Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Three Body Problem (book) 2 — A science fiction trilogy mentioned as one of the novels the poster has read and enjoyed

Sally Field (person) 2 — Actress mentioned by Paglia as expressing the feminist view that a world ruled by women would be peaceful at the Emmy aw...

Boudicca (person) 2 — Ancient British warrior queen cited by Paglia as counterexample to the idea that women leaders are naturally peaceful

Iowa Writers Workshop (place) 2 — Prestigious creative writing program whose alumni are described as imitating Alice Munro's style without matching her de...

Alice Munro (person) 2 — Canadian short story writer and Nobel laureate whose death is mourned by the subreddit, praised for her depth and emotio...

Andy Samberg (person) 2 — Actor and comedian who starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, criticized in the context of declining TV comedy quality.

Stephane Grappelli (person) 2 — Jazz violinist recognized alongside Django Reinhardt for French understanding of jazz.

Edith Piaf (person) 2 — French singer cited as someone who understood jazz as the quintessential American music form.

Andrew Sullivan (person) 2 — Blogger described as 'pretty Red Scare dude' who ran a popular mid-2000s blog featuring crowd-sourced geolocation challe...

Fun. (person) 2 — Musical group whose song 'The Gambler' contains emotionally affecting lyrics about childhood and parental relationships.

PLA (concept) 2 — The People's Liberation Army, China's armed forces, mentioned in the context of finding military camaraderie across diff...

Grey Gardens (film) 2 — Documentary film recommended on the subreddit and watched by a user seeking quality art recommendations.

The 40 Year Old Virgin (film) 2 — Comedy film praised by poster, with specific mention of Leslie Mann's performance.

Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea (film) 2 — Documentary narrated by John Waters about California's Salton Sea and its eccentric inhabitants, described as frequently...

The Black Pirate (film) 2 — 1926 silent pirate film starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in two-strip Technicolor, praised as more exciting than later Err...

Niketche (book) 2 — Novel by Paulina Chiziane about polygamy in Mozambique that is praised as very well-written.

Paulina Chiziane (person) 2 — Mozambican author of the novel Niketche about polygamy, praised for her writing quality.

Red Comet (book) 2 — Biography of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark, described as the only Plath biography the reader has actually liked.

Heather Clark (person) 2 — Author of Red Comet, a well-regarded biography of Sylvia Plath.

Terrence Howard (person) 2 — Actor known for challenging mathematical dogma with unconventional theories about multiplication and square roots.

The Assistant (film) 2 — A 2019 film suggested as a better alternative to She Said, focusing on the life of one of Harvey Weinstein's assistants.

Sharia Law (concept) 2 — Islamic legal system that was the subject of conspiracy theories among American conservatives in the early 2010s who fea...

BBC News (place) 2 — British Broadcasting Corporation's news division, mentioned as a platform where a poster appeared.

ASAP Rocky (person) 2 — Rapper and fashion icon mentioned as an example of a Black artist whose gender-bending fashion choices are perceived pos...

Conan the Barbarian (film) 2 — 1982 film praised as a masterpiece for its minimal dialogue, effective storytelling, Nietzschean philosophy, and excepti...

Jenji Kohan (person) 2 — Television writer and producer mentioned alongside Lena Dunham as someone who doesn't receive the same criticism for app...

The Avalanches (person) 2 — Musical group referenced as a stylistic influence in describing a collaborative album project.

Alex Trebek (person) 2 — The longtime host of Jeopardy! whose death in 2020 is mourned as the end of an era and a personal dream for one devoted ...

Symbols of Transformation (book) 2 — Carl Jung's work quoted on the psychology of sexuality, regression, and neurosis in relation to modern discussions of in...

Lyon (place) 2 — French city mentioned as one of the few places where negative stereotypes about French people might apply, contrasted wi...

Simulacra (concept) 2 — Baudrillardian concept discussed in context of audiences preferring representations of reality as simulations rather tha...

Timothy Olyphant (person) 2 — An actor who plays a robot character in the TV show Alien Earth.

Kenosha (place) 2 — City visited by poster during George Floyd protests, location of Kyle Rittenhouse incident

Tender is the Night (book) 2 — F. Scott Fitzgerald novel being re-read for the fifth time, containing a memorable passage about WWI as 'the last love b...

Lewis Carroll (person) 2 — Author cited by Fitzgerald as one of the inventors of WWI-style warfare through his contribution to middle-class sentime...

Ulysses S. Grant (person) 2 — Civil War general mentioned in contrast to WWI tactics, credited with inventing 'mass butchery' at Petersburg but not th...

The Animals (album) 2 — Band whose song 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' was jokingly suggested as Nebraska's state song by Gilbert Gottfried

Polka Galerie (place) 2 — Gallery in Paris that exhibited Thomas Dhellemmes' photography from 'Pierres Blanches'

Lent (concept) 2 — Christian penitential period mentioned as motivation for the narrator to practice kindness and gentleness.

Botox (concept) 2 — Anti-aging cosmetic treatment discussed as part of broader cultural pressure on young women.

Mark Crispin Miller (person) 2 — Guest on Red Scare podcast who claimed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, discussed in context of election fraud c...

Riot Grrrl (concept) 2 — A feminist punk movement criticized as epitomizing useless class illiterate white liberal feminism with its only legacy ...

Backstreet Boys (album) 2 — Popular 1990s boyband mentioned as one of the heavy hitters that had split up by 2003.

Thomas Merton (person) 2 — Catholic contemplative writer whose work was absent from Catholic school education but would have made a deeper impact o...

Tesco (place) 2 — A British supermarket chain whose club card membership is humorously described as a death sentence.

Homeland (film) 2 — A TV series whose monologue provided the poster with the insight that all women are crazy and all men are losers

Miller Lite (concept) 2 — Beer brand mentioned as a preferred summer drink at a restaurant, alongside Blue Moon, in a meditation on aging and mort...

ressentiment (concept) 2 — A philosophical concept mentioned in the context of vulnerability and emotional expression, suggesting resentment or bit...

Dharma Bums (book) 2 — A Jack Kerouac novel mentioned alongside On the Road and Big Sur as part of his celebrated body of work.

John Ventimiglia (person) 2 — Actor mentioned as one of the incredible narrators of Jack Kerouac audiobooks alongside Ethan Hawke.