Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

/Soc/ (place) 1 — 4chan board where someone met another person they traveled to the Netherlands to visit

Anatoly Fomenko (person) 1 — A professor of Math and Topology at Moscow State University known for his art and crackpot history theories

Moscow State University (place) 1 — Russian university where Anatoly Fomenko teaches Math and Topology

Matty Healey (person) 1 — Musician who represents a middle-of-the-road masculinity that doesn't fit neatly into either alpha male or progressive m...

Super Size Me (film) 1 — Documentary film about McDonald's consumption whose director was allegedly an alcoholic, making the health decline attri...

Sevilla (place) 1 — Spanish city mentioned to illustrate the diversity of Europe against American assumptions of European homogeneity

Oulu (place) 1 — Finnish city mentioned to illustrate the diversity of Europe against American assumptions of European homogeneity

Grozny (place) 1 — Chechen capital city mentioned to illustrate the diversity of Europe against American assumptions of European homogeneit...

Mansplaining (concept) 1 — Term used dismissively against a male participant in a discussion about feminism and ecology

Charles XII (person) 1 — Swedish king cited as a great subject for movies that Hollywood has neglected to make a masterpiece about

DVMVGE (album) 1 — Music artist whose track Peace for Tomorrow (Velour Bathrobe Remix) was featured in a post

Sarah Sherman (person) 1 — SNL cast member who played a character in the White Lotus parody sketch, criticized for making fun of teeth and accent

Robert Moses (person) 1 — Historical figure referenced as an example of the real face of white supremacy compared to Capitol rioters

Kayali (concept) 1 — A perfume brand characterized as 'slop' by critics, known for sweet, gourmand fragrances marketed heavily on TikTok with...

19th century German philosophy (concept) 1 — Academic subject studied by Dasha Nekrasova at Mills College during her college years

Bradford (place) 1 — British city referenced as an example of failed immigration integration policy

The Revolutionary War (film) 1 — Ken Burns documentary series that reveals historical facts about George Washington and the founding of America

Paranormal Activity (film) 1 — A horror film franchise referenced as an example of demonic haunting that should not be directly mentioned when fabricat...

Private Language Argument (concept) 1 — A Wittgensteinian philosophical concept presented as a way to understand that social constructs have meaning within livi...

M3GAN (film) 1 — A film cited as the beginning of a trend of 'evil gays' returning to pop culture after an era of sanitized, corporate ga...

Meetup (place) 1 — An online platform for organizing social meetups, criticized as being full of weirdos and not a good way to meet normal ...

Mike Recime (person) 1 — A guest on The Adam Friedland Show who appeared in an episode that played during an awkward date situation

Michael Savage (person) 1 — Conservative radio host mentioned alongside Newt Gingrich as traditional conservative media figure.

Ms Rachel (person) 1 — Referenced in context of shifting liberal opinion on Israeli military action in Gaza.

Vichy France (concept) 1 — Nazi-collaborationist French government whose flag represents online radicalization in satirical post.

Prevent (concept) 1 — UK government counter-radicalization program mentioned satirically in context of online extremism.

Nootropics (concept) 1 — Cognitive enhancement supplements discussed as expensive placebo when compared to simple hydration and healthy habits.

r/QOVESStudio (place) 1 — A subreddit dedicated to the sciences of beauty, characterized as insanely neurotic

Henri Rousseau (person) 1 — An artist whose painting The Sleeping Gypsy from 1897 is featured in a collection of favorite paintings of people sleepi...

Ferdinand Max Bredt (person) 1 — An artist whose painting Schlafende, Sleeping Woman with a Book from 1921 is featured in a collection of favorite painti...

Matriarchy (concept) 1 — A social system portrayed in the Barbie world where women hold important jobs and men are side characters

Fredric Wiseman (person) 1 — Documentary filmmaker whose 1960s film 'Juvenile Court' about children going to jail was shown at a Telluride film festi...

Juvenile Court (film) 1 — A three-hour documentary from the 1960s by Fredric Wiseman about children going to jail that was described as absolutely...

Telluride (place) 1 — A town hosting a film festival that rich people attend to watch sub-Oscarbait films, where a screening of Fredric Wisema...

Exvangelical (concept) 1 — Term for people who grew up with fundamentalist evangelical Christian parents and are now 'deconstructing' while adoptin...

Reacher (film) 1 — Popular TV show cited as an example of media where it would be difficult to find Latino representation despite their sig...

Lynda Carter (person) 1 — Half-Mexican actress who can pass for white and gets cast in white roles rather than as Latina characters, exemplifying ...

Frankie Muniz (person) 1 — Half-Puerto Rican actor who can pass for white and gets cast in white roles rather than as Latino characters, illustrati...

Gina Torres (person) 1 — Afro-Latina actress who gets cast as African American rather than in roles of Latin American descent, exemplifying how e...

drawafish.com (place) 1 — Website created by a Reddit user where people can draw fish, with the best and worst submissions from the subreddit cura...

r/MyBoyfriendIsAI (place) 1 — Subreddit where people discuss romantic relationships with AI chatbots, described as beyond bleak and depressing with us...

Cat in the Hat 2 (film) 1 — Fictional sequel referenced in a satirical quote attributed to Alec Baldwin.

Ilan Omar (person) 1 — Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, mentioned as someone AOC allegedly sold out on Israel policy.

SRD (place) 1 — Subreddit SubredditDrama, whose posters are being addressed in a post about AOC.

Clinton Hill (place) 1 — Brooklyn neighborhood referenced as location of an insanely cheap apartment someone is reluctant to give up.

Bush v. Gore (concept) 1 — Supreme Court case referenced as part of a Wikipedia rabbit hole leading to the Terri Schiavo case.

Dimes (place) 1 — Restaurant in New York where Dasha Nekrasova was allegedly kicked out for bickering with waiters about serving meat on F...

Rick Ross (person) 1 — Rapper who faced backlash for a date rape lyric in one of his songs.

Autophagy (concept) 1 — Metabolic process that occurs during fasting where the body uses up cellular waste for nutrition.

Brass Eye (film) 1 — British satirical television series quoted in a discussion about homosexuality.