Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Rabindranath Tagore (person) 1 — Indian writer and cultural figure mentioned as someone normies could reference in the 1960s during India's positive PR e...

Golden Triangle (place) 1 — Region in Northern Laos photographed during motorcycle trip.

Stanley Milgram (person) 1 — Psychologist quoted on authority and responsibility

Eric Hoffer (person) 1 — Philosopher quoted on Moses and the transformation from slavery to freedom

Slaughterhouse 5 (book) 1 — Kurt Vonnegut novel discussing American poverty and the cruelty of wealth inequality.

The Republic (book) 1 — Plato's philosophical work mentioned in discussion about understanding dialectics

Stuart Little (book) 1 — Children's book referenced as part of childhood intellectual upbringing

RL Grimes (person) 1 — Electronic music artist whose underwhelming performance is contrasted with past rave culture.

Ira Levin (person) 1 — Author of Rosemary's Baby novel

Miyazaki (person) 1 — Filmmaker referenced as ideal artistic influence for raising children

Immigration (concept) 1 — Political issue discussed as Trump's key support maintaining issue across demographic groups

Sarasota Florida (place) 1 — Location of the Ringling collection museum featuring Emperor Justinian artwork.

John E Woods (person) 1 — Mann translator who translated Bottom's Dream in final years of his life

Dana Scully (person) 1 — Character mentioned in context of posting celebrity images

Machiavelli (person) 1 — Author of The Prince, writing about proper conduct of rulers and Italian unification

Viktor Tsoi (person) 1 — Russian musician who died in a car crash in 1990, subject of a 1993 photobook titled 'Red Wave Presents: A Viktor Tsoi P...

Junko Furuta (person) 1 — Referenced in context of extreme violence against AI sex dolls

Nietzschean ressentiment (concept) 1 — A philosophical concept applied to straight men repressing jealousy about multiple sex partners.

Debussy (person) 1 — Classical composer whose music the author listened to while walking in London.

Fitzgerald (person) 1 — Author whose works the poster read during their productive period in London.

Terri Garr (person) 1 — Actress known for her chemistry on Letterman interviews

Crystal LaBeija (person) 1 — Historic drag performer cited as example of punk drag culture.

Futurism (concept) 1 — Italian avant-garde art movement from early 20th century that rejected the past and celebrated modernity, technology, an...

Marinetti (person) 1 — Italian poet and founder of Futurism who published the Futurist Manifesto in 1909.

Maurice Denis (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Easter Mystery', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Nicholas Roerich (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Moses the Prophet', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Stephan Bakalowicz (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'Prayer to Khonsu', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Jean Beraud (person) 1 — Artist who painted 'The Elevation', mentioned in a post about religious paintings.

Adolph Valette (person) 1 — French painter who spent most of his career in Manchester, known for urban landscapes.

LS Lowry (person) 1 — English painter who was a student of Adolph Valette.

Marjorie Stoneman Douglas shooting (concept) 1 — School shooting that occurred on Valentine's Day, 30 minutes from the poster's location.

Florida State University (place) 1 — University where the poster experienced a shooting incident.

Holy Grail (film) 1 — Film celebrating its 50th anniversary that the poster watched with their father.

Teresa Nervosa Taylor (person) 1 — Drummer for Butthole Surfers

Catherine of Siena (person) 1 — Saint depicted in various paintings from different centuries

Giovanni Batista Tiepolo (person) 1 — Artist who painted St. Catherine of Siena in 1746

Siegfried Sassoon (person) 1 — British poet known for war poetry, author of 'Suicide in the Trenches' (1918).

TF2 (concept) 1 — Team Fortress 2 video game where user played in competitive tournaments

CSGO (concept) 1 — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive video game where user reached high rank

Footprints on the Moon (film) 1 — A mystery-thriller-giallo film about a translator who wakes up with three days of missing memory and travels to an islan...

Kotkin (person) 1 — Author of a book about the USSR power struggle after Lenin

Hildegard of Bingen (person) 1 — Medieval mystic and religious figure mentioned as someone who spoke to God and whose legacy remains 900 years later.

Hate, Inc. (book) 1 — Book by Matt Taibbi providing an accessible description of the corporate media landscape.

Her (2013) (film) 1 — Film described as unsettling and horror-like, nearly causing a panic attack for the viewer.

Second Story Books (place) 1 — A large warehouse bookstore in Rockville with used books at good prices, cited as the one good thing about DC suburbs

Andre Breton (person) 1 — Surrealist artist and writer who proclaimed a provocative statement about violence as a Surrealist act.

Lana Del Ray (person) 1 — Artist referenced in a joke about gay stereotypes

Coleridge (person) 1 — Poet whose three short poems were being read by the r/rsbookclub book club.

Edgar Allen Poe (person) 1 — Author whose raven poem was written about Charles Dickens' pet raven.

Symposium (book) 1 — Platonic dialogue about love and eros featuring speeches by various philosophers.