Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Amanda Seyfried (person) 1 — Actress praised for her performance as Elizabeth Holmes in The Dropout, described as her best acting work.

Silence of the Lambs (film) 1 — Film whose poster art famously features the death's head hawkmoth.

Acherontia atropos (concept) 1 — Scientific name for the death's head hawkmoth, the largest moth in the British Isles with distinctive skull-like marking...

r/aznidentity (concept) 1 — A Reddit community mentioned as representing impotent responses to Asian American male identity issues and interracial d...

Pew (place) 1 — Research organization cited for statistics showing that fifty-four percent of Asian women raised in the US marry outside...

arte.tv (place) 1 — A German-French TV channel with an English YouTube channel offering free documentaries on art, culture, politics, and mu...

Wile E. Coyote (film) 1 — Warner Bros cartoon character whose moral right to kill the Road Runner is debated in terms of the Road Runner's bad ene...

Chuck Jones (person) 1 — Animator and director of Wile E. Coyote cartoons, whose book of interviews allegedly provides no clear answer about the ...

Road Runner (film) 1 — Warner Bros cartoon character criticized for having bad energy and predatory awareness of control over Wile E. Coyote.

Zelda Fitzgerald (person) 1 — Wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, referred to as 'the Zussy' in discussion of Fitzgerald's romantic motivation for writing.

Mirror (book) 1 — Poem by Sylvia Plath about a mirror's truthful reflection and a woman's aging, ending with the image of an old woman ris...

Trump Steak (concept) 1 — Donald Trump product line speculated to be announced as a joke alternative to his expected 2024 presidential run announc...

Scratch (concept) 1 — Website and programming platform where children create simple animations, mentioned in context of helping a little siste...

Gushers (concept) 1 — Fruit snack referenced in a park confrontation where a woman was eating them and licking her fingers obnoxiously loud be...

Simp-Sex predator complex (concept) 1 — A 2023 male equivalent to the Madonna-Whore complex that has emerged via Instagram comments and true crime documentaries

Temple Run (film) 1 — Mobile game genre referenced as a model for an imagined Beau Is Afraid mobile game tie-in.

Male Feminism (concept) 1 — A form of feminist engagement by men characterized by vocal self-deprecation and anti-masculine rhetoric, theorized to b...

Stevens Johnson TEN (concept) 1 — Severe medical condition that caused blindness and severe dry eye in Ari Aster's son, referenced in Bobbi Lurie's poem.

K Mart (place) 1 — Retail store where an autistic person was interviewed for TikTok and commenters thought they were high.

Walter Crane (person) 1 — Artist who created "The Swan Maidens," a painting referenced in a post about Red Scare aesthetics.

The Swan Maidens (film) 1 — A painting by Walter Crane referenced as representative of "Red Scare girlies" aesthetic or "female living space."

Shoji Hamada (person) 1 — Ceramic artist referenced as inspiration for pottery making in the Red Scare community.

I84 (place) 1 — Interstate highway referenced in a post about omens and metaphysical warnings from women.

Islamic Jihad (concept) 1 — Palestinian militant group blamed for hospital attack in Gaza, discussed as part of IDF narrative disputed by the poster...

Grazia Italy (place) 1 — Italian fashion magazine from November 1987 featuring Charlotte Norton Morgan photographed by Vanni Burkhart.

Charlotte Norton Morgan (person) 1 — Model featured in Grazia Italy magazine in November 1987, photographed by Vanni Burkhart.

Vanni Burkhart (person) 1 — Photographer who shot Charlotte Norton Morgan for Grazia Italy magazine in November 1987.

Luftwaffe (concept) 1 — Nazi Germany's air force, subject of a documentary watched by a user who made jokes about aerial attacks and areola atta...

Chicken Soup for the Soul (book) 1 — A book series proposed for satirical modern updates including versions for NEETs, polyamorous people, and Swifties.

Java (place) 1 — Indonesian island where a solo white female traveler had a positive experience on a train during the end of Ramadan, wit...

Twister (concept) 1 — Physical party game referenced in a humorous anecdote about social embarrassment and physical fitness.

Twinkies (concept) 1 — American snack food brand used as shorthand for social commentary on unhealthy consumer culture in 2000s media.

Ambera Wellmann (person) 1 — Contemporary painter cited as an artist whose style is frequently copied in the current art world.

Shannon Cartier Lucy (person) 1 — Contemporary painter mentioned as an influential artist whose work is widely imitated in current art trends.

Paul Skenes (person) 1 — Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher mentioned in speculation about a potential relationship with Taylor Swift.

r/antinatalists (place) 1 — Reddit community known for bitter energy, used as comparison point for r/petfree

Class Reductionism (concept) 1 — Political approach emphasizing class over identity politics, criticized by some liberals but embraced after Luigi Mangio...

Fortune 500 (concept) 1 — Corporate categorization referenced in discussion of ideological differences between college activism and corporate Amer...

Munchausen's by Proxy (concept) 1 — Form of child abuse mentioned as example of confined and deprived childhood experiences

DNC emails leaks (concept) 1 — The 2016 scandal involving leaked Democratic National Committee emails that revealed internal shenanigans against Bernie...

Charlotte Tilbury (person) 1 — Makeup artist and cosmetics brand owner who partnered with the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Netflix show.

OOIOO (album) 1 — Japanese experimental rock band featured in YouTube's July 2007 featured videos with their song 'UMO'.

Kyuss (album) 1 — Stoner rock band whose album '...And the Circus Leaves Town' turned 30 years old, described as overlooked compared to th...

Brant Bjork (person) 1 — Musician and songwriter whose departure from Kyuss affected the band's final album.

Oxbridge (place) 1 — Collective term for Oxford and Cambridge universities, referenced as part of the elite British educational pipeline.

Millwall (place) 1 — English football club referenced stereotypically in description of working-class English identity.

Sooner Than I Thought (album) 1 — Album by John Maus released after a seven-year gap.

Catalan (concept) 1 — Language referenced in discussion of the pronunciation of Ibiza, where the 'th' sound is common.

Ida Bauer (person) 1 — 18-year-old patient of Freud known as 'Dora' in his case study, who endured sexual aggression from 'Herr K.' from age 13...

Amia Srinivasan (person) 1 — Author of an LRB piece on psychoanalysis who is described as a feminist but who appears to justify aspects of Freud's in...