In “The End of Reading Is As Scary As It Sounds,” writer HJ Hennen

• discusses the article of the same name by Atlantic staff writer Rose Horowitch
• why the best writers are avid readers
• notes how people actually say things like “Rosa Parks was a fraud because her husband owned a car” out loud
• anti-intellectualism in America is nothing new but stilldeeply tied into fascism and obedience
• all the awesome things that devoted readers enjoy that non-readers don’t