Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

I Am A God (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, higher quality verses

Devil In A New Dress (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, superior quality verses

No More Parties In LA (album) 1 — Kanye West song cited as example of his earlier, superior quality verses

Ghost World (film) 1 — Comic and movie depicting suburban nighttime atmosphere with TVs visible through windows

Bernie Krause (person) 1 — Soundscape ecologist who documented biophonies over 50 years and found that over half of recorded habitats are now silen...

Tim Wolfe (person) 1 — University system president fired during early woke campus activism despite not doing anything discernibly wrong

Dear Colleague letter (concept) 1 — 2011 policy document marking the beginning of modern woke activism on college campuses

r/Texas (place) 1 — Texas subreddit criticized for having ultra-liberal moderation despite Texas being a traditionally red state

Marianas Trench (place) 1 — Deepest oceanic trench referenced as an extreme location where microplastics can still be found

Peanut (person) 1 — Pet referenced in context of matching outfits and prayer imagery for New Year's celebration

Succulent Chinese Meal guy (person) 1 — Viral figure who died at 82, famous for resisting arrest while being taken by Australian police

Drakkar Noir (concept) 1 — Classic men's cologne referenced as symbol of traditional masculinity

Luxembourg (place) 1 — Small European country mentioned as example of why people shouldn't be vague about their nationality

Plants vs Zombies 2 (film) 1 — Mobile game that night shift workers play while pretending to work

Tijuana (place) 1 — Mexican border city referenced as one of the designated bad behavior zones in America.

Angus Cloud (person) 1 — Actor from Euphoria who a user suggests would be perfectly cast as a line cook in a restaurant industry version of the s...

Reconstruction (concept) 1 — Post-Civil War period that a user suggests needs to happen again due to extreme inequality in the American South.

Vanessa Kirby (person) 1 — Actress who played opposite Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon, with criticism that the age gap between actors didn't match the...

Iftar (concept) 1 — Muslim tradition of breaking fast during Ramadan, mentioned in context of a white woman attending a Ladies Iftar and bei...

Project Stargate (concept) 1 — CIA remote viewing experiments that were recreated by a college poker club using modern methods

Philalethes (person) 1 — Alchemist referenced in connection with someone's foray into alchemy

Wallenberg family (person) 1 — Swedish family suspected by some Swedes of secretly controlling the Swedish government and economy, described as Sweden'...

StreetEasy (place) 1 — Real estate platform where NYC brokers are too lazy to answer messages

Great American Novel (concept) 1 — Literary concept criticized by online liberals when associated with white male authors attempting to achieve this status

menwritingwomen (place) 1 — Reddit subreddit criticized for misinterpreting literary passages, particularly an excerpt from a Franzen novel

Creed 2 (film) 1 — Movie referenced in a story about racist comments made by a boyfriend's friend regarding multiple Black people in one fi...

Adam DeVine (person) 1 — Comedian and actor identified as having allegedly bullied someone in a college sketch comedy troupe

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (film) 1 — 2016 comedy film starring Adam DeVine and Aubrey Plaza used to identify a celebrity bully

Dirty Grandpa (film) 1 — 2016 film mentioned as one possibility during celebrity identification process

Arya (person) 1 — Game of Thrones character referenced as a fan favorite that would inspire crowd cheers

Verona (place) 1 — Italian city discussed as an over-touristed destination that the poster believes should require tickets to enter

Phillies (place) 1 — Baseball team whose fan wanted to discuss their road trip during Reddit sports subreddit closures

Arena (place) 1 — Social platform (Are.na) mentioned as design inspiration for a literary social networking site.

OpenLibrary (place) 1 — Book database API used for a Goodreads alternative, preferred over Google Books.

Ebenezer Scrooge (person) 1 — Charles Dickens character used as metaphor for Trump's speech, comparing an expected redemption arc to continued villain...

Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer (book) 1 — True crime book about serial killer BTK found in the bag of a Brazilian mass shooter.

BTK (person) 1 — Serial killer Dennis Rader (BTK - Bind, Torture, Kill) who is the subject of a true crime book carried by a Brazilian sh...

James Potter (person) 1 — Harry Potter character whose bullying of Snape takes on racist implications if Snape is cast as Black.

Sirius Black (person) 1 — Harry Potter character whose bullying of Snape becomes racially problematic if Snape is cast as Black.

Barry Goldwater (person) 1 — Conservative Republican politician whose positive characterization by a professor sparked a campaign by woke students to...

Jazz (concept) 1 — American musical genre cited as an example of music that could not have originated anywhere else and is a product of the...

Sexyy Red (person) 1 — Female rapper dismissed as a trashy grifter.

City Girls (album) 1 — Female rap duo described as trashy and compared to a Taco Bell manager having a rap career.

Tory Lanez (person) 1 — Male rapper dismissed as a 'never-was hobbit' who feuded with Megan Thee Stallion.

Nanjing (place) 1 — A city in China where the "Red Uncle" case took place, involving a man who pretended to be a woman online and filmed sex...

American Boy (album) 1 — A song by Estelle featuring lyrics about a 5 foot 7 man, discussed as a rare positive depiction of short men in popular ...

Estelle (person) 1 — A singer who performed "American Boy" with lyrics about a 5 foot 7 man, noted for sometimes changing the lyric in live p...

Tom Homan (person) 1 — A border czar caught on camera accepting a bribe from FBI agents, with charges being dropped by the DOJ.

Iran Contra (concept) 1 — A political scandal discussed on Joe Rogan's podcast as part of rambling discussions that avoided substantive coverage o...

Open relationships (concept) 1 — Non-monogamous relationship arrangements that are critiqued as a form of continuing hookup culture within committed part...