Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Girl Pictures (album) 1 — A photography series (1997-2002) by Justine Kurland using large format photography to capture landscapes.

Guam (place) 1 — A U.S. overseas territory considered as a potential tropical paradise destination for drifting and escaping mainland lif...

Saipan (place) 1 — A U.S. overseas territory in the Pacific considered as a potential tropical escape destination.

US Virgin Islands (place) 1 — A U.S. overseas territory considered as a tropical destination for those seeking to escape conventional life.

Cognitive Sovereignty (concept) 1 — The principle that individuals should maintain control over their own cognitive processes rather than offloading them to...

Zygmunt Bauman (person) 1 — A theorist referenced in cultural theory discussions as part of an intellectual progression from Bauman to Jameson to Fi...

John Searle (person) 1 — A UC-Berkeley philosophy professor who compared landlord treatment to racial oppression and was later stripped of his ti...

UC-Berkeley (place) 1 — University where philosophy professor John Searle taught and was later stripped of his title for sexual harassment.

True Detective Season 1 (film) 1 — HBO crime drama praised for its beautiful writing and gritty cinematography, featuring the character Rust as protagonist

Effy Stonem (person) 1 — Character referenced in a dismissive critique of a creative writing teacher's trauma-focused short story

Street Fighter (film) 1 — Video game referenced in an anecdote about losing money while playing against a roommate who was simultaneously bragging...

Jake and Amir (film) 1 — Comedy web series that the poster remembers as hilarious and watches when depressed to feel innocent

Prisoners (film) 1 — Denis Villeneuve film described as a straightforward mid-budget thriller about child abduction without high concepts or ...

Johann Johannson (person) 1 — Composer who created an excellent score for the film Prisoners

Antoine Fuqua (person) 1 — Director who was attached to direct Prisoners before Denis Villeneuve

Bryan Singer (person) 1 — Director who was attached to direct Prisoners before Denis Villeneuve

Mutualism (concept) 1 — Anarchist economic philosophy that emphasizes occupancy-and-use norms, labor-managed firms, and voluntary economic regul...

Neo-Ricardianism (concept) 1 — 20th century economic thought that aligns with some mutualist economic prescriptions

Horses (place) 1 — Popular Los Angeles restaurant that closed due to disturbing allegations about the chef

Lille (place) 1 — A major city in northern France near Roubaix, part of a metropolis of about 1 million inhabitants.

John Cheever (person) 1 — American writer whose style is referenced as inspiration for Mad Men's 'Signal 30' episode about suburban dissatisfactio...

A. G. Spalding (person) 1 — Designer of modern basketball, football, volleyball, and baseball who founded the sporting goods company but is rarely d...

Vonnegut (person) 1 — Author referenced as what one might pretend to read to appear cultured rather than admitting to reading Harry Potter.

Les Républicains (concept) 1 — French right-wing political party that experienced internal chaos when its leader attempted to form a coalition with Le ...

Valérie Pecresse (person) 1 — French politician who received less than 5% in the last presidential election and allegedly slapped party leader Ciotti ...

The Blob (film) 1 — 1980s horror film cited as being more genuinely transgressive than modern horror movies like Terrifier

Ravenna (place) 1 — Italian city famous for its spectacular preserved Byzantine mosaics and intact baptistery from the period

Baptistery of Neon (place) 1 — The only intact baptistery from the Byzantine period, located in Ravenna with exceptional preserved mosaics

Alok Vaid-Menon (person) 1 — Non-binary performance artist and LGBTQ activist referenced in critique of non-binary gender expression

RationalWiki (place) 1 — A wiki website referenced as dismissing the concept of porn addiction and NoFap.

The Lady of Shalott (album) 1 — A famous Pre-Raphaelite painting by John William Waterhouse, worn on a shirt by a poster as a symbol of unrequited roman...

22 Jump Street (film) 1 — A comedy film cited as possibly the last smash-hit comedy genre film before the genre's decline.

Dolph Lundgren (person) 1 — Actor referenced in a physical comparison to describe an older man's appearance in a story about age gap relationships.

Shawshank Redemption (film) 1 — Film cited as one of the poster's favorites, inspired by The Count of Monte Cristo.

Shushu/Tong (concept) 1 — Fashion brand whose Fall/Winter 2023 collection features references to iconic past brands and shows, evoking Miu Miu and...

Dalida (person) 1 — Italo-Egyptian singer and actress who achieved massive success in the Francophone world but lived a life marked by trage...

Édith Piaf (person) 1 — French singer to whom Dalida's fame in the Francophone world is compared.

Luigi Tenco (person) 1 — Dalida's lover who committed suicide in 1967, after which Dalida herself attempted suicide.

Chanson (concept) 1 — French musical tradition under which Dalida began singing in 1956 before adapting to other styles.

Yé-yé (concept) 1 — 1960s French pop music style to which Dalida adapted from her earlier Chanson tradition.

Ron Hicks (person) 1 — Artist whose paintings including 'The Embrace' evoke sadness and emotional response in the poster.

Archetypes (concept) 1 — Jungian psychological concept that a user struggles to explain to their graduate student partner who hasn't heard of Car...

Gonzaga Bulldogs (place) 1 — College basketball team used as an example of a school that can rise to nationwide fame through March Madness.

Duquesne Dukes (place) 1 — College basketball team mentioned as an example of a no-name school that can achieve national recognition through March ...

Tower of Babel (concept) 1 — Biblical story used as analogy for AI's confusion between symbolic and real, resulting in inability to distinguish reali...

Samson Option (concept) 1 — Israel's nuclear deterrence strategy referenced as double standard in discussion of nuclear threat discourse and regime ...

The Art of Seduction (book) 1 — Book found on Facebook marketplace alongside 'sigma male bible'

Ethan Coen (person) 1 — Film director who came out as polyamorous and allegedly did not sign the letter defending Jonathan Glazer, described as ...

Elko County (place) 1 — Remote ranching community in northeastern Nevada where Trump support appeared to have dramatically declined by 2024

Reno (place) 1 — Nevada city mentioned as a point of return from remote ranching communities