Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Like So Many Pop Culture Moments From the 90s, “As If” Was Grafted From the Gays
Upon reviewing the recently released list of Hollywood’s 100 Favorite Movie Quotes, it’s clear that Clueless is the only representative of “the youth” on the list (there [Read More…]
Nancy Reagan Might Be Dead, But Her Pop Culture Forming Anti-Drug Message Lives On
Nancy Reagan, just as much as Ronald Reagan, was very much responsible for shaping the oppressively conservative decade that was the 1980s. But, like her [Read More…]
Mr. Holmes Finds Yet Another Way to Reinvent Old Sherlock
“Exceptional children are often born to unremarkable parents.” Such are the abrupt ways of the near senile Sherlock Holmes (played with just the right amount [Read More…]
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…]
