Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
Suppression, Or A Betty Draper Thanksgiving
When it comes to the holidays, and Thanksgiving in particular, it’s important to take a fat Betty Draper/Betty Francis approach: eat daintily, if at all. [Read More…]
Mourning the Loss of the Acceptance of Maudlinness in Film (Specifically 90s Cinema)
While, at the time it was happening, the 90s appeared to be an angst-ridden, moody decade, looking back now, it seems like everyone was complaining [Read More…]
Zelda Fitzgerald: The Ideal Tumblrer
Tumblr is very much the type of thing that Zelda Fitzgerald could have used during her era of oppression as an aspiring writer. Considered an [Read More…]
Marilyn Monroe: Sultry or Drug-Addled?
There’s a fine line between sultry and drug-addled–and no one pioneered this concept better than the original blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe. Her love of sedatives [Read More…]
The Song That Might Have Saved Britney From A Breakdown
After the scandal and heartache surrounding her breakup with Justin Timberlake amid the not false rumors that Britney Spears cheated on him, the pop princess [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey: The Anti-Feminist
Lana Del Rey, who once said, “For me, the issue of feminism is just not an interesting concept. I’m more interested in, you know, SpaceX [Read More…]
Mike Nichols: A Director Who Engaged in All Sides of the Entertainment Business
Escaping from Nazi Germany as a 7-year-old in 1939, the dramatic stage was set for Mike Nichols early on in life. His family fled to [Read More…]
Corrado “Head Giver” Soprano & the Comment on Oral Sex in the Modern Age
When it comes to the old school mentality, nothing is more antiquated than a man who doesn’t give head. In season one of The Sopranos, [Read More…]
The Best Movies In Which Musicianship Is A Key Plot Point
The life of a musician is no easy existence, particularly if he struggles to find an audience that understands and appreciates his work. The filmic [Read More…]
RuPaul: Serving Scorpio Realness
Before RuPaul, drag was not considered an art, but rather a farce. Not that elements of the farcical are not present in the queen of [Read More…]
