Why Emerald Fennell’s Adaptation of Wuthering Heights Is Such a Hot-Button Issue for the Stodgier Side of the Literary World Right Now (And Why It Shouldn’t Be)

It’s not any kind of “shocking revelation” that what’s left of the “book business” is mostly in shambles. And that what it takes to “monetize” literature in the present is a decidedly “bread and circuses” approach. Never was that made more apparent than the advent of “BookTok.” However, with Emerald Fennell’s latest film, a “version” of Wuthering Heights (that she opted to put in quotation … Continue reading Why Emerald Fennell’s Adaptation of Wuthering Heights Is Such a Hot-Button Issue for the Stodgier Side of the Literary World Right Now (And Why It Shouldn’t Be)

Genna RivieccioFebruary 18, 2026February 18, 2026Leave a comment

Essay

Collins’ Word of the Year and What It Says About “The Culture”

It might come as a surprise to anyone living under a rock (a.k.a. those with more “pressing” matters in their lives besides pop culture) that “brat” has been deemed the word of the year by Collins English Dictionary. While some snobs might be quick to point out that it’s not like the Oxford English Dictionary declared this, the news of brat’s status as the word … Continue reading Collins’ Word of the Year and What It Says About “The Culture”

Genna RivieccioNovember 2, 2024November 2, 2024Leave a comment

Criticism

They Don’t Build Statues of Critics…Just Mansplainers: On White Men Feeling the Need to Chime in About Statues of Literary Critics When a Girl Just Wants to Have Fun

Charli XCX is finally having a moment. Or, at least, a moment that’s more in the mainstream than ever before. This being a result of her push to become a Right Proper Pop Star by fully utilizing all the major resources of her juggernaut label, Atlantic, to promote her last album of the contract, Crash (an erudite J. G. Ballard reference, in case you didn’t … Continue reading They Don’t Build Statues of Critics…Just Mansplainers: On White Men Feeling the Need to Chime in About Statues of Literary Critics When a Girl Just Wants to Have Fun

Genna RivieccioMarch 20, 2022August 17, 2024Leave a comment