Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Handmaid's Tale (film) 1 — Dystopian story referenced in the context of liberal hysteria about Trump turning the US into a fascist state.

Mencken (person) 1 — Character in Succession whose portrayal as a fascist is questioned in the context of liberal overreaction to Trump.

Cailee Spaeny (person) 1 — Actor who fans believe should have been cast as Ellie in The Last of Us instead of Bella Ramsey

Electroswing (concept) 1 — Music genre cited as example of questionable taste in dating context

Prog rock (concept) 1 — Music genre mentioned as someone's primary musical taste, criticized for not engaging with new music

Double Bay (place) 1 — Wealthy Sydney neighborhood visited as an escape and form of travel by someone from a working-class area

Conservatism (concept) 1 — Political ideology rejected by someone formerly associated with Infowars

TERFs (concept) 1 — Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists, mentioned in context of someone being accused of enabling them

Cindy Bi (person) 1 — Woman described as supervillain in context of surrogacy industry

Berkly Hart (person) 1 — Obscure local band whose music had deep sentimental value to poster from childhood memories with their mother

Wreck 'N Sow (album) 1 — Album by Berkly Hart that held deep sentimental value from childhood, emotionally overwhelming when rediscovered

Tankies (concept) 1 — Revolutionary leftists who advocate for violent revolution while allegedly having social anxiety and rich parents, as cr...

r/volunteersForUkraine (place) 1 — Reddit forum where foreign volunteers coordinate travel to join Ukraine's International Legion during the 2022 war.

Khloe Kardashian (person) 1 — Reality TV personality whose appearance is used as an example in discussing the karma of judging others' looks.

Jack Johnson (person) 1 — Laid-back musician whose music represents mental checkout and simple living away from technology.

Warner Bros. (place) 1 — Media company behind HBO Max merger and content removal decisions affecting availability of original programming.

Miss Universe (concept) 1 — Beauty pageant that Trump allowed trans women to compete in, cited as evidence against claims he would create a Christia...

Wall Street Bets (concept) 1 — Online gambling forum cited as example of how Zoomers replaced drink and drugs with gambling.

Sight and Sound (place) 1 — Film magazine whose critics' poll list is referenced as representing an intellectualized approach to judging cinema

4H Youth Animal contest (concept) 1 — Agricultural youth organization competition mentioned as part of state fair experience

Supply and Demand (concept) 1 — Economic principle criticized as a political choice rather than natural law, argued to be a chosen method of organizing ...

Scarcity (concept) 1 — Economic concept argued to be artificially created in modern society, where homelessness and hunger exist as choices to ...

Economics (concept) 1 — Field criticized as fake science that functions as descriptive history rather than predictive science, treating politica...

David Beckham (person) 1 — Former footballer whose 2000s style is replicated by British men as a fashion template.

Mirror Palais (place) 1 — Fashion brand that released a holiday collection of fancy clothing coveted by subreddit users.

The Captive Mind (book) 1 — Book referenced as part of the aesthetic shift among coastal art girls toward intellectual disaffection and ironic Catho...

Giorgio Agamben (person) 1 — Italian philosopher whose quotes are being posted by coastal art girls as part of their shift toward disaffected intelle...

Buffalo Wild Wings (place) 1 — Restaurant chain referenced to contrast inappropriate behavior at a fancy steakhouse.

Sydney Morning Herald (place) 1 — Australian newspaper that attempted to forcibly out Rebel Wilson regarding her lesbian relationship, described as an exa...

Richard Fariña (person) 1 — Beat Generation writer mentioned alongside Kerouac as example of authors who captured signs of the times in their era

Paradox games (concept) 1 — Video game genre discussed on the subreddit, criticized as only good for stopping incels from expanding into wider socie...

Mary, mother of Jesus (person) 1 — Religious figure cited as the only virgin the poster respects in a rant against incels and paradox games

Charlotte Wells (person) 1 — Director of Aftersun whose debut film demonstrates genius visual storytelling and whose career trajectory excites the po...

Lindsey Ellis (person) 1 — YouTuber who made videos arguing that cultural appropriation by itself is not inherently bad, described as ahead of thei...

Dollywood (place) 1 — Theme park in the Great Smokies region representing Southern vacation culture and mentioned as part of authentic Souther...

Popcorn Sutton (person) 1 — Legendary moonshiner referenced as part of authentic Appalachian Southern culture.

Copperhead Road (album) 1 — Song referenced in connection to moonshine culture and authentic Southern Appalachian heritage.

Grand Ole Opry (place) 1 — Historic country music venue and radio show that represented authentic Southern culture, listened to on AM radio.

Rich Men North of Richmond (album) 1 — Country song that reached #1 on Hot 100 and became a conservative culture war rallying point.

Lasso (album) 1 — Lana Del Rey's country album criticized as a cynical genre cash-in produced by Jack Antonoff.

CAAMP (person) 1 — Band criticized as making 'roots' music for finance bros, compared to Mumford and Sons 2.0.

I-Thou relationship (concept) 1 — Philosophical concept from Martin Buber applied to relationships with animals, described as the most natural and intelli...

Great Smokies (place) 1 — Mountain region in the South representing authentic Appalachian culture and moonshine country.

Condorcet (person) 1 — Enlightenment philosopher whose dream of an Encyclopedia is referenced as coming to fruition with Wikipedia.

Manhoff archives (place) 1 — Online archive website featuring USSR photographs from the early 1950s.

LinkedIn Learning (place) 1 — Online learning platform criticized for offering useless certificates that have replaced cultural knowledge as hiring cr...

Apple Pay (concept) 1 — Digital payment system used by a mechanic to pay one dollar after each hookup.

Brunch Liberals (concept) 1 — Term for a type of liberal who takes political discourse overly seriously in casual settings.

Year of the Dragon (film) 1 — Performance or show referenced as having a constrained chokehold compared to Nick Mullen's more fluid stand-up.

The Americans (film) 1 — FX Networks TV show whose seasons 5 and 6 plot was recounted after lovemaking on a Tinder date.