Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldSex, lies and dirty money: 7 things you didn’t know about the Gucci familyGuccio Gucci founded Gucci in 1921. By the 1950s, Italian aristocrats, European royalty, and Hollywood stars were flocking to Italy to buy…6 min read·Aug 14, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinCosmic MagazineThe cosmogenesis of Tame Impala’s ‘Currents’The beginning of third Tame Impala album Currents finds Kevin Parker in a period of transition. “I heard about a whirlwind that’s coming…7 min read·Aug 14, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldAriana Grande’s ‘Dangerous Woman’ still challenges taboos of sex and powerAriana Grande‘s third album Dangerous Woman takes its title from a quote by Nawal El Saadawi. “They said,” the feminist author wrote in…6 min read·May 20, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldBillie Eilish’s Vogue cover lays bare the hypocrisy of a culture that is killing womenA close friend of mine was institutionalized with an eating disorder last year. She was so malnourished she had to be fed through a tube to…9 min read·May 12, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldLil Nas X’s fight for identity is changing the way we define Queer MenWith outrageous dress sense and an attitude to match, Lil Nas X is one of modern culture’s most visible and outspoken media personalities…10 min read·May 5, 2021--1--1
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldThe joy I take in watching colors fade: My fascination with Kurt Cobain and The 27 ClubI was painting this morning when a lyric came into my head. It was an older song. One I had not, admittedly, ever really paid that much…12 min read·May 5, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldOlivia Rodrigo’s latest single is giving me ‘Deja Vu’Olivia Rodrigo hit the ground running with sentimental single ‘Driver’s License’ in January this year. Released when Rodrigo was just 17…4 min read·Apr 3, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldOpinion: ‘R9’ will be Rihanna’s most important album2005’s Music of the Sun transformed Rihanna from an unknown 17-year-old from Barbados into an international superstar. With Good Girl Gone…13 min read·Apr 3, 2021----
Riley FitzgeraldinThe Glitter & GoldPaul McCartney’s ‘McCartney III’ Offers Hope in Troubling TimesWhen Paul McCartney finds himself in times of trouble he writes a McCartney album. As the Beatles were breaking apart he wrote McCartney…5 min read·Mar 20, 2021----