I'd characterize it as sending up the genre of criticism as performed by fresh college grads. The piece meanders in and out of the regime, but I found it funny

I'd characterize it as sending up the genre of criticism as performed by fresh college grads. The piece meanders in and out of the regime, but I found it funny largely because I had to read a lot of the form he's taking the piss of here in college, and have even written some of my own under duress!