De Knippling on criticism and consideration of works one does (or, more particularly, doesn't) like.
I liked this bit:
'You might not be able to stomach X. So stop giving it mental real estate already. Don’t joke about it, don’t talk about it, don’t badmouth it, don’t use it for comparison to anything else. No more space, no more power.
If you’re going to talk about X, if you can’t stop talking about X, figure out what X does right. Go ahead, make fun of X, if you have to. But you’re acknowledging power. Every one-star review is a bow to the creator of that product. Every three-star “meh” is a lie.
Look what they made you do.
And the first example she gives is of people making fun of modern art. Which, yeah, I confess I've been known to do from time to time, usually involving a reference to the Tate Modern and a vacation visit years ago.
I should probably do some thinking about that some time.
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