Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Silvio Berlusconi (person) 6 — A former Italian politician described as having charm and keeping his image clean despite gross charges and actions, con...

Jared Leto (person) 6 — Actor and musician referenced as a sex pest with underage girls and a 'weird sex cult' who escaped MeToo allegations

Laura Loomer (person) 6 — Right-wing activist with surprising access to Trump who allegedly had enough leverage to get six borderline cabinet leve...

Forrest Gump (film) 6 — Film discussed as an example of sincere storytelling that would be satirized if made today due to contemporary culture's...

End of History (concept) 6 — A theoretical framework applied to cinema, suggesting Shrek represents a terminal point after which all films replicate ...

Jurassic Park (film) 6 — 1993 Steven Spielberg film criticized by Roger Ebert for becoming a standard monster movie rather than exploring the pro...

TSA (concept) 6 — U.S. Transportation Security Administration referenced in discussion of Trump administration policy changes that improve...

USAID (place) 6 — A U.S. government agency allegedly funding far-right academic institutions in Mexico that are backing protests against t...

John Green (person) 6 — Young adult author referenced as emblematic of the type of tumblr fandom culture that now dominates Letterboxd reviews

Madrid (place) 6 — Spanish capital city where Neo-Pentecostal churches are rapidly proliferating, with a new church opening every four days...

Bandcamp (place) 6 — Music platform that underwent negative changes after acquisition, including staff layoffs and a shift toward commercial ...

Melania Trump (person) 6 — Former First Lady and Barron Trump's mother who is suggested to encourage him to stay away from public attention.

Chris Brown (person) 6 — Singer who beat Rihanna but whose critics faced backlash, described as a pivotal moment in reality becoming unhinged.

Britain (place) 6 — Country whose largest circulation newspaper featured a topless woman on page 3 every day until 2015, a practice describe...

Kyiv (place) 6 — Ukrainian capital city, used in a satirical post where the poster ironically corrects their grandfather's pronunciation ...

Rhode Island (place) 6 — U.S. state mentioned as the home of a Barnes & Noble manager, described as exotic and whose residents the poster doubts ...

The Departed (film) 6 — A 2006 crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, referenced in a post as being about infertility and male inferti...

500 Days of Summer (film) 6 — A romantic comedy-drama film featuring Zooey Deschanel as the archetypal "manic pixie dream girl" character that the pos...

Chuck Palahniuk (person) 6 — American novelist known for transgressive fiction, referenced as a writer that creative writing students used to emulate...

Nazi Germany (place) 6 — Historical reference that the left is criticized for obsessively comparing to contemporary politics, suggested to be rep...

Winnie the Pooh (film) 6 — Children's franchise discussed by Dasha and Anna regarding potential inclusion of Black characters and existing 'blackco...

MGMT (album) 6 — Millennial-era band used as an example of cultural references that younger generations might not recognize

Nevada (place) 6 — State mentioned in context of remote ranching communities and declining Trump support in traditionally conservative area...

Judd Apatow (person) 6 — A Hollywood filmmaker who directed a movie featuring Pete Davidson, used to illustrate the disconnect between mainstream...

The Stranger (book) 6 — Novel by Camus criticized for being taught superficially in high school with questions about whether Meursault deserved ...

Libgen (place) 6 — Library Genesis, online repository for free access to books, praised as game-changing with Kindle for reading out-of-pri...

Bari Weiss (person) 6 — Media personality and editor whose media group was acquired, resulting in her appointment to a top position at CBS News.

Austria (place) 6 — The country where the Venus of Willendorf was found, mentioned in a discussion about cultural appropriation.

Robert Pattinson (person) 6 — Actor who starred in Twilight and later became Batman, representing a career transformation from teen vampire to superhe...

Lost (film) 6 — TV series that becomes 'uniquely bad' in seasons 4-6 with forced time travel and Reddit-style humor, destroying earlier ...

Kantbot (person) 6 — Interviewer who conducted an interview with Dasha Nekrasova that showcased her intelligence and thoughtfulness outside o...

Crystal Castles (album) 6 — Electronic music group referenced as a generational marker between millennials and zoomers, with Alice Glass as the 34-y...

/x/ (place) 6 — 4chan's paranormal board, nostalgically remembered for its creative horror writing before being overrun by political pos...

Beach House (album) 6 — Indie band whose album Depression Cherry is cited as an example of a most popular but mid-tier work in a band's discogra...

Talking Heads (album) 6 — Band that brought in experimentalists and had a circus of supporting musicians on stage for the Stop Making Sense tour, ...

Redpill (concept) 6 — Misogynistic philosophy referenced alongside blackpill as contributing to men's distrust and hatred of women while still...

Bipolar disorder (concept) 6 — Mental health condition mentioned alongside BPD as a previous trendy self-diagnosis before autism became the fashionable...

Ludwig Wittgenstein (person) 6 — Philosopher whose private language argument is cited as a way to understand social constructs and calm down debates abou...

Noah Baumbach (person) 6 — A filmmaker mentioned as director of The Squid and the Whale, noted for depicting edgy young characters.

John Singer Sargent (person) 6 — An artist whose painting Repose (Nonchaloire) from 1911 is featured in a collection of favorite paintings of people slee...

Justin Timberlake (person) 6 — Pop star whose career arc from NSYNC to solo success to current lackluster performances represents cultural decline and ...

Albert Einstein (person) 6 — Physicist whose work is referenced as one of the mind-blowing scientific discoveries about how the universe works

Mumford and Sons (person) 6 — Band categorized with 'stomp clap millennial anthem stuff' that 'really does suck' alongside The National and The Lumine...

Tradcath (concept) 6 — Traditional Catholicism used by leftists as aesthetic window dressing for rejection of neoliberalism, compared to right-...

Burial (person) 6 — Electronic music artist whose atmospheric music is traditionally listened to during cold, rainy autumn night walks, used...

Thom Yorke (person) 6 — Radiohead frontman referenced in discussion of Asian women dating white men with specific physical characteristics

Brandon Sanderson (person) 6 — Best-selling fantasy author of Mistborn whose book was at the center of a confrontation at Chipotle over whether high fa...

Bechdel Test (concept) 6 — A measure of female representation in media based on whether female characters talk about something other than men, inve...

SSRI (concept) 6 — Class of antidepressant medications criticized for their side effects and difficulty of discontinuation, which doctors a...

WAP (album) 6 — A song referenced as being on repeat among lower-class Black women in a discussion about musical preferences across econ...