Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Hermès Prostrates Itself Before Apple
What is the world coming to when Hermès, the pinnacle of high fashion and luxury, feels obliged to enter into a partnership with Apple, the most [Read More…]
Grace Jones Throws Shade/Calls Every Other Female in Music Shit–And Is Largely Right
If anyone in the music industry is allowed to throw shade, it’s Grace Jones. Unlike, say, Kim Gordon, who called out Lana Del Rey–“who doesn’t [Read More…]
Something Rings False About True Story
With a movie title like True Story, it’s no surprise that, yes, it’s based on a true story–incidentally, a book based on a true story. [Read More…]
Selena Gomez’s “Good For You” Transports Us Back to the Early 20th Century
Just as Britney Spears’ “Born to Make You Happy” serves as an anthem for women of the 1950s, now Selena Gomez’s “Good For You” is [Read More…]
Far From The Madding Crowd: A Faithful Adaptation That’s Still All Its Own
In general, movie adaptations–especially ones that have already been done before–rarely offer anything new to enliven or enrich the original literature on which they are [Read More…]
Tom at the (Funny) Farm
Xavier Dolan’s fourth film (and only now at the still tender age of twenty-six), Tom at the Farm, is the sort of narrative that might [Read More…]
The Second Mother: A Many-Layered Title & Film
Brazilian writer-director Anna Muylaert’s fourth film, The Second Mother, is a multi-layered film not just about the pratfalls of motherhood, but the complications of class division when emotions [Read More…]
Zhe Zhe: The Mighty Boosh for Brooklyn
It’s impossible to dream that the two girls in Brooklyn concept phenomenon could continue to propagate. Granted, there are varying degrees of those shows worth watching, [Read More…]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Confirms That Debauchery is the San Francisco Treat
“What’s the point of living if nobody loves you?” asks 15-year-old Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley, best known for her role on the British TV series M.I. [Read More…]
Lena Dunham & Her Constant Need to Make Everything A Feminist Issue
We all have our things. I guess mine is analyzing and condemning celebrity behavior. Lena Dunham’s is turning every minute element into a feminist cause. [Read More…]
