Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Buddy Holly (person) 2 — Musician whose chart performance was beaten by 'The Battle of New Orleans' song in the 1950s

Fear and Loathing (book) 2 — A film watched repeatedly by the author while on DXM during high school.

Murakami (person) 2 — Author discussed for having repetitive formulas in his stories involving average male protagonists and descriptions of w...

Spinoza (person) 2 — 17th century philosopher referenced in discussion of mocking Christianity as counter-cultural

Foucault (person) 2 — Philosopher cited as undeniable example of someone who became more conservative with age.

Cathedral (concept) 2 — Mencius Moldbug's term for concentrated wealth and its effect on media and institutions.

Tarkovsky (person) 2 — Russian filmmaker whose film clips the poster watches.

The Jam (person) 2 — 1970s punk band mentioned as still putting out great music in the 1980s

Buffalo 66 (film) 2 — Film by Vincent Gallo that the poster loved at age 13 but fears revisiting.

Adolf Eichmann (person) 2 — Nazi official referenced in comparison to Brian Thompson regarding following orders.

Nabokov (person) 2 — Russian-American author of Lolita, Pnin, and Pale Fire, whose work became grounds for a dating rejection.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (film) 2 — 1999 Shakespeare adaptation directed by Michael Hoffman with Stanley Tucci and Kevin Kline.

Jeff Vandermeer (person) 2 — Author of Annihilation, recommended as sci-fi similar to Philip K. Dick.

Do the Right Thing (film) 2 — Film cited as example of comedy writing where everyone is knocked down a peg but simultaneously viewed with sarcasm and ...

Four Quartets (book) 2 — Poetry collection by T S Eliot that includes Little Gidding, published in 1942 during WWII.

2010s (concept) 2 — Referenced as the era of Craigslist missed connections culture

Madame Bovary (book) 2 — Novel discussed in a Red Scare book club, with translator Adam Thorpe mentioned.

Enlightened (film) 2 — TV show by Mike White described as prescient about human behavior archetypes.

Player Piano (book) 2 — A 1950s Kurt Vonnegut book about technology and automation described as more prescient than modern predictions.

Take off your pants and jacket (album) 2 — Seminal Blink-182 album that was the poster's first exposure to the band.

Baudelaire (person) 2 — French poet whose concept of the flâneur is being studied in a class.

Jackie Brown (film) 2 — Film by Quentin Tarantino described as a masterpiece in a discussion about his podcast with Roger Avary

996 (concept) 1 — Work culture system (9am-9pm, 6 days a week) that the author fears might eventually come to their workplace.

1491 (book) 1 — Pop history book by Charles C. Mann about Native American life before Columbian contact

2006 (concept) 1 — Year referenced in relation to Miami Vice film

Bar Rescue (film) 1 — Reality TV show referenced to describe a cocaine-using nightclub manager

Al Murabba (place) 1 — District referenced in a satirical post about hipster coffee culture, apparently located in a Middle Eastern city.

Griffith (person) 1 — Character from the manga Berserk used as a physical comparison for someone's distinctive appearance

Yoav Gallant (person) 1 — Israeli Defence Minister who said 'no electricity, no food, no water, no gas, we are fighting animals and acting accordi...

Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott (concept) 1 — Legislation active in many US states and on its way to becoming federal law that bars businesses and nonprofits from boy...

Tioga (place) 1 — A small town in North Dakota at the center of the Bakken oil formation where workers lived in 'man camps' during the oil...

Bakken oil formation (place) 1 — A large oil reserve in North Dakota that became economically viable to extract after oil prices spiked in 2009, attracti...

Del Taco (place) 1 — Fast food restaurant chain mentioned in a satirical abortion clinic story.

Indianapolis Star (place) 1 — News publication that first reported the story of a 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion in Ohio.

Todd Rokita (person) 1 — Indiana Attorney General who threatened to charge the doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim, lat...

Jesse Watters (person) 1 — Fox News host who provided a platform for Indiana AG Todd Rokita to threaten legal action against an abortion provider.

National Right to Life (concept) 1 — Anti-abortion organization whose lawyer commented that a 10-year-old rape victim should have been forced to carry the pr...

American Psychiatric Association (place) 1 — Professional organization criticized for merging Asperger's diagnosis into the autism spectrum, allegedly conflating con...

Penelope (person) 1 — Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology, used as metaphor for women who wait for high-value men while ignoring other suitors...

Vagaro (place) 1 — Service booking platform criticized as example of forced account creation for simple transactions.

Born a Crime (book) 1 — Trevor Noah's memoir that was used as required reading in high schools, criticized as representative of declining litera...

Midnights (album) 1 — Taylor Swift album criticized for winning a Grammy over Lana Del Rey's 'Ocean Blvd' despite being mediocre

Lewis Capaldi (person) 1 — Scottish singer-songwriter whose music was described as 'ubiquitous chintzy background music' at retail stores

Post-Racial Populism (concept) 1 — A political messaging approach that avoids discussion of identity and privilege politics, contrasting with the previous ...

Sierra National Forest (place) 1 — Location of a fatal hiking tragedy involving a tech worker and his family who died from heat exposure

AllTrails (place) 1 — Hiking map app platform that was likely used by Jonathan Gerrish to plan the fatal hike that killed his family

Ms. Honey (person) 1 — Character referenced as someone elementary school children look up to their teacher as.

Tea app (concept) 1 — Dating or verification app that was hacked, with users' driver's license photos leaked on 4chan.

Cowboy Carter (album) 1 — Beyoncé album that sparked discourse about the origins of country music

Mesopotamia (place) 1 — Ancient civilization referenced in satirical hypothetical about Red Scare podcast opposing the invention of the wheel