{"product_id":"build-statues-of-critics-crop-tee","title":"Build Statues of Critics crop tee","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThey don't build statues of critics (or, at least, not many of them)...but maybe they should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIn this philistine, anti-intellectual world, in our post-truth moment of shameless lies and rampant AI slop, when arts and literary organizations face draconian budget cuts and educational institutions are under attack, as independent publishing and journalism struggle to maintain a foothold amid corporate consolidation, media monopolies, and the tyranny of short-form video content, there are some 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 for a rebirth of critical thought. Don’t we need critics and criticism more than ever? This crop-top is for the learners, those committed to close study and deep engagement, devotees of ruthless criticism, “ruthless,” as Marx said, “both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSibelius famously remarked to his fellow composer Bengt von Törne: \"Never pay any attention to what critics say. Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!\" Not quite true. Commenters at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/felsenmusick.blogspot.com\/2006\/03\/quotable.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFelsenmusick\u003c\/a\u003e point out that the Canadian artist Joe Fafard made \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/scaa.usask.ca\/gallery\/art\/artists-fafard.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ea statue of Clement Greenberg\u003c\/a\u003e, and that there is \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/homepages.nildram.co.uk\/~simmers\/snake09.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ea statue\u003c\/a\u003e to the literary critic Charles Augustin Saint-Beuve in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Also, I seem to remember seeing a statue of the Russian critic Vladimir Stasov—dedicatee of Pictures at an Exhibition, subject of several extraordinary portraits by Ilya Repin—in St. Petersburg. These, however, are obviously the exceptions that prove the rule. The way I see it, critics can play a useful cultural role, but composers should ignore what they say, even when it’s positive. Praise can be as unnerving as criticism, as Sibelius learned after paying too much attention to Olin Downes\u003c\/em\u003e. —\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/therestisnoise.com\/statues_of_crit\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAlex Ross\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• 100% combed cotton \u003cbr\u003e• Fabric weight: 5.3 oz\/yd² (180 g\/m²)\u003cbr\u003e• Relaxed fit\u003cbr\u003e• Cropped length\u003cbr\u003e• Ribbed crew neck \u003cbr\u003e• Dropped shoulders\u003cbr\u003e• Side-seamed construction\u003cbr\u003e• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping\u003cbr\u003e• Double-needle hems\u003cbr\u003e• Preshrunk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAge restrictions: For adults\u003cbr\u003eEU Warranty: 2 years\u003cbr\u003eOther compliance information: Meets the flammability, lead, cadmium, phthalates and formaldehyde level requirements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn compliance with the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), \u003cb\u003eMinor Canon\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSINDEN VENTURES LIMITED\u003c\/b\u003e ensure that all consumer products offered are safe and meet EU standards. 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