Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Night Owls: A Jaded Rom-Com That Makes Football Mildly Interesting
When it comes to the execution of the one-night stand movie, a lot of things can go wrong–mainly because it’s such a cliched topic. But [Read More…]
Mélanie Laurent’s Respire Emphasizes the Dark Side of Female Friendship
There is perhaps no more complex relationship in existence than the one that is between two adolescent females. It is a time in one’s life [Read More…]
Girls May Be Ending, But the Damage It Has Caused Will Last A Lifetime
With the fresh report of Girls being cancelled, those on either side of the love/hate relationship have expressed their viewpoints on the matter, with fans in [Read More…]
Joy: The Erin Brockovich of Our Time
It’s the struggle that no one knew they wanted to see onscreen: that of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano (Jennifer Lawrence), a constantly striving to [Read More…]
Hijab Couture: Dolce & Gabbana Continue Not to Give A Fuck In Wake of IVF Comments
In the not so distant past, beloved couturiers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana made offensive comments regarding in vitro fertilization by remarking offhandedly in an [Read More…]
The Lady Eve & Men’s Fear of Sluts
Regardless of women being “liberated” during the time of World War Two, when men were forced to “allow” them to do “masculine” tasks like work [Read More…]
Chalotte Pingress: The Epitome of the Manipu-bitch in a Friendship
In any female friendship (or male one, for that matter–though to a somewhat lesser extent), there is a stronger, more powerful party, a manipulator. The [Read More…]
How Much Do You Love Me? Mirrors the Whimsy of Mood Indigo
Bertrand Blier’s 2005 semi rom-com How Much Do You Love Me? centers around the not so fanciful notion of a man falling in love with [Read More…]
Courtney Love Loses All Sense of Edge By Collaborating With Nasty Gal
Like Joan Jett creating lingerie for Hot Topic, there is some sort of unavoidable trap that women in rock of a certain age seem to [Read More…]
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Stands Alone in the Stalker Musical Comedy Genre
It’s the sort of premise that sounds, to a TV executive, great over a round of ten drinks, but then, the next morning, the reality [Read More…]
