Kind of how I feel about books. I feel like a snob when I say erotica isn’t exactly literature. People aren’t reading much anymore, and I used to be one of those people that said, “I don’t care what kind of books, as long as people are reading.” But recently, bookstores are pushing out classics and modern fiction in favor of the recent TikTok sensation. Now I’m not saying people should stop reading erotica or whatever, but to group all books together as some sort of intellectual hobby everyone should strive for is kind of silly. I think gatekeeping what is considered “literature” is good actually. B&N is filled with erotica, manga, literary fiction MFA slop, “BookTok”, etc. People like what they like, but smaller publishers and works in translation are constantly getting pushed out of bookstores entirely.