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A Daughter’s Telephonic Manifesto on Suppressing the Truth About Her Life: Tracy Bonham’s “Mother Mother”

By Genna Rivieccio
May 8, 2022

The mother-daughter relationship is perhaps the most special of the possible parent-child permutations. “Special,” for some, occasionally being a euphemism for “the worst.” But that’s [Read More…]

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An Insulated Society for the Matriarchal: Lana Del Rey’s “Blue Banisters” Video

By Genna Rivieccio
October 21, 2021

Perhaps what stands out most about Lana Del Rey’s latest visual foray is the fact that there is nary a man present. Considering what Del [Read More…]

It Was Easier to (Sort of) Believe in the Defiant Optimism of a Song Like Lana Del Rey’s “When the World Was at War We Kept Dancing” in 2017

The Julia Roberts-Narrated Harris-Walz Ad Sends An Antithetical Message About So-Called Female Empowerment

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November: Impossible to Forget This Year

Woman of the Hour and Saoirse Ronan on The Graham Norton Show: Two Key Moments in “The Culture” Right Now That Tell a Larger Story

The Voss Water Repetition in Smile 2 and What It Says About Film Product Placement Today

Smile 2: Stars—They’re Just Like Us!, Or: Even Pop Stars Get Demonically Possessed

Shake, Shake, Shake (It), Anora, Or: Pretty Woman This Is Not (Unless One Is Referring to the $3,000 Version Of It)

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