Why do you people not like genre fiction? It's like rejecting

All fiction has a genre, therefore it's an invalid concept. /lit/ just hates on certain genres and not others. There's also the fact that "genre fiction" suggests commercial motivations for writing, or pure entertainment without regard for art. I think that's a better distinction, artistic literature versus entertainment literature.

It's probably better if you hear it from a class on genre fiction writing, with several business-related advice, directly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXSjRqTZeCs&t=10m10s
a window on the high opinion these people have of their audiences.

Genre fiction to literary fiction is what popular music is to classical/art music. So we are talking about categories above genres, and your comparison isn't a good one.
I personally don't like to completely reject whole genres or categories of art, but in practice I definitely do prefer literary fic or art music. They just offer more to the audience and generally have higher standards. They want to explore the human being, its thinking and emotions and the society. Popular music and genre fic on the other hand are largely made for money and to entertain you, which makes them just inconsequential. There are certainly well-made and intelligent genre/popular works that I enjoy as well, but they are rare when you compare them to the "higher" categories.

>>9710213

Yeah well I happily hate grime so oh well.

I do reject genres of music. I fucking hate some genres of music, like dubstep, nu-metal, horrorcore, etc.

>>9710230
I mean, i don't really see a problem with this, they aren't exactly pretending it's something it isn't

>>9710213
no one listens to dubstep you fucking idiot.