Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Yasunari Kawabata (person) 2 — Japanese author mentioned as part of Japan's rich cultural legacy when considering which language to learn.

Hentai (concept) 2 — A genre of sexually explicit anime/manga content that has been increasingly normalized and displayed publicly through cl...

Sorbonne (place) 2 — The prestigious Parisian university where Simone de Beauvoir and Simone Weil both took examinations and had their famous...

PowerPoint (concept) 2 — Presentation software blamed for contributing to a competency crisis by inhibiting complex thinking when used as primary...

South Wales (place) 2 — Beautiful area in Wales with nice towns but limited job prospects, considered as location for purchasing childhood home

Zayn Malik (person) 2 — Former One Direction member exposed for hooking up with a 33-year-old from Tinder and requesting threesomes.

Greggs (place) 2 — British bakery chain known for sausage rolls, mentioned in context of unhealthy British diet

Unknown Pleasures (album) 2 — Joy Division's debut album that initially bored the narrator at age 16 and took years to appreciate.

Madness (person) 2 — British ska band whose song 'Our House' became an object of ADHD-driven obsessive listening fixation for its specific 30...

Dieter Rams (person) 2 — Designer featured in the 2018 documentary Rams, shown criticizing various designs including those by George Nelson and G...

WallStreetBets (place) 2 — Reddit community (WSB) that orchestrated stock market manipulation around GameStop, discussed in context of concerns abo...

Saskatchewan (place) 2 — Canadian province to which an Indigenous woman in a legal case was being sent for rehabilitation.

Barbara Ehrenreich (person) 2 — Author of Fear of Falling, discussing the transformation of leftists into neoconservatives in the 1970s

Quantum Immortality (concept) 2 — A thought experiment extending quantum suicide theory, suggesting that conscious beings can only experience universes in...

AGP (concept) 2 — Autogynephilia, referenced in discussion of a specific type of politically confused person described as 'AGP radlibs who...

Schizoid Personality Disorder (concept) 2 — Mental health condition that someone experiencing severe anhedonia looked up on WebMD to see if they met the diagnosis r...

Alex's War (film) 2 — Documentary film about Alex Jones directed by Alex Lee Moyer, screened in Toronto with Red Scare subreddit members plann...

Temple Mount (place) 2 — Holy site in Jerusalem where a proposed image of Armaaruss (Mars/god of war) should be placed according to eschatologica...

Aurora (place) 2 — A Norwegian singer criticized for performative eccentricity and 'cosplay autism' during live performances.

Cassie (person) 2 — Character from Euphoria described as relatable for depicting anxious attachment issues and inconsistent attention from p...

PATRIOT Act (concept) 2 — Federal legislation criticized for overreach and bipartisan support that contributed to erosion of civil liberties.

Nathan Robinson (person) 2 — Editor of Current Affairs magazine who came out looking best in a leftist infighting incident involving Amber Frost and ...

Lyta Gold (person) 2 — Writer at Current Affairs who publicly made fun of Anna's unpublished submission, described as a psycho bitch who humili...

Too Loud a Solitude (book) 2 — Novel by Bohumil Hrabal read by the Red Scare Book Club as part of their exploration of themes of stultifying elite clas...

Woodcutters (book) 2 — Novel by Thomas Bernhard, initially censored in Vienna, selected as the Red Scare Book Club's next reading in 2021

Being John Malkovich (film) 2 — Film directed by Spike Jonze that a user had been promoting before discovering the director's race

Luke Skywalker (person) 2 — Star Wars character whose home planet becomes a trivia question in Ernest Cline's poem for hiring porn actresses

John Lavery (person) 2 — Irish painter who created a work depicting the ratification of the Irish Treaty in the English House of Lords in 1921.

Slobodan Milošević (person) 2 — Former Serbian leader who was overthrown with the help of activist Srđa Popović.

Katie Couric (person) 2 — Journalist who reportedly knew Ruth Bader Ginsburg was dying of cancer years before it became public

Miranda Hobbes (person) 2 — Sex and the City character defended for having appropriate minimalist 90s style for a Harvard-educated lawyer

Dragula (album) 2 — A reality competition show where a contestant faced false grooming allegations that the alleged victim later admitted we...

Lady Miss Kier (person) 2 — Frontwoman of Deee-Lite, praised for her style and ongoing work as a DJ

Ashley Tisdale (person) 2 — Former teen actress and public figure who wrote about toxic mom group dynamics and exclusion experiences that reminded h...

Koyaanisqatsi (film) 2 — Film by Godfrey Reggio listed as demonstrating architecture in beautiful ways

VALIS (book) 2 — A book by Philip K Dick that documents his descent into madness and serves as the best example of his thorough documenta...

Book of Jeremiah (book) 2 — Biblical text referenced by a woman having a psychotic episode at an event, ranting about it alongside Q-adjacent theori...

Spidey and His Amazing Friends (film) 2 — Children's television show representing mainstream kids' entertainment preferences

Climate Change Denial (concept) 2 — Conservative rejection of climate science discussed as potentially driven by corporate propaganda and disinformation cam...

Nintendo Switch (concept) 2 — Gaming console associated with neglectful Reddit parent archetype

The Last Man Takes LSD (book) 2 — Book detailing Foucault's flirtation with neoliberalism.

TurboTax (place) 2 — Tax preparation software service criticized for major security failures allowing identity theft.

The Waste Land (book) 2 — T.S. Eliot's modernist poem about spiritual alienation and infertility in post-WWI Europe, drawing on Arthurian legend a...

George R.R. Martin (person) 2 — Fantasy author who appears on Reddit's r/bookshelf but is frowned upon as too dense for typical users.

Boston Tea Party (concept) 2 — Historical act of defiance cited as an example of direct action that helped ignite the American Revolution

William Gibson (person) 2 — Author of Neuromancer who coined the term 'cyberspace' but whose work is praised for emotional depth beyond technologica...

Medici family (person) 2 — Italian banking family discussed as historically marginalized bankers who built churches because of fears they would go ...

Blondie (album) 2 — A band featuring Debbie Harry, discussed in relation to their music video for 'Hanging On The Telephone' with performanc...

Herman Cain (person) 2 — A Republican Primary candidate described as charming but not saying anything of substance during a speech at an Orlando ...

Mardi Gras (concept) 2 — New Orleans carnival celebration mentioned as the temporal setting for a social gathering.