Art criticism (n.) tells you how to feel about a painting before you've been allowed to look.
Art criticism (n.) is written for other critics and read by the artist's mother.
Art criticism (n.) is a field whose worst vice is the metaphorical abuse of philosophical vocabulary.
Art criticism (n.) is a form of intellectual flatulence.
A Bad review (n.) is the smallest weapon a customer owns and the largest one a small business faces.
A Bad review (n.) was written for other customers and lands on the owner like personal correspondence.
A Bad review (n.) hurts in proportion to how nearly it is right
A Bad review (n.) is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Body shaming (n.) turns every mirror into a witness for the prosecution.
Body shaming (n.) is most often done by the relative who just served you seconds.
Body shaming (n.) makes someone else's skin pay for your insecurity.
Body shaming (n.) is always described afterwards as concern for someone's health.
A Book review (n.) is like grading a letter that was addressed to somebody else
A Book review (n.) is a tricky thing to write — it is wrong to read the books one reviews. It creates a prejudice.
A Book review (n.) is often an exercise in self-aggrandizement — One cannot review a bad book without showing off.
A Book review (n.) is rarely easily dismissed by a writer. Writers fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.