counterculture groups are people who assimilate themselves to the parent culture to which they belong
however for users whose physical existence is marginalized or shaped by counterculture ex gender identities outside the binary ethnic minorities punk culturefashion their lived experiences build a subjectivity that carries over into their online interactions
 free spaces are defined by sociologist francesca polletta as smallscale settings within a community or movement that are removed from the direct control of dominant groups are voluntarily participated in and generate the cultural challenge that precedes or accompanies political mobilization