Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Vocal physiognomy (concept) 1 — The practice of judging people's character and psychology based on vocal characteristics like groundedness, inflections,...

Baby voice (concept) 1 — A vocal affectation among women that indicates insecurity in femininity and being trapped in girlhood rather than womanh...

Puberphonia (concept) 1 — The male equivalent of baby voice phenomenon, where men speak with an artificially high or immature voice

Born in the wrong generation (concept) 1 — Pretentious attitude of believing quality music is no longer being made and that one should have been born in an earlier...

K-drama (concept) 1 — Korean television dramas that have gained international popularity and cultural influence.

Dog Day Afternoon (film) 1 — Referenced as a classic film template for a proposed contemporary remake about bank robbery for limb lengthening surgery...

Last Supper (concept) 1 — Biblical event referenced in debate about Protestant vs Catholic communion practices regarding wine vs grape juice.

Vince Staples (person) 1 — Rapper mentioned for tweeting about the Book of Job on Christmas Eve.

Book of Job (book) 1 — Biblical book about suffering and faith, mentioned as a subject of Vince Staples' Christmas Eve tweets.

Polaris (person) 1 — Band that performed 'Hey Sandy,' the theme song for The Adventures of Pete & Pete.

Hey Sandy (album) 1 — Song by Polaris referenced with a cryptic quote about 'The Shine' and truth.

I Want You Back (album) 1 — Jackson 5 song mentioned as being practiced on steel drums by an annoying neighbor.

Jackson 5 (person) 1 — Motown group whose song 'I Want You Back' is mentioned being played on steel drums.

ToldInStone (concept) 1 — YouTube channel discussing ancient Roman history, specifically their spectacles and engineering achievements.

Calvinists (concept) 1 — Protestant theological group mentioned as paradoxically being the best writers despite the critique of craft in writing.

Ontology (concept) 1 — Branch of philosophy concerning being and existence, characterized as violence alongside epistemology.

Rushmore (film) 1 — Wes Anderson film cited as a favorite comedy/dramedy that is feel-good with a hint of melancholy.

Before Sunset (film) 1 — Richard Linklater romantic film mentioned as a feel-good movie with melancholy that the poster repeatedly returns to.

Sideways (film) 1 — Alexander Payne comedy-drama mentioned as an example of feel-good cinema with melancholic undertones.

Grant Amato (person) 1 — Individual mentioned in context of spending large amounts of money on online content creators.

Battle of Waterloo (concept) 1 — The 1815 battle referenced in a humorous post imagining alternative military strategy against Duke of Wellington.

Marshal Davout (person) 1 — Talented French marshal referenced in a post about the Battle of Waterloo as someone who shouldn't be relegated to paper...

Michael's (place) 1 — Craft supply store mentioned in a post about accumulating unused arts and crafts materials.

SCA (concept) 1 — Society for Creative Anachronism, a historical reenactment organization mentioned in connection with a coworker who does...

Guanyin Famen (concept) 1 — A cult that operates vegan restaurants, described as relatively benign and associated with Supreme Master Ching Hai.

Supreme Master Ching Hai (person) 1 — Leader of the Guanyin Famen cult that operates vegan restaurants, whose livestream features selfies and messaging about ...

Loving Hut (place) 1 — Chain of vegan restaurants directly owned by the Guanyin Famen cult.

Jason Sudeikis (person) 1 — Celebrity featured in Taco Bell advertising, representing the trend of meta celebrity endorsements in American TV ads.

r/RSArtposting (place) 1 — Subreddit created as alternative space for Red Scare community members to post art of any medium without culture war con...

Squarepusher (person) 1 — Electronic music artist whose track 'Tommib' was featured in a video post.

Yuno Miles (person) 1 — Artist whose track 'Like What!' was featured in a video post.

Simple Minds (person) 1 — Band whose song 'Alive and Kicking' is mentioned as soundtrack to advice about avoiding dating discourse.

Alive and Kicking (album) 1 — Song by Simple Minds mentioned as current listening while posting about avoiding dating discourse.

South Tyrole (place) 1 — Region mentioned as vacation destination for retired boomers alongside Berlin.

American football (concept) 1 — Sport analyzed as synthesis of British rugby and German tactical/strategic thinking, representing American cultural infl...

DSM criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (concept) 1 — Clinical diagnostic criteria quoted extensively to argue that people self-diagnosing as autistic are actually just socia...

Mind-body dualism (concept) 1 — Philosophical concept critiqued through discussion of progressive language about 'existing in bodies' as dehumanizing co...

Commodification of the self (concept) 1 — Critical concept applied to language around bodies that reduces human existence to monetary extraction and dehumanizatio...

PMC striving (concept) 1 — Professional managerial class career ambition discussed critically by someone surrounded by careerist future MIC employe...

Slatzism (person) 1 — Twitter user who was in contact with the Wisconsin shooter's boyfriend.

Corey Perry (person) 1 — NHL player mentioned in connection with hockey sexual assault scandals.

Artemi Panarin (person) 1 — NHL player mentioned in connection with hockey sexual assault scandals.

Evander Kane (person) 1 — NHL player mentioned in connection with hockey sexual assault scandals.

Valeri Nichushkin (person) 1 — NHL player potentially involved in hockey sexual assault scandals.

Kenneth Lonergan (person) 1 — Playwright and filmmaker discussed in context of his play 'This is Our Youth' being criticized by liberal white women ar...

This is Our Youth (film) 1 — A play by Kenneth Lonergan criticized by a liberal white woman artist for giving space to flawed male characters.

Alexandra Petri (person) 1 — Humor columnist who attended a playwright collective gathering in Shenandoah where white women were talking negatively a...

Shenandoah (place) 1 — Location where a DC-based playwright collective held a weekend gathering in 2018.

Steele Dossier (concept) 1 — A document referenced by Trump as a fake and discredited piece of evidence used by Democrats, mentioned in context of po...

Dave Smith (person) 1 — Comedian and political commentator listed among diverse figures in anti-Israel coalition.