Author: Genna Rivieccio
Genna Rivieccio writes for myriad blogs, mainly this one, The Burning Bush, Missing A Dick, The Airship and Meditations on Misery.
The Obsession With Marking Time Through Pop Culture
In the past several years, it’s become more and more common to “celebrate” (or mourn) the passing of milestone anniversaries for films and albums. This [Read More…]
Swarm Crystallizes That Celebrities Are the New Gods, and There Is No Freedom of Speech When Speaking “Ill” of Them
For as much talk as there is of late about how “terrible” and “harrowing” it is to be a celebrity, perhaps the worst fate in [Read More…]
Taylor’s Four-Pack (Of “New” Songs)
In 2022, Madonna stated the obvious with regard to the mention of potentially selling her music catalogue: “Ownership is everything.” In other words, there’s no [Read More…]
Bears Just Wanna Have Fun, Or: A Tragedy Becomes A Comedy in Cocaine Bear
Elizabeth Banks noted that it might be the movie that could end her career. In contrast, the antics of the eponymous bear in Cocaine Bear [Read More…]
Lana Del Rey Returns to Her Church Choir Roots With “The Grants,” A Rumination on Memory and, More Subtly, Plath’s Fig Tree
With a recent interview in Billboard noting that Lana Del Rey found herself figuratively going back to Lake Placid as she wrote Did You Know [Read More…]
Are You Surprised A Visual Effects Extravaganza About Paying Your Taxes and Honoring Family Was the Oscar Darling?
Triangle of Sadness never stood a chance as a major Oscar contender, of course. And as a skewering of the rich and a society that [Read More…]
New York Comes Across As Generically As Woodsboro in Scream VI
For all the promotional hype surrounding the latest installment in the Scream franchise (officially poking fun at itself for having become that) and how it [Read More…]
It’s Raining Heteronormativity: Miley Cyrus Gets Wet With “River” Video
One thing about Miley Cyrus is that she wants you to know she’s down for whatever and, accordingly, whoever. Among those who would like everyone [Read More…]
Endless Summer Vacation Shows Off Miley Cyrus’ Internal War Between the Carefree, Independent Spirit and the Hopeless Romantic
Although Miley Cyrus set the tone for her new record, Endless Summer Vacation, with the sologamist anthem that is “Flowers” (the track that also kicks [Read More…]
Latina Sade All Day: Kali Uchis’ Red Moon in Venus
When asked about the title of her third album on The Cruz Show, Kali Uchis kept the answer simple with, “I’m a Cancer, I’m very, [Read More…]
