Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Out of the Blue (film) 2 — Film mentioned in a Red Scare podcast episode and featured in a subreddit movie night

Partisan Review (place) 2 — Publication whose contributors are noted to have become idiosyncratically conservative or neocons by middle age.

Richard Hofstadter (person) 2 — Intellectual cited as example of someone who became more conservative with age.

Ryan Trecartin (person) 2 — Niche alt artist mentioned as dream Red Scare podcast guest

Jerry Saltz (person) 2 — Art critic mentioned as dream Red Scare podcast guest.

The Canyons (film) 2 — A critically panned 2013 erotic thriller penned by Bret Easton Ellis and directed by Paul Schrader, notable for Lindsay ...

Dov Charney (person) 2 — Founder of American Apparel known for his distinctive naturalistic, voyeuristic photography style.

Terry Richardson (person) 2 — Photographer who did significant work for American Apparel with a distinctive style.

Aesop Tacit (album) 2 — A cologne/perfume that the poster describes as being able to discuss forever.

The Locust (album) 2 — A band that Liz from TrueAnon is allegedly now in.

Milk Fed (book) 2 — Novel by Melissa Broder about a Jewish anorexic bisexual stand-up comedian that was cathartic for readers with eating di...

Melissa Broder (person) 2 — Author of Milk Fed, a novel about eating disorders featuring a Jewish anorexic bisexual stand-up comedian protagonist.

George Santayana (person) 2 — Philosopher quoted on ressentiment and nihilism of the woke in his work The German Mind: A Philosophical Diagnosis.

The German Mind: A Philosophical Diagnosis (book) 2 — Philosophical work by George Santayana discussing the ressentiment and nihilism applicable to woke ideology.

The Rolling English Road (book) 2 — Poem by G.K. Chesterton from 1913 celebrating the winding roads made by English drunkards and resistance to French strai...

Jack Chick (person) 2 — Creator of evangelical Christian comics distributed instead of candy on Halloween by devout Catholics like Mrs. S.

The Decay of Lying (book) 2 — Essay by Oscar Wilde arguing that modern worship of facts and truth is responsible for the decline of art and literature

Prohibition (concept) 2 — Historical ban on alcohol referenced nostalgically as a potential solution to modern drinking culture problems

Mean Streets (film) 2 — Martin Scorsese film whose drunk cam technique is referenced in a scene from Blonde.

Libra (book) 2 — Novel by Don DeLillo about Lee Harvey Oswald and the JFK assassination

Underworld (book) 2 — Novel by Don DeLillo that a reader plans to read next after finishing Libra

Ben Gibbard (person) 2 — Musician referenced as emblematic of the later, more effete and intellectual hipster aesthetic that succeeded the origin...

Shariah (concept) 2 — Islamic legal doctrine referenced as circumscribing Dubai's cultural landscape and contributing to its characterization ...

Paddington 2 (film) 2 — A film the poster wants to watch but considers not the right vibe for a date night that requires something to talk over

Felix Mendelssohn (person) 2 — Romantic composer mentioned as less appealing than Bach to the poster.

Paul Westerberg (person) 2 — Musician whose sister's career as a flight attendant inspired The Replacements' song 'Waitress in the Sky'.

Harold Budd (person) 2 — Musician who collaborated with Cocteau Twins on 'Sea Swallow Me', introduced to the poster through the subreddit.

William Hogarth (person) 2 — British artist known for serial works depicting social commentary and cruelty, including A Harlot's Progress and The Fou...

The Swimmer (film) 2 — 1968 film featuring a scene about computer-based dating that presages modern online dating culture.

Robert Galbraith (person) 2 — Male pseudonym used by J.K. Rowling for her crime novels, cited as evidence in conspiracy theory that she is trans

Lisa Simpson (person) 2 — Simpsons character referenced as having corrected the use of jealousy versus envy in the 2000s

Blaise Pascal (person) 2 — Renaissance-era polymath cited alongside da Vinci as an example of someone accomplished across multiple disciplines

Hugh Grant (person) 2 — Actor praised for his performance in a horror film that was compared to Martyrs

Mark Manson (person) 2 — Self-help author whose work is referenced as being copied by AI-generated books.

Dukes of Hazard (film) 2 — Part of an American tradition of car culture in media that preceded Fast and Furious.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film) 2 — Classic film representing the earliest part of American car culture storytelling tradition.

Elfen Lied (film) 2 — Anime featuring Lucy, a traumatized character with invisible murder arms, compared to Chief Keef for shared themes of ch...

Opie and Anthony (album) 2 — Radio show that provided live commentary on the Mel Gibson meltdown tapes.

Kentucky Derby (concept) 2 — High-end horse racing event referenced in context of a luxury hotel bathroom incident involving gender identity confusio...

Ray-Ban Meta (concept) 2 — Augmented reality smart glasses with camera technology criticized as bleak consumer tech infiltrating everyday experienc...

John Joel Glanton (person) 2 — Character from Blood Meridian imagined to resemble an older, grizzled version of Nick Mullen.

Black Panthers (concept) 2 — Revolutionary political organization that Tupac's mother was involved with during his upbringing.

Juzo Itami (person) 2 — Japanese filmmaker who regularly cast his wife Nobuku Miyamoto in his films including Tampopo and A Taxing Woman

Nobuku Miyamoto (person) 2 — Japanese actress and wife of filmmaker Juzo Itami who starred in the majority of his films

Tampopo (film) 2 — Film by Juzo Itami starring his wife Nobuku Miyamoto

A Taxing Woman (film) 2 — Film by Juzo Itami starring his wife Nobuku Miyamoto

Supermarket Woman (film) 2 — Film by Juzo Itami starring his wife Nobuku Miyamoto

Genoa (place) 2 — Italian city where Mary Shelley spent a year of despair and miserable feeling.

Robert Capa (person) 2 — Hungarian-born war photographer who covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and D-Day, co-founded Magnum Photos in ...

Gerda Taro (person) 2 — Photographer who worked with André Friedmann to create the Robert Capa persona and died in Spain during the Spanish Civi...