Oops.

Just to clarify, not that I blame you, because I didn’t make it clear, but I’m actually a woman.

And I agree with all of your suggestions as well. I like the idea of a disclaimer and perhaps even stating in the disclaimer that he’s open to feedback would be a good addition.

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I’d also consider opening with one-to-three paragraphs of disclaimer: Something along the lines that you sympathize with feminism, take it seriously, and think that the work Anita is doing is valuable and to be encouraged – and, hopefully, improved. That sort of thing.

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What makes good critique tricky is making it constructive.

From the limited context you have here, it sounds like you’re focusing mainly on what she does wrong with a side-helping of some of the things she does well. But nothing to indicate that you had constructive feedback in mind as part of that critique.

Obviously this summary here isn’t the whole thing, so you may very well have something constructive in mind. But it’s worth highlighting all the same.

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She has a strong tendency to come up with interpretations based on her personal views and pet theories rather than the text, then impose them on the text, then criticize the text because she finds her interpretation offensive when her interpretation was something she brought from outside and not the fault of the work she was evaluating at all.

Depending on exactly what you have in mind (Timid Atheist is right when he says that citations of specific examples are important) this might not be a bad thing. Adopting a particular lens in a critique of a work – in Antia’s case the lens of feminism – can be a very interesting way to examine the work from a new angle, even if it isn’t necessarily the best or intended fit. This is particularly true if one of the goals of the criticism is to educate the audience about the perspective.

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On a personal note, I’ve always found Anita’s critiques to be very good. I don’t agree with her every opinion, but I can always see where she’s coming from.