Red Scare Canon

Cultural References from the Subreddit

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• W S Merwin (person) 1 — Poet and author of The Lice mentioned in nightstand contents.
• Caroline P (person) 1 — Musical performer noted for hitting high notes in knee high boots
• Dan Carlin (person) 1 — Host of Hardcore History podcast series focused on long-form historical narratives
• Sam Bankman Fried (person) 1 — FTX founder interviewed by Tucker Carlson from MDC prison.
• Sor's Method for the Spanish Guitar (book) 1 — A classical guitar instruction book by Fernando Sor from the romantic era
• Banality of Evil (concept) 1 — Concept describing the bureaucracy behind Holocaust atrocities, applied to economic systems
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (person) 1 — Proto-Beat poet who called himself one of Whitman's wild children
• Cervantes (person) 1 — Spanish author compared by Neruda to Whitman
• Sutro Baths (place) 1 — Historic San Francisco bathing facility that attracted tens of thousands daily
• Tartaria (concept) 1 — Conspiracy theory referenced in discussion of crowded public spaces in early 1900s
• John Peel (person) 1 — Radio DJ listened to religiously by indie music fans in the 1980s-90s
• NME (concept) 1 — British music journalism magazine read weekly by indie fans
• Bobby Gillespie (person) 1 — Musician whose fringe hairstyle indie kids tried to emulate
• Shoegazing (concept) 1 — Music subgenre referenced in indie scene reminiscences
• Beautiful South (person) 1 — Band whose CD represented selling out of indie generation
• Alphabet City (place) 1 — New York City neighborhood where a bookstore requiring masks was located.
• Enrique Iglesias (person) 1 — Singer accused by an Instagram user of killing someone.
• Afghan pull out (concept) 1 — U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan cited as an example of something actually happening.
• Melville (person) 1 — American author referenced as a point of comparison for Nabokov's prose writing ability.
• Wallace (person) 1 — Author (likely David Foster Wallace) whose connection to Nabokov was invoked unsuccessfully in defending literary taste.
• Unto This Last (book) 1 — John Ruskin's attack on political economy, cited as an example of extensive use of analogies in 19th century writing.
• Mos Def (person) 1 — Hip-hop artist and member of Blackstar
• Talib Kweli (person) 1 — Hip-hop artist and member of Blackstar
• Chuck Klosterman (person) 1 — Writer mentioned for balancing humor and intellectual content, though sometimes leaning too much on humor.
• Clarissa (book) 1 — Book on Mary Shelley's reading list considered potentially too long for book club
• The Utopia of Rules (book) 1 — Book by David Graeber discussing bureaucratization, corporations, fascism, and neoliberalism
• Introduction to Symbolic Language (book) 1 — Book by Erich Fromm about dream interpretation and symbolic communication from the subconscious.
• Red Rocks (place) 1 — Concert venue mentioned in context of Zach Bryan's live performance.
• The Tempest (film) 1 — Shakespeare play adaptation directed by Antoni Cimolino with Martha Henry as Prospero.
• The Taming of the Shrew (film) 1 — Shakespeare play adaptation by American Conservatory Theater in 1976, directed by William Ball in Commedia dell'arte sty...
• Charlton Heston (person) 1 — Actor who starred in 1979 adaptation of Julius Caesar.
• Franco Zeffirelli (person) 1 — Director of Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare adaptation.
• The Apartment (1960) (film) 1 — Film recommended for healing during difficult times in love life, starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
• Gadaffi (person) 1 — Libyan leader referenced in comparison to Assad's timeline.
• Saddam (person) 1 — Iraqi leader referenced in comparison to Assad's timeline.
• Serial (concept) 1 — A podcast about the Adnan Syed murder case that was released over a decade ago.
• Hae Min Lee (person) 1 — Murder victim discussed in the Serial podcast.
• Child Ballad (book) 1 — Collection of traditional ballads, reference to Child Ballad #27 'The Whummil Bore'.
• City Pop (concept) 1 — Era of Japanese music that AI-generated jazz fusion borrows heavily from.
• Future Angels (album) 1 — Fictional 1982 Japanese jazz fusion album allegedly by band Phantasia, actually AI-generated.
• Dostoïevski (person) 1 — Author whose works the poster has struggled through while feeling intellectually inadequate.
• Samuel Johnson (person) 1 — Essayist whose collection is being read during spring break.
• V.S. Naipaul (person) 1 — Author quoted about neutral gossip in postcolonial Calcutta.
• Michelle Trachtenberg (person) 1 — Actress whose death deeply affected the poster.
• Amanda Bynes (person) 1 — Former child actress mentioned alongside Michelle Trachtenberg.
• Harriet the Spy (film) 1 — Film that Michelle Trachtenberg starred in as a child.
• Eurotrip (film) 1 — Film associated with Michelle Trachtenberg's 'it girl' era.
• Victor Lavalle (person) 1 — Writer and Warren supporter mentioned in discussion of political disappointment.
• Eileen Myles (person) 1 — Writer who criticized Bernie supporters on social media.
• The Vorrh (book) 1 — Novel by Brian Catling from the 2010s, described as rather bad.