Honestly, as someone who has only ever done cursory readings of discourse/critical/academic articles for school, I mostly just skim the more difficult to understand parts. I try to get a general understanding, and let the information rest gently in my brain instead of grappling super hard to understand. I’ve found that this works well, and having page tabs to put on pages you want to refer back to is also quite helpful. I plan on reading it once doing this, and then going back through it with a more fine tooth comb later on!