It is 2026. You are a women in her early twenties with a college degree. You escaped the 2010’s eating disorder culture with only a partly fried brain. On a weekend off from work you open Kindle Unlimited, determined to not fail your Goodreads challenge again. The options are horrifying:

“My Dark Vanessa”

“Morning Glory Milking Farm”

“Zodiac Academy”

Am I better than everyone else? I have always seen my parent’s willingess to shove an iPod touch in my face and send me to my room as a critical parenting flaw. I was practically enrolled in a college level Human Anatomy class at age 12, thanks to my reading choices. However, with that experience came the ability to weed out word vomit disguised by a shirtless man on the cover.

Wattpad and it’s writers have not gone extinct. They publish on Kindle Unlimited now! It is something I will not be partaking in as a 22 year old woman. However, if the rest of you grown adults want to read about 16 year olds going after the bad boy on his motorcycle, it does not seem like anyone is stopping you.

I cancelled my Kindle Unlimited subscription. At least Wattpad was free.