Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Paul Skenes (person) 1 — Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher mentioned in speculation about a potential relationship with Taylor Swift.

r/antinatalists (place) 1 — Reddit community known for bitter energy, used as comparison point for r/petfree

Class Reductionism (concept) 1 — Political approach emphasizing class over identity politics, criticized by some liberals but embraced after Luigi Mangio...

Fortune 500 (concept) 1 — Corporate categorization referenced in discussion of ideological differences between college activism and corporate Amer...

Munchausen's by Proxy (concept) 1 — Form of child abuse mentioned as example of confined and deprived childhood experiences

DNC emails leaks (concept) 1 — The 2016 scandal involving leaked Democratic National Committee emails that revealed internal shenanigans against Bernie...

Charlotte Tilbury (person) 1 — Makeup artist and cosmetics brand owner who partnered with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Netflix show.

OOIOO (album) 1 — Japanese experimental rock band featured in YouTube's July 2007 featured videos with their song 'UMO'.

Kyuss (album) 1 — Stoner rock band whose album '...And the Circus Leaves Town' turned 30 years old, described as overlooked compared to th...

Brant Bjork (person) 1 — Musician and songwriter whose departure from Kyuss affected the band's final album.

Oxbridge (place) 1 — Collective term for Oxford and Cambridge universities, referenced as part of the elite British educational pipeline.

Millwall (place) 1 — English football club referenced stereotypically in description of working-class English identity.

Sooner Than I Thought (album) 1 — Album by John Maus released after a seven-year gap.

Catalan (concept) 1 — Language referenced in discussion of the pronunciation of Ibiza, where the 'th' sound is common.

Ida Bauer (person) 1 — 18-year-old patient of Freud known as 'Dora' in his case study, who endured sexual aggression from 'Herr K.' from age 13...

Amia Srinivasan (person) 1 — Author of an LRB piece on psychoanalysis who is described as a feminist but who appears to justify aspects of Freud's in...

Lisa Appignanesi (person) 1 — Co-author (with John Forrester) who critically described Freud's interpretations of Ida Bauer as violating and compared ...

John Forrester (person) 1 — Co-author (with Lisa Appignanesi) who critically described Freud's interpretations of Ida Bauer as violating and compare...

Sándor Ferenczi (person) 1 — Psychoanalyst who wrote about child sexual abuse and the pathological consequences of forced love of a different kind th...

Fontaines D.C. (album) 1 — Irish band criticized as a rehashed, worse version of the Stone Roses with songs that sound almost identical

Ben Mora (person) 1 — A staffer on the Bernie Sanders campaign who was fired for irresponsible behavior.

Mount Eerie (person) 1 — A musician whose album 'A Crow Looked At Me' is described as emotionally devastating.

A Crow Looked At Me (album) 1 — An emotionally devastating album by Mount Eerie that the poster has listened to repeatedly until it lost its emotional i...

Bedhead (person) 1 — A band whose 1998 album was mentioned as already listened to in a search for emotionally devastating music.

MyPillow (concept) 1 — A pillow brand that offered a discount code 'qanon' that knocked forty dollars off the original price.

Pepe (concept) 1 — An internet meme character associated with 4chan and right-wing internet culture in the Super Bowl symbology analysis.

Silent Spring (book) 1 — Environmental book referenced in context of ecological decline and disappearance of wildlife sounds

Gogglebox (film) 1 — British television show cited as example of distinct British cultural output in the 2010s

Grime (concept) 1 — British music genre discussed as drifting away from its UK Garage roots toward hip-hop

Radio 1 (place) 1 — British radio station discussed as being displaced by Spotify in shaping music tastes

Shiva Baby (film) 1 — Film argued to reflect Red Scare podcast listeners more accurately than The White Lotus

Jason Bateman (person) 1 — Celebrity who co-hosts podcast Smartless criticized for disingenuous self-deprecation

Will Arnett (person) 1 — Celebrity who co-hosts podcast Smartless criticized for disingenuous self-deprecation

I Love You, Honeybear (album) 1 — An album by Father John Misty described as one of the poster's favorite albums ever and desired for wedding music.

Abdulrazak Gurnah (person) 1 — The second Black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature after Wole Soyinka, recognized for work on colonialism and...

Wole Soyinka (person) 1 — The first Black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, mentioned in comparison to Abdulrazak Gurnah.

Naguib Mahfouz (person) 1 — Nobel Prize winning writer from Africa mentioned as one of only six from the continent to win the prize.

Nadine Gordimer (person) 1 — Nobel Prize winning writer from Africa mentioned as one of only six from the continent to win the prize.

J.M. Coetzee (person) 1 — Nobel Prize winning writer from Africa mentioned as one of only six from the continent to win the prize.

Nobel Prize in Literature (concept) 1 — Literary award discussed in context of African winners, highlighting the small number from the continent.

Rahm Emanuel (person) 1 — Former Chicago mayor whose decision not to run again opened the 2019 mayoral election.

Toni Preckwinkle (person) 1 — Chicago politician who ran against Lori Lightfoot in 2019 and was seen as representing corruption.

Blake Masters (person) 1 — President of the Thiel Foundation who introduced Eric Weinstein to Anna Khachiyan.

Do Make Say Think (album) 1 — Indie band mentioned as music that seemed intelligent while smoking weed but boring after quitting.

Prefuse 73 (album) 1 — Electronic artist mentioned as music that seemed intelligent while smoking weed but boring after quitting.

Sadly, Porn (book) 1 — Book by Edward Teach MD (The Last Psychiatrist) about porn that was anticipated for years.

South Ossetia (place) 1 — Breakaway country with limited recognition mentioned in discussion of unrecognized states.

Kardashian (person) 1 — Celebrity family mentioned as examples of 'horrible fucking mothers.'

The Laramie Project (film) 1 — A theatrical work/film about the Matthew Shepard murder shown in theater class as part of LGBT education

Matthew Shepard (person) 1 — A gay man whose murder was taught in schools as part of LGBT education and sensitivity training