paint the Woman as the Broken-Hearted One Post-Breakup
Jennifer Aniston, one of the tabloid favorites when it comes to writing about celebrity breakups, has, once again, served as the perfect person to provide [Read More…]
Everyone Is So Literal, Or: Britney Spears Rendered As Cleopatra
As recently complained about by Madonna via one of her Instagram stories, “Everyone is so literal.” This, however, is something she’s spoken out about for [Read More…]
Lady Bird Will Be Even More Sacramentan in Australia
Sacramentans have that unique, angst-ridden edge about them that thrived quite nicely in the type of mainstream pop culture that supported the tonal vibes of [Read More…]
“Django Jane” Makes Beyoncé’s Feminism Look Especially Flimsy
Released in conjunction with the Prince-saturated “Make Me Feel,” “Django Jane” and its video offers something of a more “militant” tone than its companion single, [Read More…]
Janelle Monáe Takes “Fluidity” Where Prince and Michael Jackson Couldn’t
Like the lovechild of Prince (the riff to “Kiss” most definitely comes to mind), Michael Jackson (you can’t say “The Way You Make Me Feel” [Read More…]
“Drowned World/Substitute For Love” & “Mer Girl”: Two Perfect Bookends on an Indelible Album
Because it is the twentieth anniversary of an album consistently ranked as being among one of the greatest of all-time–and possibly the very best in [Read More…]
Desi Arnaz Was Wrong: Santiago Can Be Very Chilly When You’re Trans
“You don’t choose your sexuality, it’s how you are. It’s nature,” deliberate two quintessential New York City biddies after coming out of a screening of [Read More…]
