You can see people in my mentions going 'Octavia Butler is not sci-fi' for an example of 'people just don't like the brand of scifi'.

Oh, I was referring to your comment about musicals. There’s quite an interesting discussion to be had around whether they are or are not a genre in their own right. See, for example, Rick Altman’s work on Genre and musicals in particular: www.amazon.co.uk/American-Fil...

I totally agree with your other point though. Snobs are fools. There is much liberation to be had in embracing one’s love of genre.