Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Right Wing Women (book) 3 — Book by Andrea Dworkin analyzing why conservative women support patriarchal systems as a survival strategy in a dangerou...

Macklemore (person) 3 — Rapper referenced in a satirical post playing on his song lyrics in relation to the Red Scare podcast.

Hermès (concept) 3 — Luxury fashion brand referenced in context of a K-hole experience where the poster felt like they were melting into an H...

Me Too (concept) 3 — A social movement against sexual harassment and assault compared to communist-era obsession in the US, criticized for cr...

Kim Gordon (person) 3 — Bassist for Sonic Youth featured in list of famous female bassists in music.

Porsche (concept) 3 — German automotive company mentioned as an example of a business co-owned by a Jew who was forced out during aryanisation...

Jacob Savage (person) 3 — Writer who authored essays on discrimination against young white men in elite professions during the DEI era, including ...

Gavin McInnes (person) 3 — Former king of New York hipsters described as extremely funny and charismatic who became a right-wing figure with dimini...

TV Tropes (place) 3 — Website that catalogs storytelling conventions, mentioned as marking "there are no women on the internet" as a discredit...

Shameless (film) 3 — An American television series that is reported to be extremely popular in China despite the internet firewall.

Beijing (place) 3 — Chinese capital city that a poster wanted to move to but heard is 'boring now' when considering cities to teach in China...

Guangzhou (place) 3 — Major Chinese city where business-type foreigners congregate, not recommended for Red Scare listeners.

Olive Garden (place) 3 — Chain Italian restaurant whose breadsticks are one of the few foods eaten by a child with an extremely limited diet.

XTC (album) 3 — A band whose song 'Senses Working Overtime' is praised for having one of the most ingenious and infectious choruses in p...

The Kinks (album) 3 — British band from the 1960s-70s era considered underrated relative to contemporaries like The Beatles, The Stones, The W...

They Live (film) 3 — A film referenced in a comparison about being able to spot adults who weren't exposed to enough germs as children in a c...

Occupy (concept) 3 — Social movement criticized for rejecting strategic planning as 'hegemonic' and 'corporate' when advised by experienced a...

Lenny Kravitz (person) 3 — 60-year-old rockstar who looks significantly better than younger anti-aging obsessed millionaire Bryan Johnson

Nikocado Avocado (person) 3 — YouTube personality discussed as potentially the greatest contemporary performance artist for gaining 200 pounds and cre...

Riyadh (place) 3 — Saudi Arabian city hosting a comedy festival where Pete Davidson is hypothetically imagined as a suicide bomber.

Operation GLADIO (concept) 3 — NATO stay-behind groups in Turkey that organized pogroms, massacred leftists, and created rightwing nationalist Islamist...

Class Consciousness (concept) 3 — Political awareness of one's class position and interests, described as coherent and articulate in the context of Luigi ...

Punch Drunk Love (film) 3 — A film referenced as a template for describing a woman's search for community and connection, with the post imagining a ...

Pentagon (place) 3 — U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, described as the world's largest, most corrupt, and most arcane bureaucracy.

Mr Bean (film) 3 — British comedy series discussed as a universally accessible, language-less form of humor that the poster predicts will p...

Tariq Nasheed (person) 3 — Media personality associated with Black militant content on social media, mentioned as part of conspiratorial online con...

r/nba (place) 3 — NBA subreddit whose users are criticized for being 'soy' and expressing Twitter-like progressive opinions despite tradit...

Kash Patel (person) 3 — FBI figure mentioned by Trump in context of investigating voter fraud and political corruption rather than Epstein files...

The Beast (film) 3 — 2023 film directed by Bertrand Bonello featuring Dasha Nekrasova in a memorable supporting role.

David Geffen (person) 3 — Music executive who Judee Sill fought with and called a slur in an interview, leading to her being dropped from her labe...

Spider-Man (2002) (film) 3 — Sam Raimi superhero film remembered for a scene where the Green Goblin kills businessmen with a flash bomb.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (book) 3 — Oscar Wilde novel referenced in reverse as metaphor for social media's effect on authentic self

Mike Myers (person) 3 — Former SNL cast member cited as an example of a distinctive personality from the show's better era.

Sri Lanka (place) 3 — Country referenced as a place where certain Americans lived as children, leading to unexpected linguistic fluency.

Q-Anon (concept) 3 — Internet-based conspiracy movement that had large cultural impact but is fading from collective memory despite being rel...

Louis Vuitton (place) 3 — Luxury fashion brand referenced through its accessories (LV) worn by a wealthy gay patron of an LGBT strip club.

Air Bud (film) 3 — Film series referenced as model for a proposed comedy franchise about a fat protagonist taking on different athletic ven...

Mark Kozelek (person) 3 — A musician contrasted with Phil Elverum as someone who turns personal experiences into narcissistic ramblings rather tha...

Past Lives (film) 3 — A24 film criticized as bourgeois for centering a story on extremely wealthy Korean immigrants while being framed as rela...

Situationship (concept) 3 — A romantic or sexual relationship that lacks clear definition or commitment, discussed as the reality behind women using...

Tim and Eric (person) 3 — Comedy duo whose surreal, meta humor style is discussed as having a devastating impact on modern pop culture and adverti...

MSN Messenger (concept) 3 — Early internet messaging platform where kids would encounter strangers, including a German pervert who exposed himself o...

Hallelujah (album) 3 — Leonard Cohen's most popular song that was performed poorly at a Dutch open mic night, turning the narrator against it e...

Earl Sweatshirt (person) 3 — Rapper who was sent to a school in Samoa around 2010, referenced as a recent case of someone being sent away to a reform...

Grover Cleveland (person) 3 — Former U.S. President referenced in the context of Trump's non-consecutive presidential terms, as Cleveland was the only...

Internalized Misogyny (concept) 3 — Concept criticized as a non-solution-oriented explanation for female aggression that prevents women from examining their...

Depression Cherry (album) 3 — Beach House album used as an example of a band's most popular work that is considered middling compared to their other o...

Jennifer Lopez (person) 3 — Actress who starred in an expensive sci-fi movie for Netflix that cost $100 million, cited as an example of streaming pl...

Temple Grandin (person) 3 — An openly autistic woman whose challenges helped someone diagnosed with autism feel less alone without making it the sol...

Damascus (place) 3 — Syrian capital city that fell after Assad regime collapsed unexpectedly after over a decade of resistance.