#writer defense
- Anti-critical — Opposing literary or artistic criticism, rejecting its verdicts, methods, or authority; a person, author, or creator who combats the evaluations of official critics. As an adjective, it describes an essay, pamphlet, or aesthetic stance intended to dismantle the value judgments issued by academic commentators.
- Metacriticism — A theoretical writing, essay, or trend in literary history that combats, critically analyzes, or dismantles the methods, verdicts, and principles of established literary criticism; criticism of criticism (metacritique). As an adjective, it represents the feminine form of 'anticritic', describing a retort, position, or aesthetic demonstration directed against official commentators.