Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Takashi Miike (person) 1 — Director of films like Audition, Ichi the Killer, and 13 Assassins, described as one of the greatest Japanese directors ...

Audition (film) 1 — Film by Takashi Miike, mentioned as one of his notable works.

Ichi the Killer (film) 1 — Film by Takashi Miike, mentioned as one of his notable works.

13 Assassins (film) 1 — Film by Takashi Miike, mentioned as one of his notable works.

The Stars Look Down (film) 1 — 1940 British drama starring Michael Redgrave about a civic-minded man helping coal miners and the hardships of rural Eng...

Michael Redgrave (person) 1 — Actor who starred in The Stars Look Down (1940) as a civic-minded young man helping coal miners.

Starting Fire with Gunpowder (film) 1 — Documentary about 1970s Inuit communities in Canada producing their own television programs in their native language to ...

APTN (place) 1 — Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, result of 1970s Inuit efforts to preserve their language through indigenous telev...

Straight Into Darkness (film) 1 — 2004 WWII/horror hybrid film about GI deserters in Nazi-occupied Romania, described as an underrated cult classic with a...

Anorgasmia (concept) 1 — Sexual condition discussed by Dasha Nekrasova on Red Scare, who claimed it's 'fake news' and psychological rather than b...

Cuffing Season (concept) 1 — Phenomenon where people seek romantic partners during winter months, discussed as potentially explaining increased roman...

Kerri Colby (person) 1 — Trans woman contestant on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 who was openly trans before the show, discussed in context of oth...

Deadwood (film) 1 — Western drama series mentioned as a rewatchable comfort show

Costco Rotisserie Chicken (concept) 1 — Popular Costco product used as humorous weight comparison for thin people

Otokonoko Pharmacy (place) 1 — Deep web seller of estradiol associated with the DIY HRT movement

DIY HRT (concept) 1 — Do-it-yourself hormone replacement therapy movement associated with anarchist trans communities

Jameson (album) 1 — Irish whiskey brand mentioned in the context of grief and drinking

Female Dating Strategy (concept) 1 — Online community of women discussing dating strategies, mentioned as counterpart to incel culture

Shanghai Noon (film) 1 — 2000 Jackie Chan buddy comedy that satirized racial ignorance through humor

Ghostbusters: Answer The Call (film) 1 — 2016 comedy film criticized for being marketed in a politically divisive manner and not being funny

Global War On Terror (concept) 1 — Military campaign beginning in 2001 that allegedly marked the end of racial buddy comedy humor

Robert Kurvitz (person) 1 — Original creator of Disco Elysium accused of ghost writing an Estonian novel about a child molester

Luke Smith (person) 1 — Conservative YouTuber who moved to the woods and recently critiqued Bitcoin's transformation from liberating technology ...

Crises of overproduction (concept) 1 — Marxist economic theory describing how prices increase and wages stagnate while products are manufactured that people ca...

John Keynes (person) 1 — Economist blamed by some for economic problems instead of engaging with Marxist analysis.

Elias Rodriguez (person) 1 — DC shooter who was a Something Awful forum poster.

Armani Exchange (concept) 1 — Upper middle label clothing brand that looks desperate and trashy compared to unselfconscious Chinese style.

Charlie Puth (person) 1 — Pop musician criticized for smugness and misogynistic songs about LA women and Instagram models

r/indieheads (place) 1 — Subreddit discussed as having mass hysteria over accusations and heavy moderation with bad music taste

WWE Monday Night Raw (film) 1 — Professional wrestling television program used as hypothetical dealbreaker in dating scenario

Pop Therapy (concept) 1 — Contemporary therapeutic discourse criticized for demanding validation from others rather than self-assurance

Schadenfreude (concept) 1 — German concept of pleasure derived from others' misfortune, discussed in context of COVID doomer friend getting sick

Spring Breakers (film) 1 — A Harmony Korine film about American dream and escapism featuring de-eroticized party culture, compared to Drive but mor...

Victoria Beckham (person) 1 — Former Spice Girls member mocked by Noel Gallagher for her ability to write a book.

Kaiser Chiefs (album) 1 — British indie rock band harshly criticized by Noel Gallagher as not very good and meaningless.

Creep (album) 1 — Radiohead's famous early hit that Noel Gallagher suggests audiences will always want to hear despite the band's experime...

You Want It Darker (album) 1 — Leonard Cohen's final album cited as one of the greatest recent feats of aesthetic achievement.

Materialist Politics (concept) 1 — Political approach focused on material conditions and concrete policy outcomes rather than identity-based grievance poli...

Grievance Politics (concept) 1 — Political discourse focused on complaints and moral judgment about demographic groups rather than material policy outcom...

Computer Science (concept) 1 — Academic field and career path described as having lost its spark due to corporate culture, AI gimmicks, and lack of mea...

A J Soprano (person) 1 — Fictional character from The Sopranos listed as someone who probably overdosed on fentanyl.

AM Radio (place) 1 — Radio format referenced as a source of right-wing political content that contributed to the poster's father's ideologica...

zlib (place) 1 — Online platform for pirating books mentioned alongside libgen for e-reader users

Right-Wing Women (book) 1 — Andrea Dworkin book analyzing why women align with the right wing as a survival strategy against male sexual aggression

Midway (place) 1 — Chicago airport that renamed family restrooms to gender-neutral bathrooms

Transmaxxing (concept) 1 — Concept from manosphere YouTubers that involves dejected young men transitioning, described as essentially not real

De Beers (place) 1 — Company that artificially restricts diamond supply, cited as an 'I'm 26 and this is deep' fact

r/aiART (place) 1 — A subreddit focused on AI-generated art, criticized as being populated by tech enthusiasts with no understanding of aest...

La belle juive (concept) 1 — A character archetype prevalent in 19th-century European literature depicting a lone, young, beautiful Jewish woman in a...

California Railroad Museum (place) 1 — A museum praised for its memorial statue depicting Chinese railroad workers as powerful figures rather than victims.