#critic

The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#criticism #democracy #oppression #democracy

[T]he new weird represents a productive experiment in fantasy fiction. The New Wave of the 1960s and 1970s arguably embodied science fiction's claim to literary 'seriousness.' This desire for seriousness is not snobbery, as sometimes suggested by folks who overemphasize the entertainment function of speculative fiction; it's about recognition of the vast possibilities within the field. ↗

— Darja Malcolm-Clarke

#literary-criticism #new-wave #new-weird #science-fiction #experience

Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#classism #social-criticism #food

Because I want to have sex with him--and because that's sinful--I'm blushing and flushing furiously under his scrutinizing scrutiny. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#crime-fiction #drama #e-l-james #fifty-shades #fifty-shades-of-grey

Nothing ruins a good thing quite like knowing you share your opinions with mindless little tits. ↗

— Yahtzee Croshaw

#fans #funny-but-true #opinions #funny

...a fundamental rule of journalism, which is to tell a story and stick to it. The narratives of journalism (significantly called "stories"), like those of mythology and folklore, derive their power from their firm, undeviating sympathies and antipathies. Cinderella must remain good and the stepsisters bad. "Second stepsister not so bad after all" is not a good story. ↗

— Janet Malcolm

#literary-criticism

I had my share of critics, and I wash my hands of the whole lot. ↗

— Frank Richard Stockton

#had #hands #i #lot #share

The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical. ↗

— Ted Strickland

#connection #critical #economy #education #healthy

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.' ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#bad review #behind #called #could #critic

I learn something from criticism because when it comes from sources you respect you always examine it and learn. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#because #comes #criticism #examine #i