Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Suffering (In A Good Way) During Suffragette
Each time an election comes along, it’s easy to forget (especially for women) just how much blood, sweat and tears went into securing the right [Read More…]
Starbucks Brings Its Taint to Italy
For a long time, Italy was a perfect, untouchable paradise. A beacon of how to do things right when it came to rejecting the presence [Read More…]
Spotlight Re-Focuses The Spotlight on Boston as The Place Where Important Historical Events Occur
When it comes to the Eastern seaboard, it has long been New York City that has laid claim to the place where “important things” happen. [Read More…]
In All Things Must Pass, It’s Evident That Sacramento’s Greatest Legacy is Tower Records, Not Joan Didion
Sacramento is not known for much. Somehow, it has consistently evaded the hipster boon of other similarly sized towns like Austin and Portland. Sure, in [Read More…]
When the Oscars Were Interesting (In the 90s)
It’s hard to pinpoint when, exactly, the Oscars became so intolerably dull. Was it after Björk’s swan dress? After Ellen bought everyone in the audience [Read More…]
Britney Drives Final Nail into Justin Timberlake’s Coffin
As one-half of the America’s sweetheart duo that was Britney and Justin from 1999 to 2002, the former knows that the worst possible way to [Read More…]
Kill Your Friends: The American Psycho of The Music Industry
It’s hard to imagine a time when music went through a process as painstaking as needing to involve the uncaring and often unlistening ear of [Read More…]
Like Taylor Swift, Lena Dunham’s Brand of Feminism Is All About Self-Promotion
While we might be a generation more jaded than any other that preceded us, it is incredible that so many are still unable to see [Read More…]
Chi-Raq’s Corniness Negated By Tongue-in-Cheek Greek Play Structure
When it comes to Spike Lee, the message has always been the same: black lives matter. Long before it became “trendworthy” in the wake of [Read More…]
The New Girlfriend: Part The Danish Girl, Part Almodóvar
When it comes to pop culture’s recent obsession with the plight of a cross-dressing man or trans woman (one always leads to the other it [Read More…]
