reading is now a sigma grindset aesthetic, apparently

Someone decided that books needed sexual rebranding and spawned 'booksmaxxing' — the art of turning library visits into a thirst trap lifestyle movement. This is what happens when productivity culture and dating app psychology collide in a Pinterest board. The accompanying stock photo of a generically attractive student clutching literature adds the perfect layer of unironic cringe. We're genuinely living in the timeline where everything is now a grindset, including the ancient practice of opening a book.