Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Mariupol (place) 1 — Ukrainian city subjected to siege and devastation during the Russian invasion, depicted in documentary film.

You Know I'm No Good (album) 1 — Song by Amy Winehouse described as one of the tightest mainstream pop songs

Adam West Batman (film) 1 — 1960s Batman movie described as hilarious and representing what superhero movies should be, likely influenced by drugs

Adam West (person) 1 — Actor who played Batman in the 1960s film praised for its psychedelic humor

Georgina Rodriguez (person) 1 — Cristiano Ronaldo's long-term girlfriend who lives with him in Saudi Arabia under special exception but is not married t...

Slim Aarons (person) 1 — Photographer whose summer photographs in a hotel lobby are described as beautiful

Beit Hanoun (place) 1 — City in Gaza referenced in personal account of displacement and ongoing conflict

Vladimir Kramnik (person) 1 — Chess grandmaster who famously beat Kasparov in the 1990s and is discussed in connection with making baseless accusation...

Benin (place) 1 — Small African country mentioned as an example of where generative AI video could potentially tip an election.

Tom Ripley (person) 1 — Character played by Dennis Hopper in The American Friend, portrayed as a cowboy-hat-wearing art dealer with a Buckley-es...

Jean-Pierre Melville (person) 1 — French filmmaker whose intrigue style influenced The American Friend.

Verso (place) 1 — Publishing house jokingly suggested as the potential publisher for 'The Red Scare Guide To Sucking Dick' in a satirical ...

Bong Joon-ho (person) 1 — Film director who won an Oscar, humorously referenced for his surname's association with marijuana.

How to Be an Antiracist (book) 1 — Book by Ibram X. Kendi that advocates focusing on policy over people, rejecting racial uplift calls and group trauma nar...

Mike Tracey (person) 1 — Political commentator mentioned alongside Aimee Terese as someone who should be able to get behind Kendi's anti-racist f...

The Trevor Project (place) 1 — LGBTQ youth support organization satirically referenced as receiving minimal profits from true crime merch

Howard Zinn (person) 1 — Left-wing historian whose work is discussed as a starting point for alternative American history

A People's History of the United States (book) 1 — Howard Zinn's left-wing history book described as flawed but a good starting point for alternative American history

Chris Wickham (person) 1 — Historian praised for his left-wing overview of Medieval Europe with emphasis on peasantry

Mel Gabler (person) 1 — Conservative textbook reviewer referenced as representing mainstream American history education

Norma Gabler (person) 1 — Conservative textbook reviewer referenced alongside Mel Gabler as representing mainstream American history education

Melodrama (album) 1 — Lorde album described as decent that the Red Scare hosts allegedly ignored

Pure Heroine (album) 1 — Lorde album that Dasha Nekrasova mentioned resonating with

Night Time, My Time (album) 1 — Sky Ferreira album described as dope

Little Boots (person) 1 — Musician with a long discography of well-crafted electropop bangers

Keystone Pipeline (concept) 1 — Oil pipeline project that poster argues should never have been approved

Ringing Bell (film) 1 — Japanese family film noted as a shock film for children that depicts themes of revenge and war

Defund the Police (concept) 1 — Political slogan and movement discussed as an inescapable political liability for Democrats

The Killing Joke (book) 1 — Batman graphic novel considered by many to be a magnum opus of superhero comics but critiqued as overhyped and lacking i...

Lad Culture (concept) 1 — British cultural phenomenon of the late 2000s characterized by hedonistic masculinity, attributed to influence of The In...

Power of the Dog (film) 1 — A film referenced as "the worst gay movie of the last ten years" that was nominated for awards around 2022.

Tequila by the Champs (album) 1 — Song mentioned as playing while the poster was baking and zesting a lemon, associated with finding a happy place.

DeepDream (concept) 1 — Early AI-generated art technology criticized as feeling aesthetically Reddit in the worst way, contrasted with newer AI ...

Nord Stream 2 (concept) 1 — Gas pipeline referenced in speculation about Biden bombing it in fall, discussed as a geopolitical flex.

Lewis Hamilton (person) 1 — Formula 1 driver criticized for being effeminate, lacking sex appeal, and having a 'holier than thou' attitude about soc...

The Boss Baby (film) 1 — Film used as a comparison to describe the r/askmen subreddit as childish

Stephen A. Smith (person) 1 — Sports commentator referenced as having influenced someone to debate sports GOAT arguments obsessively

Rutina Wesley (person) 1 — Actress who played Tara in True Blood and appeared in The Last of Us

Tom Noonan (person) 1 — Actor suggested as a possibility to portray the judge in the Blood Meridian film adaptation

the judge (person) 1 — Iconic character from Blood Meridian described as a character you shouldn't want to emulate but can't help wanting to

Tham Luang (concept) 1 — Cave rescue incident referenced as a contrast to current public apathy regarding the submarine disaster, showing how pub...

Los Feliz (place) 1 — Los Angeles neighborhood described as cool but where people dress homeless, noted for awkward pronunciation debates

Father Zosima (person) 1 — Character from The Brothers Karamazov whose chapters evoke feelings of religious rapture and love that the poster envies

Dark Angel (film) 1 — A television show featuring Jessica Alba that aired in the early 2000s, referenced nostalgically by someone dyeing their...

Jessica Alba (person) 1 — Actress who starred in the television show Dark Angel, praised for her performance.

Drone (concept) 1 — A music genre characterized by sustained or repeated sounds and dense distortion, similar in frequency patterns to white...

Noise (concept) 1 — An experimental music genre utilizing dissonance and dense distortion with frequency patterns similar to white noise.

Masada (place) 1 — An ancient Israeli fortress whose historical narrative has been questioned as potentially fraudulent according to Haaret...

Hebron (place) 1 — A Palestinian city in the West Bank where German journalists were stopped and threatened by IDF soldiers.

ARD (place) 1 — German public broadcaster whose news team was stopped and threatened by IDF soldiers near Hebron.