Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

The Righteous Gemstones (film) 3 — TV show about a megachurch family praised for creating well-rounded characters with depth despite audience complaints ab...

Demons (book) 3 — Novel by Dostoevsky praised for relevance to contemporary left-wing politics.

The Wicker Man (film) 3 — Film referenced in a satirical post about building an actual wicker man for self-immolation as a form of honorable suici...

Dahmer (film) 3 — A Netflix series about Jeffrey Dahmer criticized as an unnecessary retelling of a recent story without artistic merit.

New Sincerity (concept) 3 — Literary movement associated with David Foster Wallace, discussed as potentially stemming from autism and misinterpretin...

Herbie Hancock (person) 3 — Jazz pianist and composer featured on the track Cantaloupe Island with other jazz masters.

Richard Serra (person) 3 — One of the most significant artists of his generation (1938-2024) who produced large-scale, site-specific sculptures and...

Andrew Bird (person) 3 — An indie musician speculated as potentially being the next Andrew to face scandal, with the poster noting that many big ...

Pali Canon (book) 3 — Buddhist scripture containing extremely practical and unambiguous instructions from the Buddha on avoiding attachment an...

Blackstar (album) 3 — David Bowie's final album released shortly before his death

Brooklyn 99 (film) 3 — Network sitcom that appears on "Irredeemable Media" lists despite being described as mid and insubstantial

King Von (person) 3 — Figure associated with gang culture whose subreddit is frequented by sheltered white teens obsessed with violence.

Nadia Lee Cohen (person) 3 — Successful artsy photographer invoked as an aspirational but unrealistic comparison for an aspiring photographer

Blue's Clues (film) 3 — 1990s/2000s children's television show praised for its original format and compared unfavorably to its modern reboot

John Berger (person) 3 — An author frequently cited by Anna for his observation about the gendered dynamics of looking and being looked at.

This Side of Paradise (book) 3 — Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that gains pathos when understood as the author's aspirational vision of privileged youth r...

Scammer (book) 3 — A book by Caroline Calloway that allegedly has not been shipped to customers more than 6 months after ordering.

Rosamund Pike (person) 3 — British actress mentioned in ranking of British actors by class origin, noted as daughter of opera singers.

Paul (person) 3 — Biblical apostle whose testimony of seeing the risen Christ is cited as common but logically circular apologetics argume...

Primus (album) 3 — Alternative rock band whose concert tickets were mysteriously given to a Reddit user by a drunk guy with a mohawk at a b...

Bill Hader (person) 3 — Actor and creator of Barry, discussed as appearing unwell and potentially suicidal, with Barry season 4 feeling like the...

Alan Moore (person) 3 — Occult, bearded, anarchist, northern English writer of graphic novels including Watchmen and V for Vendetta, described a...

The Passenger (book) 3 — A novel by Cormac McCarthy being read and discussed as not his best work but still containing beautiful passages and bei...

Buffalo '66 (film) 3 — Vincent Gallo film discussed in context of a date where the woman overly identified with the violent, sociopathic protag...

Less Than Zero (book) 3 — A novel by Bret Easton Ellis that was loved in high school and appreciated more upon revisiting.

The Hollow Men (book) 3 — T.S. Eliot poem about spiritual emptiness and paralysis posted in its entirety

PewDiePie (person) 3 — YouTuber criticized as the most successful example of an industry built around grown men recording themselves playing vi...

RISD (place) 3 — Rhode Island School of Design, an art and design college noted for its wealthy student population

Warren Zevon (person) 3 — American rock musician known for songs like "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner," discussed in context of fantasizing a...

End of Evangelion (film) 3 — Anime film discussed as muddled but interesting for its meta-commentary and fourth wall breaking, featuring real world p...

Heidegger (person) 3 — German philosopher whose flamboyant language is viewed more favorably than Deleuze's by the poster.

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (film) 3 — Adam Curtis documentary featuring music by Pizzicato Five and Leonard Cohen.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (book) 3 — Science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick that was described as 'pretty cool' before the reader lost the book.

Jacques Ellul (person) 3 — French philosopher and social critic who cataloged commonplace aphorisms in his 1960s book on new commonplaces in France...

Trepanation (concept) 3 — Medical procedure of drilling a hole in the skull, discussed as potential treatment for dopamine issues and to magnify p...

Generational Trauma (concept) 3 — The theory that trauma can be passed down through generations, discussed in relation to Irish-American predisposition to...

Letters to a Young Poet (book) 3 — Ten letters by Rilke exploring solitude, love, and the difficult work of being human, emphasizing that we are fundamenta...

Ovid (person) 3 — Classical Roman poet whose work the poster was studying intensively in a library, feeling discouraged.

Mario Savio (person) 3 — American political activist and key member of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement who gave the famous 'Bodies Upon The Gea...

Frank Lloyd Wright (person) 3 — Famous architect whose houses Graycliff and Martin House are discussed by a poster planning to visit them.

2 Chainz (person) 3 — Rapper described as consistently underrated and praised as the perfect feature artist who never makes songs worse

Faust (concept) 3 — Referenced as the 'Faustian element' relating to endless possible knowledge consumption and the despair it creates

The Leftovers (film) 3 — HBO show praised for effectively conveying feelings of disorientation, isolation and hopelessness caused by world condit...

Tertullian (person) 3 — Early Christian theologian in the Roman Empire, attributed with the quote 'A woman is a temple built over a sewer.'

Brittany Murphy (person) 3 — Actress who starred in Drop Dead Gorgeous alongside Kirstie Alley and Kirsten Dunst.

Pierce Brosnan (person) 3 — Actor cited as an example of someone who appreciates plus-size women, mentioned in a post praising BBW (Big Beautiful Wo...

Jesus Christ (person) 3 — Central figure of Christianity whose role as shepherd and source of grace through faith is contrasted with Mormon belief...

Glengarry Glen Ross (film) 3 — A Broadway production being staged with Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, and Bill Burr, followed by an all-female production

Bob Marley (person) 3 — Musician whose music the poster enjoys listening to while playing guitar in their backyard in Australia.

Matthew (book) 3 — Gospel of the Bible cited for verses about living by God's word, perfection, worry, Jesus dining with sinners, sacrifice...