I mostly read (hard) sci-fi written by straight white dudes, so the tweet on the screenshot made me feel a bit defensive. In the replies and qrts people are patting themselves on the back for reading marginalized fantasy writers exclusively and this "consumption as activism" seems rad-libby to me, but maybe I'm wrong.
Reading doesn't have to be consumption, I pirate most of the books I read.
okay, so you're consuming for free. you've divested yourself from the marketplace, but every other aspect of the consumer relationship, (in particular how you relate to the work, how it relates to you, how you experience the written word generally) remains intact for you