A recent Reddit post in the r/NintendoDS community, titled “Billie Eilish via last Instagram post,” is a small but telling example of how these dynamics surface in otherwise ordinary gaming spaces. While the post itself is fairly innocuous: it just shows Billie Eilish and a Nintendo console associated with nostalgia. The comment section (in part) quickly becomes less about the device or shared memories, and more about performance: who is “allowed” to be associated with gaming culture, and on what terms.

Are you positive it's about women and not celebrities? Personally I've never seen or heard about anyone's disbelief in women being gamers. However, I have absolutely seen and heard about a lof ot people's disbelief in anything celebrities do for attention.

Not necessarily saying Billie is full of shit. Just celebrities in general, and she happens to be one.