Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Emma Heming Willis (person) 1 — A model who walked for major fashion houses in the late 1990s and early 2000s including Ungaro, Valentino, YSL, and Dior...

Emanuel Ungaro (person) 1 — Fashion designer whose 1998 collection featured model Emma Heming Willis.

Valentino (person) 1 — Fashion designer whose 2000 collection featured model Emma Heming Willis.

Christian Dior (person) 1 — Fashion house whose 1999 collection featured model Emma Heming Willis.

Herve Leger (person) 1 — Fashion designer whose 1998 collection featured model Emma Heming Willis.

Louis Feraud (person) 1 — Fashion designer whose 1997 collection featured model Emma Heming Willis.

Cybele (person) 1 — Phrygian Mother Goddess whose surname Mida was mistranslated as Midas in inscriptions on the Midas Monument in Turkey.

Midas (person) 1 — Legendary king of Phrygia whose name was incorrectly associated with the Phrygian rock monument that was actually a sanc...

Dyson (place) 1 — Company that manufactures faucet/air-dryer combo devices criticized for spraying users with water in gender-inclusive wa...

r/CombatFootage (place) 1 — Subreddit discussed as being censored regarding Palestinian content while promoting Israeli content

Al-Qassam brigade (concept) 1 — Palestinian military group whose videos are reportedly censored on r/CombatFootage

Mary Moore (person) 1 — 88-year-old activist who has protested Bohemian Grove for decades

iMessage (concept) 1 — Messaging platform discussed in relation to the psychological implications of read receipts

Model UN (concept) 1 — Model United Nations, a high school and college simulation program of UN procedures, discussed in the context of current...

Bibi (person) 1 — Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, discussed in the context of comparing American college campus protests to 1930s Germany...

Procreate (concept) 1 — Digital illustration software criticized for enabling low-effort art production involving traced photographs.

Alia Shawkat (person) 1 — Actress mentioned as a celebrity crush in contrast to Megan thee Stallion, suggesting different male aesthetic preferenc...

Robot 9000 (place) 1 — A 4chan board referenced as having a 'Bedlam human zoo atmosphere' that makes readers suicidally depressed.

Bedlam (place) 1 — Historic psychiatric hospital referenced as a metaphor for the chaotic 'human zoo atmosphere' of certain online spaces.

Adelitas (concept) 1 — Soldaderas or women in the military who participated in the Mexican Revolution, ranging from commanding officers to comb...

Fred Again (person) 1 — Electronic music producer associated with the UK garage/wobble synth style and high BPM tracks above 130, influencing cu...

Caribou (person) 1 — Electronic music artist whose newest song 'Honey' exemplifies the UK garage/wobble synth style trend.

UK Garage (concept) 1 — Electronic music genre experiencing a revival, characterized by wobble synth style and high BPM above 130.

Adam Johnson (person) 1 — Electronic music artist whose track 'Chigliak' is recommended alongside other underrecognized electronic music.

Rodney Dangerfield (person) 1 — Comedian cited as the original 'literally me' character representing lack of respect, lack of success, and constant need...

Avatar 2: The Way of Water (film) 1 — Second installment in the Avatar franchise that elicits surprisingly intense emotional reactions from some superfans.

Peso Pluma (person) 1 — Musical artist who charges $1,500 for VIP meet-and-greet experiences that last only seconds, seen as exploitative of fan...

Kronos (concept) 1 — Greek mythological figure who ate his children due to a prophecy, raising questions about why he didn't simply kill them...

Southern Appalachian accent (concept) 1 — American English accent variety described as among the most attractive and interesting sounding in the English language.

Pete Campbell (person) 1 — Character on Mad Men portrayed as privileged and morally compromised, with a secret child from an affair with Peggy.

COBRA (concept) 1 — Expensive continuation health insurance coverage mentioned as part of the healthcare system's problems.

Kumon (place) 1 — Educational enrichment program that represents over-structured childhood, which the poster rejects in favor of free-rang...

Bill Skarsgård (person) 1 — Actor praised for his amazing performance in the 2024 Nosferatu remake.

r/rateme (place) 1 — Reddit community where people ask strangers to rate their appearance, questioned as masochistic behavior.

Latchkey Kid (concept) 1 — Generation X experience of coming home from school to an empty house, now worn as a badge of honor despite being unremar...

The Bauhaus (concept) 1 — German art and design school from the 1910s-1920s praised as the pinnacle of aesthetics for its clean, utopian vision of...

Pal Benko (person) 1 — Hungarian chess grandmaster who defected from the Soviet Union, became Hungarian Champion at 20, played in Candidates' t...

1994 PCA World Chess Championship (concept) 1 — Chess championship quarter finals held at Trump Tower where Donald Trump opened the event and asked Pal Benko if he coul...

American Plains Indians Ledger Art (concept) 1 — Historical artwork created by Plains Indians documenting warfare against the U.S. Army in the 1870s-1880s.

WADA (place) 1 — World Anti-Doping Agency mentioned in context of state-sanctioned doping and surprise visits to athletes to test for ste...

Vasco da Gama (person) 1 — Portuguese explorer who first went to India and mistook a Hindu temple for a church, praying to Krishna and Devaki whom ...

St. Thomas Christians (concept) 1 — Christian community that existed in India before European contact, brought by Syrian traders, later persecuted by the Po...

Krishna (person) 1 — Hindu deity who Portuguese explorers mistook for Jesus when they first encountered Hindu temples in India.

Devaki (person) 1 — Mother of Krishna in Hindu mythology, mistaken for the Virgin Mary by Portuguese explorers who encountered Hindu temples...

Goa Inquisition (concept) 1 — Portuguese colonial persecution of St. Thomas Christians in India that decimated their numbers and destroyed their histo...

The Odd Couple (film) 1 — Referenced as a comparison for a liberal husband and conservative wife political dynamic in a marriage.

Demna (person) 1 — Fashion designer whose final Balenciaga collection was anticipated but overshadowed by Robert Wun's couture presentation...

Mosul (place) 1 — Iraqi city referenced as having been conquered by ISIS in satirical commentary about justifications for violence.

The Gay Science (book) 1 — Philosophical work by Nietzsche (also known as The Joyous Science) containing aphorism 276 about amor fati and affirming...

Horst Wessel (person) 1 — Nazi figure referenced as an example of historical political martyrs that contemporary figures will not become.