Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Poshlust (concept) 1 — Russian aesthetic concept referring to vulgarity and philistinism, associated with Nabokov's literary criticism.

Shakers (concept) 1 — Religious sect that mandated celibacy and declined due to inability to reproduce, used as analogy for antinatalism

All Hail West Texas (album) 1 — Album mentioned as listening choice while hearing loud crows outside

NatGeo (place) 1 — National Geographic magazine referenced in connection to an article about race.

Kirstie Alley (person) 1 — Actress who starred in Drop Dead Gorgeous alongside Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy.

Kurt Russell (person) 1 — American actor discussed as an example of a man that men find attractive but women may not

Bone Tomahawk (film) 1 — Film featuring Kurt Russell as an old sheriff, referenced in discussion of male attractiveness

Chekhov's gun (concept) 1 — Narrative principle applied to the Chernobyl situation during the Ukraine conflict, suggesting that prominently featured...

2011 Wisconsin Budget Protests (concept) 1 — Major political protests discussed as having been completely forgotten despite being front-page news for months

Lenny (person) 1 — Person or pet (possibly Dasha Nekrasova's dog) whose birthday coincides with Red Scare podcast's anniversary

Carlos Castaneda (person) 1 — Author referenced in discussion of consciousness merging with animals, specifically his work 'A Separate Reality' featur...

A Separate Reality (book) 1 — Book by Carlos Castaneda cited as evidence for consciousness merging with animals, featuring a witch who transforms into...

The Whitney (place) 1 — Art museum in the West Village of New York City, noted for its architecture and focus on American art.

Noguchi Museum (place) 1 — Museum in Queens, New York dedicated to sculptures, described as calm and featuring many sculptures.

Elisabeth Shue (person) 1 — Actress who starred in Leaving Las Vegas, admiringly mentioned by the poster.

Allegro Non Troppo (film) 1 — Hand-drawn animated film cited as an example of animation's artistic potential.

Son of the White Mare (film) 1 — Hand-drawn animated film cited as an example of animation's artistic potential.

Fantastic Planet (film) 1 — Hand-drawn animated film cited as an example of animation's artistic potential.

Spanish Inquisition (concept) 1 — Historical period of religious persecution in Spain referenced in context of a poster's ancestry to Spanish nobility.

Dissociation (concept) 1 — Psychological phenomenon of disconnection from thoughts, identity, and surroundings, popularized by social media and dis...

Mall of America (place) 1 — Large shopping mall where poster engages in comparative attractiveness assessments

Climate Emergency Fund (place) 1 — Private fund supporting climate activism, criticized as profiting from performative protest

Margaret Klein Salamon (person) 1 — Clinical psychologist and Executive Director of Climate Emergency Fund, author of book on climate emergency

Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform Yourself with Climate Truth (book) 1 — Book by Margaret Klein Salamon cited as evidence of profiteering from climate activism

Harold Wilson (person) 1 — British Labour Prime Minister criticized by the Beatles in 'Taxman' for high progressive taxation rates

Edward Heath (person) 1 — British Conservative politician mentioned in the Beatles' 'Taxman' though the song primarily targets Labour

Taxman (album) 1 — Beatles song criticized as a right-wing protest song for rich people complaining about progressive taxation

Nobel Prize for Literature (concept) 1 — Literary prize criticized for disproportionate bias toward Swedish authors over other nations

Swedish Academy (place) 1 — Institution administering the Nobel Prize for Literature, accused of favoritism toward Swedish authors

An Imperial Message (book) 1 — A short story by Franz Kafka about a messenger attempting to deliver a message from a dying emperor through an impossibl...

Sous Vide (concept) 1 — An expensive cooking technique involving elaborate machinery criticized as a Rube Goldberg-esque method favored by male ...

Madonna/whore paradigm (concept) 1 — A dichotomous view of women that categorizes them as either pure and virtuous (Madonna) or sexually promiscuous and degr...

Informing Ourselves to Death (book) 1 — A speech by Neil Postman discussing how computer technology redistributes power and how 'winners' convince 'losers' to e...

Kindred (book) 1 — A novel by Octavia Butler discussed in a creative writing seminar, where students debated reactions to slavery and wheth...

The Corrections (book) 1 — A novel by Jonathan Franzen that received hostile reactions when mentioned as a favorite book in a creative writing work...

W.E.B. Du Bois (person) 1 — Black intellectual and writer whose work was studied in college humanities classes, where students focused more on his r...

Toni Morrison (person) 1 — Black writer whose work was studied in college humanities classes, where students focused more on her racial identity th...

IBM (place) 1 — Technology corporation that sponsored Neil Postman's 1990 speech on computer technology and its social implications in S...

Stuttgart (place) 1 — German city where Neil Postman delivered his speech 'Informing Ourselves to Death' at a meeting of the German Informatic...

K-mart (place) 1 — A retail chain used as an example of corporate monopolization versus local small businesses in small towns.

Nancy Botwin (person) 1 — A television character described as the poster's first MILF crush from a show that premiered around 2016.

Magnolia Electric Co. (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'Bowery' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Wax Chattels (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'Cede' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Slow Pulp (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'Falling Apart' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Spookey Ruben (person) 1 — A musical artist whose song 'These days are old' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Teen Suicide (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'the same things happening to me all the time, even in my dreams' was discovered thr...

Primitive Radio Gods (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand' was discovered through...

Yumi Zouma (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'The Brae' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Camel (person) 1 — A musical artist or band whose song 'Lady Fantasy' was discovered through r/redscarepod.

Whitmer Thomas (person) 1 — A musical artist whose song 'Hurts to Be Alive' was discovered through r/redscarepod.