Olivia Giovetti
@oliviagiovetti.bsky.social
When I was 4, I dressed up as Mephistopheles from Faust for Halloween and corrected each of my grandparents' friends when they thought I was the devil.
Now I'm a cultural critic.
Web: oliviagiovetti.com
Substack: criticaldrift.org
Now I'm a cultural critic.
Web: oliviagiovetti.com
Substack: criticaldrift.org
Konzept: Wozzeck
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Konzept: Wozzeck
I can’t believe the first night of Hanukkah fell on Muntadhar al-Zaidi Day this year and I didn’t think to make a shoe menorah. Please tell me one of you did.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I can’t believe the first night of Hanukkah fell on Muntadhar al-Zaidi Day this year and I didn’t think to make a shoe menorah. Please tell me one of you did.
It‘s not the dumbest thing the NYT has done lately but still… this is a baffling photo crop especially given the (awful) story.
December 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
It‘s not the dumbest thing the NYT has done lately but still… this is a baffling photo crop especially given the (awful) story.
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
Had just finished Kracht’s Eurotrash yesterday, in an edition whose cover sports one of Parr’s photographs.
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Had just finished Kracht’s Eurotrash yesterday, in an edition whose cover sports one of Parr’s photographs.
Sounds like you need to read this article on the myths surrounding Dynamic Pricing by… *checks notes*… a company that sells dynamic pricing software.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sounds like you need to read this article on the myths surrounding Dynamic Pricing by… *checks notes*… a company that sells dynamic pricing software.
I just told a friend that I could fill out this entire Anna Netrebko Accountability Advent Calendar quite easily but it seemed like overkill and they responded that people in their 20s have no idea about half of her problematic moments and oh my god 2019 was six years ago
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I just told a friend that I could fill out this entire Anna Netrebko Accountability Advent Calendar quite easily but it seemed like overkill and they responded that people in their 20s have no idea about half of her problematic moments and oh my god 2019 was six years ago
No wonder he sired so many children.
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
No wonder he sired so many children.
For context, here's Epstein emailing with Robert Lawrence Kuhn about Beethoven.
November 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For context, here's Epstein emailing with Robert Lawrence Kuhn about Beethoven.
I love it when the algo rhymes
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I love it when the algo rhymes
Someone should show Megyn Kelly this document from the Epstein Files: an email forward of historical photos. The sender instructs Epstein and someone named Warren to ”go directly to photo #9.” The image is of five-year-old Lina Medina after giving birth.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Someone should show Megyn Kelly this document from the Epstein Files: an email forward of historical photos. The sender instructs Epstein and someone named Warren to ”go directly to photo #9.” The image is of five-year-old Lina Medina after giving birth.
When you "believe in people" but you use GPT to write your carousel statement for IG.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When you "believe in people" but you use GPT to write your carousel statement for IG.
Hot take: People who actively profited off of the mindfulness industrial complex and charged members of a school of Buddhism to discuss the SA charges brought against that school’s leader don’t get to take the wheel of this discussion.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hot take: People who actively profited off of the mindfulness industrial complex and charged members of a school of Buddhism to discuss the SA charges brought against that school’s leader don’t get to take the wheel of this discussion.
Also if you're subscribed to my Substack please check out this latest post on the app/site itself because I forgot to add the footnotes before hitting send and I was especially proud of the first one. www.criticaldrift.org/p/ukrainian-...
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Also if you're subscribed to my Substack please check out this latest post on the app/site itself because I forgot to add the footnotes before hitting send and I was especially proud of the first one. www.criticaldrift.org/p/ukrainian-...
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re both Elijah Wood in Everything Is Illuminated and your dog is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re both Elijah Wood in Everything Is Illuminated and your dog is Sammy Davis Junior, Junior
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re Mireille and Robert from French in Action
November 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re Mireille and Robert from French in Action
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re not the devil you’re actually Joseph Rouleau in the 1973 Who’s Afraid of Opera version of Gounod’s Faust
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I hate gay Halloween what do you mean you’re not the devil you’re actually Joseph Rouleau in the 1973 Who’s Afraid of Opera version of Gounod’s Faust
Shevshchenko lassoes the moon, Lviv
October 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Shevshchenko lassoes the moon, Lviv
Campaigning for the NYT's classical critic gig on the platform of bringing back reads like this line from 1900.
September 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Campaigning for the NYT's classical critic gig on the platform of bringing back reads like this line from 1900.
Find someone to hold you the way Robert Redford held a cup
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Find someone to hold you the way Robert Redford held a cup
"Get in, loser, we're going make the Met stronger as an institution, both financially and artistically"
September 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Get in, loser, we're going make the Met stronger as an institution, both financially and artistically"
I guess it's a good thing that women in Saudi can drive now.
September 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I guess it's a good thing that women in Saudi can drive now.
"I hate you both." — Pat Nixon, Nixon in China (Adams, 1987)
September 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"I hate you both." — Pat Nixon, Nixon in China (Adams, 1987)
Nice try guys you’re not getting rid of me that easily
August 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nice try guys you’re not getting rid of me that easily