Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Neoliberal subject (concept) 1 — A political-economic concept exemplified by the 'tenderqueer' personality type that combines worst masculine and feminin...

Donald Judd (person) 1 — Minimalist artist whose collected essays represented intellectual engagement with New York's cultural history from the 1...

Robert Ryman (person) 1 — Artist whose biography represents the intellectual cultural engagement with New York's art scene in the mid-20th century

Robert Rauschenberg (person) 1 — Artist who exhibited with Jasper Johns in the 1970s, representing authentic queer art in contrast to contemporary shallo...

Jasper Johns (person) 1 — Artist who exhibited with Robert Rauschenberg in the 1970s, exemplifying serious queer art versus contemporary performat...

Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (place) 1 — New York institution where Jacques Derrida gave impromptu lectures in the late 1970s, representing NYC's former intellec...

Guggenheim (place) 1 — New York museum where contemporary cultural events like the World Around Symposium feature land acknowledgements and sha...

Rebecca West (person) 1 — Writer and cultural critic compared to Anna Khachiyan as representing great female cultural criticism

Mary McCarthy (person) 1 — Writer and cultural critic compared to Anna Khachiyan as exemplifying great female cultural criticism

Greg Plitt (person) 1 — Fitness model referenced as the physical ideal that people unrealistically compare their dating prospects to

Nicole Scherzinger (person) 1 — Performer who had a meltdown during a Colbert taping after messing up a song from her Broadway play

DARPA (place) 1 — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, referenced as the creator of internet technology described as textbook brainw...

Huckleberry Finn (book) 1 — Mark Twain novel referenced as inspiration for Grimes' houseboat adventure on the Mississippi

PlayStation 3 (concept) 1 — Gaming console cited as part of the technology defining the 2007-2011 era.

Totalitarian capitalism (concept) 1 — Concept described as 'a poisonous gas that expands to fill all available space' in reference to public parks with entran...

Liberal feminism (concept) 1 — Feminist ideology critiqued as allowing people to say yes to anything but not allowing them to say no, in context of gen...

ASI (concept) 1 — Artificial Superintelligence referenced in argument that Chinese citizens would benefit more from it than Americans unde...

La Brea (place) 1 — Los Angeles street mentioned as location of high-end vintage couture store where Kanye West was encountered shopping

The Rosenbergs (person) 1 — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, executed for espionage, referenced in comparison to Trump allegedly possessing nuclear secre...

Sebastian Bear-McClard (person) 1 — Film director and Emily Ratajkowski's ex-husband, described as a shadowy figure who worked with the Safdie Brothers and ...

Bastogne (place) 1 — A WWII battle site referenced sarcastically to compare the poster's mundane Afghanistan experience to historic warfare.

Marshall's (place) 1 — Retail store referenced in context of mundane fatal car accidents.

Miscegenation (concept) 1 — Historical term for interracial relationships that is seeing renewed use in online discourse opposing such relationships

Teens React (film) 1 — YouTube series criticized for its participants becoming drug addicts or OnlyFans actresses, compared to Disney child exp...

Leo Strauss (person) 1 — Philosopher who identified 'probity' as an intellectual pseudo-virtue where accepting the worst explanations is seen as ...

Probity (concept) 1 — Intellectual pseudo-virtue identified by Leo Strauss where holding the worst/most terrible explanations is considered tr...

SUNO (place) 1 — AI music generation platform criticized for producing soulless content

Dead Can Dance (album) 1 — Musical group referenced in discussion of early 2000s Dior advertising aesthetics

Gemini (place) 1 — Google's AI platform criticized for allegedly training on users' Google Drive files to create more realistic images

Equity Grading (concept) 1 — Educational policy criticized as part of the worst left-wing practices contributing to the U.S. education crisis

Social Promotion (concept) 1 — Educational practice of advancing students regardless of achievement, criticized as contributing to education crisis

Balanced Literacy (concept) 1 — Reading instruction method criticized in favor of phonics as part of broader education system failures

Dolly (sheep) (concept) 1 — The first cloned mammal, created in 1996, referenced in a discussion about whether human cloning has been secretly perfo...

T2 (film) 1 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the 1991 sequel claimed to be inferior to the original Terminator in a user's controversial ...

Big Boi (person) 1 — Hip-hop artist and half of OutKast, mentioned in a controversial take claiming he is at least as good as his partner And...

Howard Stern Show (film) 1 — Radio show mentioned in nostalgic reference to an incident where Fred told Carol Alt she wasn't a real supermodel, used ...

Carol Alt (person) 1 — Supermodel from an earlier era, mentioned in a story about being told she wasn't a real supermodel on the Howard Stern S...

Shah of Iran (person) 1 — Former monarch of Iran referenced sarcastically in a post mocking Middle Eastern-Americans who claim refugee status desp...

Anglo-Persian oil company (concept) 1 — Historical oil company mentioned in satirical context about privileged Iranian refugees whose mother was supposedly a re...

Kinji Fukasaku (person) 1 — Japanese film director known for Battle Royale, referenced as example of Japanese art that women find off-putting

Tricot (album) 1 — Japanese band whose brilliance the poster refrains from discussing with women due to the ick associated with men who lik...

Toe (album) 1 — Japanese band whose music the poster avoids praising to women on dates

Cameron Brink (person) 1 — Conventionally attractive tall woman whom people simp for, referenced by the poster as a contrast to her own experience ...

Madelyn Cline (person) 1 — Actress referenced as an example of the dramatic physical transformation the poster's friend underwent after becoming ad...

Savannah Bananas (concept) 1 — Baseball entertainment team criticized as soulless slop that sells out stadiums with TikTok dances and stripper routines...

Megan Trainor (person) 1 — Pop artist whose popularity a decade ago represents the beginning of midwestern cultural dominance criticized as produci...

Harlem Globetrotters (concept) 1 — Basketball entertainment team used as comparison to defend the Savannah Bananas but dismissed because the Globetrotters ...

ATS (Applicant Tracking System) (concept) 1 — Automated software used by companies to screen job applications based on keywords and criteria before human review

Seek (place) 1 — Online employment marketplace mentioned as an alternative job search platform

Abraham Maslow (person) 1 — Psychologist known for his hierarchy of needs and motivational theories who challenged his students to pursue greatness