Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Whitney (place) 2 — Art museum (Whitney Museum) mentioned as venue where POC woman artist showed work

Artforum (place) 2 — Art magazine mentioned in discussion of POC women artists corresponding about marginalization

Jane Asher (person) 2 — Paul McCartney's former girlfriend described as a 'Beatle Girl' whose ginger hair inspired someone to dye their own hair...

Dasha (person) 2 — Referenced as someone who must be protected in a humorous comment about love and working together.

Margaret Mitchell (person) 2 — Southern author of Gone With The Wind described as a based Southern woman experiencing erasure.

Takanakuy (concept) 2 — Festival where disputes can be settled with boxing between parties, proposed as an alternative to endless therapy.

Jules Bastien-Lepage (person) 2 — Painter whose depiction of Joan of Arc shows the insanity in her eyes as she moves toward the voices.

Amy Adams (person) 2 — Actress discussed as experiencing a career decline since her role in Nocturnal Animals

The Two Towers (book) 2 — Second volume of The Lord of the Rings that the poster was reading during their first road trip to the Rocky Mountains, ...

Grand Central (place) 2 — Transportation hub in New York City mentioned in relation to COVID-19 exposure.

Oliver Stone (person) 2 — Director jokingly cited as having directed the Vietnam War in a fake conspiracy theory example.

Nixon (person) 2 — US President mentioned in context of Apollo moon landings supposedly occurring during his presidency scandals to shift n...

Osaka (place) 2 — Major Japanese city mentioned alongside Tokyo and Hiroshima as having uniquely awesome urban features

Joy Taylor (person) 2 — Sports media personality on Skip and Shannon Undisputed, allegedly exposed for sleeping her way to the top of sports med...

The Favourite (film) 2 — Yorgos Lanthimos film that a pretentious filmgoer admitted to not having seen.

To Pimp A Butterfly (album) 2 — A Kendrick Lamar album that the black community largely didn't connect with despite its critical acclaim, causing the ar...

Brideshead Revisited (book) 2 — Novel by Evelyn Waugh about Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmains and the world of privilege before World War ...

Dark Star (film) 2 — Sci-fi comedy film about a deteriorating spaceship and its crew's mental health, debut feature of John Carpenter and Dan...

Dan O'Bannon (person) 2 — Screenwriter who co-created Dark Star with John Carpenter and later wrote Alien.

Wild Zero (film) 2 — Japanese rock and zombie film featuring Guitar Wolf with a message that 'love has no borders, nationalities, or genders....

The Library of Babel (book) 2 — Borges short story quoted for its philosophical reflection on accepting damnation for the sake of others' salvation.

r/hiphopheads (place) 2 — A Reddit forum where white fans discuss hip hop in a way that seems disconnected from the black community the music is m...

Dean Blunt (album) 2 — Musician whose music was listened to by someone processing being ghosted after a four-month relationship.

Metamorphosis (book) 2 — Classic book by Kafka mentioned in contrast between pristine new editions and weathered Dover Thrift editions.

Ikue Mori (person) 2 — The drummer for the band DNA, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

Janet Weiss (person) 2 — The drummer for Sleater-Kinney, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

Meg White (person) 2 — The drummer for the White Stripes, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

Moe Tucker (person) 2 — The drummer for the Velvet Underground, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

Sandy West (person) 2 — The drummer for the Runaways, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

Sheila E (person) 2 — A drummer who performed with Prince, celebrated as a notable female drummer.

1. Outside (album) 2 — A concept album by David Bowie featuring various characters he portrayed photographically.

André Breton (person) 2 — Early 20th century Surrealist who proclaimed that the quintessential Surrealist act would be to shoot randomly into a cr...

Republic (book) 2 — Plato's foundational philosophical text name-dropped alongside postmodernist works as proof of intellectual engagement.

Rumours (album) 2 — Fleetwood Mac album listed as someone's all-time favorite, ranking first in their top five albums.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (album) 2 — Lauryn Hill's album ranked as someone's second all-time favorite album.

Siamese Dream (album) 2 — Album by Smashing Pumpkins, listed as number three in a top five albums list

Control (album) 2 — Janet Jackson album ranked as someone's fourth all-time favorite album.

Kid A (album) 2 — Album by Radiohead, listed as number five in a top five albums list

Goya (place) 2 — Food brand that became subject of liberal cancellation after Ivanka Trump posed with their beans, cited as an example of...

Changes (album) 2 — 2Pac song worked on in 1992, released posthumously in 1998, discussed as capturing the melancholy of unfulfilled revolut...

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (album) 2 — Song by The Smiths that became associated in the poster's mind with Dasha Nekrasova on drugs

Marsha P Johnson (person) 2 — Historic drag performer whose life is being rewritten by liberals according to the post.

Lumineers (person) 2 — Band grouped with stomp clap millennial anthem genre that the poster considers genuinely bad.

The Great Escape (film) 2 — Film that emulated ideas from La Grande Illusion including the escape tunnel

Sartre (person) 2 — Philosopher referenced as part of rational arguments against nihilism

Camus (person) 2 — Author currently being read by poster who feels they are missing something in comprehension.

Heaven To A Tortured Mind (album) 2 — Album by Yves Tumor released around 2020, part of the artist's hot streak.

A Dance to the Music of Time (book) 2 — Novel series by Anthony Powell selected as desert island book choice.

Perfect Blue (film) 2 — Anime film mentioned with commentary on its moral message

Therapy (concept) 2 — Mental health treatment discussed critically as a medicalization of normal emotions.