Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

J-Kwon (person) 1 — Rapper whose song Tipsy is cited as classic fun club music superior to modern production.

Dangerously in Love (album) 1 — Beyoncé album from early 2000s cited as containing hits superior to her modern work.

TLC (person) 1 — R&B group cited as example of superior 90s/2000s pop music compared to modern production.

Destiny's Child (person) 1 — R&B group cited as example of superior early 2000s pop music.

Kevin Gates (person) 1 — Rapper whose early work is cited as example of fun music superior to modern production.

Osman Hamdi Bey (person) 1 — Ottoman artist who painted Two Musician Girls depicting women with lute and tambourine.

Hyman Bloom (person) 1 — Artist (1913-2009) whose work was exhibited at the Boston MFA.

Boston MFA (place) 1 — Museum that held an exhibition of Hyman Bloom's work.

Couch to 5K (concept) 1 — Running training program used by someone recovering from eating disorder to develop healthy relationship with exercise.

Rashida Tlaib (person) 1 — Progressive politician who receives intense criticism for her positions, cited as example of treatment a pro-Palestine N...

Michael Dukakis (person) 1 — Former Democratic presidential candidate characterized as a bland, sexless functionary and effeminate scold.

Walter Mondale (person) 1 — Former Democratic presidential candidate characterized as part of a lineage of bland, sexless functionaries.

Navy Seal copypasta (concept) 1 — An internet meme created by an anonymous author that became widely known despite its creator receiving no recognition or...

Camino de Santiago (place) 1 — Catholic pilgrimage route in Portugal that a Roman Catholic pilgrim on the flight was traveling to complete.

Pompey (person) 1 — Roman general and rival of Julius Caesar referenced in historical meme

Labienus (person) 1 — Roman military officer who served under Caesar and later sided with Pompey

Language Policing (concept) 1 — Authoritative control over acceptable terminology, critiqued in context of being corrected for saying 'committed suicide...

Jennifer Love Hewitt (person) 1 — Actress quoted saying a world without men would consist of fat, happy women with no crime, critiqued as pandering

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (concept) 1 — Psychological term critiqued as an example of pathologizing normal personality traits

Fancy Like (album) 1 — Country song described as vile and triggering irrational anger when heard repeatedly

Carrefour (place) 1 — A large French supermarket chain discussed in the context of how corporate products dominate shelf space over superior l...

Burisma (place) 1 — Ukrainian energy company where Hunter Biden received a board position that critics view as nepotistic.

Beyond Good and Evil (book) 1 — Nietzsche's philosophical work quoted extensively in a discussion about morality as a sign language of affects and the p...

Sacred Band of Thebes (concept) 1 — Ancient Greek military unit composed of male lovers, cited as an example of professional Greek armies of the classical p...

Pedro Zamora (person) 1 — AIDS activist referred to as 'America's friend, Pedro' who provided the media with an effeminate gay archetype that beca...

Tony Stark (person) 1 — Fictional character whose image is compared to Elon Musk's public persona, which appears to be collapsing.

Abel Gance (person) 1 — Director of the 1927 film Napoleon, referenced as producing a similarly satisfying long screening experience to Avatar.

TvTropes (place) 1 — A website referenced as an example of reducing art discussion to clichés and ironic takes through excessive categorizati...

Vice Dos and Donts (concept) 1 — An archive of Vice magazine's fashion criticism column representing the hipster era of the late 2000s

Wallace Stevens (person) 1 — American poet who mentions Lenin in 'Description Without Place,' a meditation on the power of imagination to remake the ...

Muhammad Iqbal (person) 1 — Widely considered the greatest Urdu poet of the 20th century and ideological father of Pakistan who wrote 'Lenin (Before...

Vladimir Mayakovsky (person) 1 — Soviet master poet who wrote the epic poem 'Vladimir Ilyich Lenin' with a rousing conclusion about workers preparing for...

Description Without Place (book) 1 — Lengthy poem by Wallace Stevens meditating on the power of imagination to remake the world, featuring references to Leni...

Hanns Eisler (person) 1 — Composer who set Brecht's 'Cantata on the Day of Lenin's Death' to music.

Andrew Sean Greer (person) 1 — Author of the novel 'Less' which was criticized as not good in a post about contemporary gay writers.

Ronald Laing (person) 1 — Psychiatrist and author known for his work on mental illness and ontological insecurity, discussed in relation to feelin...

What's My Line? (film) 1 — Classic game show from Hollywood's Golden Age where actors appeared as guests, revealing their real personalities.

Password (film) 1 — Classic game show where Betty White met her husband and where Golden Age Hollywood actors appeared as guests.

Pagliacci (person) 1 — Fictional clown referenced in a dark joke about depression, subverted with an unexpectedly positive twist.

Prizren (place) 1 — City in Kosovo visited by a Serbian poster who found the region's politics progressive and future-oriented.

Prishtina (place) 1 — Capital city of Kosovo visited by a Serbian poster who appreciated meeting Yugo-nostalgic Kosovars.

Ruth Dalton (person) 1 — 80-year-old dog walker murdered in a carjacking in Seattle, discussed as a victim of justice system failures.

Chappel Roan (person) 1 — Pop musician making 'wittier catchier' music than Taylor Swift according to subreddit discussion of changing musical zei...

Jon Lovett (person) 1 — Host of Pod Save America and former Hillary Clinton speechwriter who was the first person voted out on Survivor.

My Dinner with André (film) 1 — Film whose title is parodied by a poster as 'My Dinner With André 3000' as an example of a movie that should be made bas...

André 3000 (person) 1 — Musician whose name is used to create a parody film title combining him with the film 'My Dinner with André.'

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (concept) 1 — Historical Japanese imperial concept invoked to compare to IDF tactics at UN aid depots in Gaza

Coco and Clair Clair (album) 1 — Musical artist mentioned as being listened to during a disturbing public encounter

Douglas P. (person) 1 — Artist identified as part of the 'Dark Gay Sensibility' in underground culture

Peter Sotos (person) 1 — Writer identified as part of the 'Dark Gay Sensibility' in transgressive literature