However, it is these very representations that co-produce the identities of those who could be included in them.
The short descriptions that sidebars in these subreddits offer may appear to serve simply as a welcome to those whose identities they claim to represent. The online community reddit seems to offer countless opportunities for the expression of sexual identities in specific groups called ‘subreddits’ – from those who play their part in the ‘maledom sexology’ to others who ‘celebrate’ ‘femboys’ or ‘girls with glasses’ to ‘gay bros’ doing ‘guy stuff’, and ‘actual lesbians’ escaping the ‘male gaze’.
