Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Rob Kardashian (person) 1 — Member of the Kardashian family who allegedly tried to adopt wigger persona before disappearing from public life

Kid Rock (person) 1 — Musician noted as having some wigger traits

Steve Wilkos (person) 1 — TV host described as having 'boomer-wigger energy'

Bubba Sparxxx (person) 1 — Rapper mentioned alongside Eminem as too obvious an example of a white rapper

SSLP (album) 1 — The Slim Shady LP, early Eminem album praised for its controversial content and edginess

MMLP (album) 1 — The Marshall Mathers LP, classic Eminem album discussed nostalgically for its controversial content

US News and World Report Rankings (concept) 1 — College ranking system that schools are withdrawing from for social justice reasons according to post

ACT/SAT (concept) 1 — Standardized tests being eliminated from college admissions as part of what the poster sees as a war on competency

Celts (concept) 1 — Ancient people described as 'real French' who believed hair was spiritually important and never cut it

Udio (place) 1 — An AI music generation website that can create catchy hooks with vocals at the press of a button, causing existential cr...

Spokane (place) 1 — A city mentioned as a place where the author had established a whole life before moving for a relationship.

A Culture of Narcissism (book) 1 — A book the author is finally reading as part of their end of summer activities.

Metropolitan Market (place) 1 — A market mentioned as a source of carrot cake enjoyed during end of summer activities.

Canvas (place) 1 — A learning management system where students use ChatGPT to complete discussion posts instead of doing their own work.

Salman Toor (person) 1 — A painter whose viscerally degenerate oil paintings depict orgiastic hedonistic chaos, reflecting the experience of gay ...

Timberland (place) 1 — Brand of work boots mentioned as protective footwear during a dog attack.

Denver International Airport (place) 1 — Airport discussed as site of conspiracy theories regarding underground construction and government bunkers during the Co...

NORAD (place) 1 — North American Aerospace Defense Command facility in Colorado mentioned in connection with Cold War government continuit...

r/heroin (place) 1 — Reddit community where firsthand account of homeless heroin addiction was originally posted.

Jane Eyre (book) 1 — Victorian novel by Charlotte Brontë praised for its atmospheric supernatural terror and powerful narrative, exceeding ex...

Deepak Chopra (person) 1 — Self-help figure referenced pejoratively as representative of grifter-style secular narcissistic self-help, contrasted w...

Bill W. (person) 1 — Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, referenced as example of transformative self-help that transcends mere grift through ge...

Bret Stephens (person) 1 — Political commentator referenced as someone the Red Scare hosts agree with.

ACA subsidies (concept) 1 — Affordable Care Act healthcare subsidies for citizens that were allegedly the main sticking point in government shutdown...

Epstein files (concept) 1 — Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein that conspiracy theories claimed Democrats wanted released through specific legisla...

Barbie Ferreira (person) 1 — Actress who exited Euphoria and explained she didn't want to be typecast as the 'fat best friend'.

Zoey 101 (film) 1 — TV show from the 2000s that a person has childhood posters of as part of their nostalgic 2000s lifestyle.

Saturn return (concept) 1 — Astrological concept referenced as a possible explanation for feeling emotional and nostalgic in late twenties.

WGA Strike (concept) 1 — Writers Guild of America strike that prompted online discourse.

Gatorade (concept) 1 — Sports drink referenced in critique of exercise commercials featuring obese people doing low-intensity activities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (concept) 1 — Therapeutic approach that helped Amber Frost overcome procrastination and take personal responsibility for completing he...

Peter Weir (person) 1 — Film director praised for Master and Commander's alternation between brutal realism and fantastical elements.

The Thin Red Line (film) 1 — War film referenced as comparable to Master and Commander's blend of realism and the fantastical.

Time Bandits (film) 1 — Fantasy film referenced as comparable to Master and Commander's fantastical elements.

Pat McAfee (person) 1 — Sports media personality criticized as representative of the decline in American sports journalism.

JonBenét Ramsey (person) 1 — Child beauty pageant contestant whose murder case remains unsolved, with theories including accidental death by her brot...

Harper's Bazaar (place) 1 — Fashion magazine that published Pamela Anderson's op-ed about pornography addiction.

Art Gallery of NSW (place) 1 — Sydney art museum visited by the Red Scare book club community.

Sydney Film Festival (place) 1 — Film festival in Sydney that the Red Scare book club community plans to attend together.

Capri-Sun (concept) 1 — Juice drink exclusively consumed by a gym receptionist who attempts to conceal his consumption habits.

Skyler (person) 1 — Character from Breaking Bad whose haters are labeled misogynists despite the show's poor writing of family dynamics.

CBGT (Cognitive Behavioral Goy Therapy) (concept) 1 — Satirical self-invented therapy technique using anti-consumerist rhetoric to motivate behavioral change.

MTA (place) 1 — New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority criticized for high worker pay and poor service delivery.

Bloods (concept) 1 — Gang mentioned alongside the Crips as no longer being prominently discussed in relation to drive-by shootings.

Crips (concept) 1 — Gang mentioned alongside the Bloods as no longer being prominently discussed in relation to drive-by shootings.

Australian surf rock (album) 1 — Music genre from Australia that became subject of obsessive interest.

Five Nights at Freddy's (film) 1 — Video game franchise whose lore became obsessively studied despite never having played the games.

Georgist theory (concept) 1 — Economic philosophy that became subject of temporary obsessive study.

QGIS (concept) 1 — Geographic information system software used to trace roads for an imaginary video game mapping project.

American Truck Simulator (film) 1 — Video game for which a user spent a summer creating detailed road maps in QGIS.