Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Doge coin (concept) 1 — Cryptocurrency mentioned in context of poor investment advice.

Tom Sawyer (book) 1 — Mark Twain novel referenced in excuse for using slur.

Apple Vision Pros (concept) 1 — AR headset compared to Ray-Ban Meta as potentially failed consumer technology.

Black Panther Party (concept) 1 — Political movement cited by Elvis as unpatriotic

Cape Cod (place) 1 — Location in New England where blue crabs can be found in estuaries.

El remordimiento (book) 1 — A poem by Jorge Luis Borges that is more impactful in its original Spanish than in English translation.

Twilight Zone (film) 1 — Timeless television show approaching its 70th anniversary with terrifying and well-crafted episodes.

24 Hours (album) 1 — Song by Sky Ferreira mentioned as being listened to during late-night insomnia.

Liszt (person) 1 — Composer and pianist who told George Sand that only God deserved to be loved and no earthly love would take possession o...

Meyers Briggs (concept) 1 — Personality typing system criticized for enabling acceptance of character flaws

David Proval (person) 1 — Actor who played Richie in The Sopranos.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (person) 1 — German theologian and minister executed 80 years ago for resisting Nazi forces.

Anthony Albanese (person) 1 — Australian political figure referenced as 'my Lord' who provides stipend in a post about living like a serf.

Eastern Promises (film) 1 — Film starring Viggo Mortensen as a mysterious and brooding character that inspired the poster.

Letizia Battaglia (person) 1 — Photographer who documented mafia era 1970's Sicily.

Big Book (book) 1 — Reference to Alcoholics Anonymous's foundational text, mentioned in context of 12-step program guidance

Marcello Mastroianni (person) 1 — Italian actor mentioned as playing a police officer in Sunday in August

Sunday in August (film) 1 — Italian neorealist film about Italians going to the beach, described as accessible and fast-paced with multithreaded plo...

Freudian (album) 1 — Album by Daniel Caesar described as one of the sexiest albums.

Brown Sugar (album) 1 — Album by D'Angelo described as one of the sexiest albums.

Alexandre Cabanel (person) 1 — French painter whose work The Fallen Angel was listed as a favorite painting.

Thomas Cole (person) 1 — American painter whose work Course of Empire: Destruction was listed as a favorite painting.

Andrew Wyeth (person) 1 — American painter whose work Christina's World was listed as a favorite painting.

John Martin (person) 1 — English painter whose work The Great Day of His Wrath was listed as a favorite painting.

Tito (person) 1 — Yugoslav leader whose death in 1980 is referenced in a story about secret police

Ceausescu (person) 1 — Romanian communist leader whose criticism led to imprisonment by secret police

Derek Walcott (person) 1 — Protestant poet who derived formal structures from religious background

Massachussets (place) 1 — 19th century location where Emily Dickinson lived as an unmarried woman

The Before Trilogy (film) 1 — A film trilogy starring Ethan Hawke

2000s-2010s (concept) 1 — Time period referenced for internet culture and meme evolution.

Enghelab Street (place) 1 — Street in Tehran mentioned in observation of street cats.

Basket Case (film) 1 — Effects-driven horror-comedy referenced as influence on The Substance.

She Freak (film) 1 — Exploitation film referenced in comparison to The Substance.

New Bottega (album) 1 — Album by Azealia Banks cited as justification for continued fandom.

Web 2.0 (concept) 1 — A term referring to the second generation of internet services emphasizing user-generated content and social networking.

Lauren Duca (person) 1 — Journalist who discussed Bernie Sanders campaigning with Caroline Calloway.

Chronic Town (album) 1 — R.E.M. album mentioned as great alongside discussion of their first two albums.

Mel Brooks (person) 1 — Comedy legend mentioned as example of someone who maintains reverence despite career decline

Daddy (book) 1 — Collection of short stories by Emma Cline featuring fully-developed problematic characters

Grand Union (book) 1 — Short story collection by Zadie Smith featuring pieces of moral complexity

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (book) 1 — Book by George Saunders on craft of fiction based on Russian short story class

Answer to Job (book) 1 — Carl Jung's work on God's need for human consciousness and interpretation of the Book of Job

Daisies (film) 1 — A film the poster is hesitant to recommend to normal or woke friends.

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (film) 1 — A film the poster is hesitant to recommend to normal or woke friends.

Robert W Malone (person) 1 — Consultant from Madison, Virginia, acknowledged as the inventor of MRNA gene therapy, allegedly blacklisted from history...

Jonas Salk (person) 1 — Historical figure who didn't patent his research but was never blacklisted from history, used as comparison to Robert W ...

Cultural Marxism (concept) 1 — Political concept referenced in satirical post about Taliban trade deal

Diabolique (film) 1 — Film referenced as comparison to The Scary of Sixty-First

SmarterChild (concept) 1 — Early chatbot that the poster admits to bullying

Klimt (person) 1 — Austrian symbolist painter whose work was viewed at an art gallery