Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Richard Perlstein (person) 1 — Author of Nixonland, a book documenting the political and cultural divisions of the Nixon era

National Guard (concept) 1 — The military force that shot and killed four students at Kent State University in 1970, largely supported by the public ...

Klinefelter syndrome (concept) 1 — A genetic disorder the poster researched after questioning his own testosterone levels and sexual attraction

Turner syndrome (concept) 1 — A genetic disorder the poster researched after questioning his own testosterone levels and sexual attraction

r/television (place) 1 — Television discussion subreddit where users moralized about John Mulaney's infidelity

Terre Haute (place) 1 — City in Indiana, hometown of a Jeopardy champion criticized for having a pseudo-British accent despite being from there

Ed Piskor (person) 1 — Alternative comics artist who won an Eisner for 'Hip Hop Family Tree' and co-hosted Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel, ...

Hip Hop Family Tree (book) 1 — Graphic novel by Ed Piskor that won an Eisner Award in 2015

Cartoonist Kayfabe (place) 1 — YouTube channel co-hosted by Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg focused on discussing alternative and indie comics

Jim Rugg (person) 1 — Graphic novel artist who co-hosted Cartoonist Kayfabe with Ed Piskor and publicly severed their relationship after the a...

Molly Wright (person) 1 — Person accused by Ed Piskor in his suicide note of throwing 'gasoline' on his situation and reputation destruction

Placebo Effect (concept) 1 — Medical phenomenon where belief in treatment effectiveness enhances actual physiological outcomes, argued to be more pow...

Nocebo Effect (concept) 1 — The negative counterpart to the placebo effect where negative expectations worsen outcomes, cited as making people more ...

The Squad (concept) 1 — Group of progressive Democratic congresswomen that AOC broke with by voting 'present' on Israel funding rather than voti...

Callout Culture (concept) 1 — Online social practice of publicly denouncing people for problematic behavior that evolved into 'friend policing' where ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (person) 1 — President referenced as baseline for comparison showing Reagan as the largest spending president since his administratio...

Honda Accord Hybrid (concept) 1 — Car model involved in a bizarre test drive where the salesman fell asleep in the backseat

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (book) 1 — Science fiction comedy novel that someone felt embarrassed about listing as their favorite book at age 18

A Tale of Two Cities (book) 1 — Charles Dickens novel used as a more intellectually respectable-sounding favorite book instead of admitting to preferrin...

Femcel (concept) 1 — Online subculture or identity explored in context of extreme dating expectations and fragile egos

Gell-Mann Amnesia (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term referenced in a critique of Reddit's tendency to name and label psychological phenomena

Decision Fatigue (concept) 1 — Psychological phenomenon referenced as an example of Reddit's tendency to name and categorize experiences

The Ostrich Effect (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term cited in criticism of Reddit's habit of naming psychological phenomena

Confirmation Bias (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias referenced as part of Reddit's culture of naming psychological phenomena

Availability Heuristic (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias term mentioned in critique of Reddit's tendency to label psychological phenomena

Loss Aversion (concept) 1 — Cognitive bias referenced sarcastically in a post about Reddit's culture of naming psychological phenomena

Gender as Social Construct (concept) 1 — Theoretical position questioned in relation to trans identity, creating an apparent contradiction about gender performat...

Master of None (film) 1 — A television show criticized for encouraging shallow millennial desires and glamorizing the pursuit of fame and success ...

Defunctland (film) 1 — A YouTube documentary channel praised as an exception to the generally average quality of YouTube documentaries

Being Charlie (film) 1 — A film associated with Rob and Nick Reiner, mentioned in context of their relationship

r/GriefSupport (place) 1 — Reddit community for grief support, mentioned as alternative posting location

Assia Wevill (person) 1 — Woman who had an affair with Ted Hughes and later moved in with him after Sylvia Plath's suicide, eventually killing her...

Shura (person) 1 — Daughter of Ted Hughes and Assia Wevill who was killed by her mother in a murder-suicide after Hughes's infidelity.

Margaret Hamilton (person) 1 — Actress who played the Wicked Witch in The Wizard of Oz and suffered severe third-degree burns during filming, worsened ...

Land Acknowledgments (concept) 1 — Practice of acknowledging Indigenous peoples' historical connection to land, criticized as meaningless and potentially o...

Khaleesi (concept) 1 — Character name from Game of Thrones used as a given name for children, discussed as an example of pop culture-inspired n...

Allan Bloom (person) 1 — Academic figure referenced in discussion of University of Chicago's historical acceptance standards and self-selecting i...

R. F. Kuang (person) 1 — Author educated at Georgetown, Cambridge, Oxford, and Yale, criticized for producing 'cynical cash-grab fantasyslop' des...

Goodharting (concept) 1 — Concept describing optimization for metrics at the expense of underlying goals, applied to education system and its effe...

r/purplepilldebates (place) 1 — A subreddit focused on gender debates that is criticized for having posters who lower the quality of r/redscarepod discu...

Harriet Tubman (person) 1 — Historical figure whose proposed placement on U.S. currency became a political issue under Trump administration.

Mental Health Advocacy (concept) 1 — A cultural movement criticized for only caring about manageable mental illnesses like anxiety and depression while ignor...

Content Culture (concept) 1 — The modern entertainment landscape characterized by constant media production and consumption, criticized as declining i...

Sex Positivity (concept) 1 — A cultural movement emphasizing consent and sexual liberation, criticized as being exposed by the Neil Gaiman scandal as...

Millennial Culture (concept) 1 — The cultural values and norms of millennials, described as "near death" in the context of the collapse of sex-positive i...

White Supremacy (concept) 1 — Systemic racial oppression that some woke women of color obsess over while dating white men, according to a critical pos...

First-Generation (concept) 1 — Individuals who are the first in their families to achieve a certain socioeconomic status, facing unique cultural and so...

Upward Mobility (concept) 1 — The ability to move to a higher socioeconomic class, discussed in terms of the challenges faced by first-generation affl...

De-industrialization (concept) 1 — The decline of manufacturing and industrial jobs in America that trapped many Black families in poverty.

The Joy of Sex (book) 1 — 1970s sex manual referenced in a Monty Python spoof about sexual technique