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.
i mean trying to communicate with the abstract "POC" through choices in what books you read is exactly an act of consumption. writing has aspects of selfishness and selflessness, but reading can only be a self-centered act.