Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Søren Kierkegaard (person) 8 — Danish philosopher known for his existential philosophy and writings on Christian faith, who famously broke off his enga...

Dua Lipa (person) 8 — Pop musician of Albanian heritage who tweeted support for Greater Albania, causing controversy with Macedonian and other...

Virginia (place) 8 — A U.S. state mentioned in connection with a city councilman involved in a violent incident related to swinging and Confe...

Brett Kavanaugh (person) 8 — Supreme Court nominee whose senate hearings prompted a class walkout by political science students, and whose yearbook r...

Doja Cat (person) 8 — Female rapper praised as the only one with 'IT' among recent female rappers, described as consistently hot, having stage...

Mein Kampf (book) 8 — Hitler's autobiography used as a comparison point for controversial books, which the poster purchased for school without...

Coachella (place) 8 — Music festival referenced in the context of a tech worker being surprised that someone talked to people on the shuttle t...

Brussels (place) 8 — Belgian city described as having no native Belgians visible, only migrants and asylum seekers, with no sense of cultural...

The National (person) 8 — Band categorized with 'stomp clap millennial anthem stuff' that 'really does suck' alongside Mumford and Sons and The Lu...

World War I (concept) 8 — The Great War described by Fitzgerald as requiring 'religion and years of plenty and tremendous sureties' and being 'the...

Vampire Weekend (album) 8 — Indie band whose subreddit is listed as a related community to r/redscarepod, prompting question about whether anyone st...

John McCain (person) 8 — Former Republican senator referenced as representing an older style of Republican politics focused on issues like corpor...

David Graeber (person) 8 — Anthropologist and author of Bullshit Jobs, criticized in the post for overestimating the prevalence of meaningless work...

Arkansas (place) 8 — U.S. state where Bill Clinton served as governor and Hillary Clinton as first lady, discussed as an incongruous setting ...

Ridley Scott (person) 8 — Film director criticized for his portrayal of Napoleon as a neurologically atypical villain and for including a 'kill co...

Steven Crowder (person) 8 — Conservative political commentator discussed for systematically destroying his professional and personal relationships t...

Jesus (person) 8 — Religious figure whose computer-generated reconstructions are critiqued as pointless since they're not based on actual e...

Chris Chan (person) 8 — Internet personality with an Etsy shop that has generated significant sales, discussed as potentially being able to beco...

Missouri (place) 8 — US state where a contested execution case is discussed, involving questions about forensic evidence and the death penalt...

Mad Max (film) 8 — Film series by George Miller that used 70s counter-culture iconography to depict post-apocalyptic survival among society...

Hereditary (film) 8 — A horror film whose soundtrack was listened to by a poster in the dark while on painkillers after a mundane romantic enc...

Al Gore (person) 8 — Referenced as a presidential candidate whose hypothetical win in 2000 would have changed political history, preventing O...

Charlotte (person) 8 — The 15th largest city in the United States located in North Carolina, noted for being culturally overlooked despite its ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger (person) 8 — Actor and politician cited as example of someone with innate Type A personality who achieved greatness without needing m...

Super Bowl (concept) 8 — Major American sporting event criticized as meaningless with 'absolutely no juice for pop culture' and symbolic of a dyi...

Rachel Dolezal (person) 8 — A white woman who famously presented herself as Black and served as president of an NAACP chapter before being exposed, ...

Sofia Coppola (person) 8 — Film director of The Virgin Suicides, praised for authentically capturing the awkward conservatism of 1970s suburban lif...

Abraham Lincoln (person) 8 — Former U.S. President cited as an example of how American culture was once more literary, as he would quote Shakespeare ...

Roman Polanski (person) 8 — Film director mentioned alongside Epstein in discussion of the hosts' cognitive dissonance regarding sexual misconduct

Marcel Proust (person) 8 — French novelist who dueled literary critic Jean Lorrain in 1897 after being publicly accused of being gay, with both men...

Velvet Underground (album) 8 — American band dismissed in comparison to The Beach Boys in discussion of great American bands

Dostoevsky (person) 8 — Author quoted describing types of murderers and men of determination who kill calmly after crossing a fatal line.

Istanbul (place) 8 — City mentioned in Epstein emails as location where both he and Trump were present, suggesting competitive relationship.

Long Island (place) 8 — A suburban region with NYC on one side and ocean on the other, described as having a unique insular culture mixing extre...

Balenciaga (concept) 8 — Fashion house whose collection under Demna was anticipated but compared unfavorably to Robert Wun's couture work.

American Apparel (concept) 8 — Clothing brand known for provocative ads and naturalistic, voyeuristic photography style associated with founder Dov Cha...

Boris Johnson (person) 8 — British politician cited as the closest recent example of a culturally aristocratic head of state who maintains a public...

MENSA (place) 8 — High IQ society discussed as more embarrassing than virginity, representing extreme mental pretension that pushes beyond...

vaporwave (concept) 8 — A retro-aesthetic art style referenced as an example of hauntology where the past represents dead hopes rather than insp...

MKultra (concept) 8 — CIA mind control program that originally inspired Stranger Things before the show moved away from this grounded conspira...

Disneyland (place) 8 — Disney theme park praised as 'compact and sensual' with historical attractions from the 1950s-60s, contrasted favorably ...

Qatar (place) 8 — Gulf state referenced as origin of westernized international students from South Asian and North African backgrounds.

Salt Lake City (place) 8 — Utah city mentioned as one of the places where outdoorsy pseudo-influencers live their regular bugman lives during the w...

Gustav Klimt (person) 8 — Artist who painted 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' (1907), included in a collection of favorite yellow paintings.

Belarus (place) 8 — Eastern European country referenced as the origin of a woman who allegedly controls her husband's social life and financ...

BoJack Horseman (film) 8 — Animated TV show criticized for being harmful to watch due to its depressive main character's complaisance and self-pity...

Adam Driver (person) 8 — American actor who has worked with major directors including Scorsese, Spielberg, the Coens, and many others over the pa...

Philip Seymour Hoffman (person) 8 — Actor praised as the GOAT for his incredible variety in multiple acclaimed films during a 2-year span in the late 1990s.

Allen Ginsberg (person) 8 — Beat Generation poet whose work 'Howl' is extensively quoted in a post about industrial civilization and capitalist mach...

Deftones (person) 8 — Alternative metal band discussed as being superficially appreciated by Zoomers who only listen to a few popular songs ra...