You're doing it right now
If you can read this than you understand reading
If you can't read this than how are you reading this
staring at a dead tree and hallucinating
dude 1: bro what is bro 3 doing???
dude 2: chill bro he's just reading
dude 3: *continues staring blankly at dead trees bound together with glue onto a plastic spine
When you presently are in a book.
Stop reading Uncle Victor's story!
Interpretations of media that makes excuses for sexist/anti-lgbtq/racist themes by giving undue credit and nuance to authorial intent; especially as a way to give a pass to offensive writing in movies/books/etc you might enjoy.
"Zelda isn't actually a damsel in distress because she helps in defeating the final boss"
"No, that's just a left-reading of her role. She still has to wait around for Link to save her very frequently."
or
"The left-readings of Rey's role in Star Wars Episode 8 are too forgiving, considering she spends so much of the film trying to 'fix' men. "
When you read at every available opportunity cause you are on a deadline to finish a book
It's December, so I'm panic reading to meet my Goodreads goal.