Tag: Genna Rivieccio
Feminism Hits Emojis
While it took many years for hordes of women to be able to say that they were assaulted or violated in some way (of which [Read More…]
Un Amour de Jeunesse… Est Un Amour Que Vous Marque Pour Toujours
“I’ll always love you and never know why,” Camille (Lola Créton) earnestly, melancholically and dramatically tells Sullivan after eight years of separation at his own [Read More…]
Life Is Like A Box of Timelines, You Never Know Which One You’re Gonna Get: Russian Doll
No coincidence that Russian Doll is just in time for Groundhog Day, the Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland-created series plays into all of [Read More…]
The Final Episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Confirm That Analog Life Is Better (Or At Least Sweeter for Revenge)
Possibly only Tina Fey could turn the premise of a girl being locked in a bunker for fifteen years into kitschy comedic gold. That girl, [Read More…]
Love Is Witchcraft: Bell, Book and Candle
As a more under the radar “Christmas movie,” Bell, Book and Candle serves to stress the point that every rom-com before and since has wanted [Read More…]
Not To Excuse Sociopathy, But Guinevere Beck Is Kind of a Dumb Bitch: Or Dan Humphrey Always Goes for Serena Van Der Woodsen
As most writers can’t help but make themselves the underlying center of whatever narrative they manage to churn out in these times so balking at [Read More…]
Broad City Season 5 Premiere “Stories” Rivals 2015 Episode “The Matrix” for Its Social Media Statement
Because no Broad City viewer is any stranger to a birthday premise on the show by now, Ilana (Ilana Glazer) announces in a sing-song voice [Read More…]
Mary Poppins: Child Gaslighter/Royal Doulton Whore
While Emily Blunt has stated time and again that Mary Poppins Returns is more “homage” to the original than anything else, it has to be [Read More…]
Hormones Are Wasted on the Young: Monkey Business
While there is so much wasted on the self-conscious, yet simultaneously overly arrogant young, perhaps even more than youth itself being unjustly expended on them [Read More…]
Squinting Hard Enough to See the Feminist Slant of Almost Famous
In 2000, when Harvey Weinstein was still experiencing his raping and pillaging glory days, it was, in all honesty, almost impossible to think of a [Read More…]