Either we’re getting too old or so much of this stuff now is indeed offensively hostile jargon-mongering.
The same with most art and architecture criticism. It’s completely obsessed with identifying victims and villains and accusations of exclusion.
Like, whatever happened to the idea of beauty? Or an exploration of the intangibles of a work, or its fascinating structure and how it works to suggest meaning?
Always liked Katha Pollit.
Burbank, California 