Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Occupy (concept) 3 — Social movement criticized for rejecting strategic planning as 'hegemonic' and 'corporate' when advised by experienced a...

Lenny Kravitz (person) 3 — 60-year-old rockstar who looks significantly better than younger anti-aging obsessed millionaire Bryan Johnson

Nikocado Avocado (person) 3 — YouTube personality discussed as potentially the greatest contemporary performance artist for gaining 200 pounds and cre...

Riyadh (place) 3 — Saudi Arabian city hosting a comedy festival where Pete Davidson is hypothetically imagined as a suicide bomber.

Operation GLADIO (concept) 3 — NATO stay-behind groups in Turkey that organized pogroms, massacred leftists, and created rightwing nationalist Islamist...

Class Consciousness (concept) 3 — Political awareness of one's class position and interests, described as coherent and articulate in the context of Luigi ...

Punch Drunk Love (film) 3 — A film referenced as a template for describing a woman's search for community and connection, with the post imagining a ...

Pentagon (place) 3 — U.S. Department of Defense headquarters, described as the world's largest, most corrupt, and most arcane bureaucracy.

Mr Bean (film) 3 — British comedy series discussed as a universally accessible, language-less form of humor that the poster predicts will p...

Tariq Nasheed (person) 3 — Media personality associated with Black militant content on social media, mentioned as part of conspiratorial online con...

r/nba (place) 3 — NBA subreddit whose users are criticized for being 'soy' and expressing Twitter-like progressive opinions despite tradit...

Kash Patel (person) 3 — FBI figure mentioned by Trump in context of investigating voter fraud and political corruption rather than Epstein files...

The Beast (film) 3 — 2023 film directed by Bertrand Bonello featuring Dasha Nekrasova in a memorable supporting role.

David Geffen (person) 3 — Music executive who Judee Sill fought with and called a slur in an interview, leading to her being dropped from her labe...

Spider-Man (2002) (film) 3 — Sam Raimi superhero film remembered for a scene where the Green Goblin kills businessmen with a flash bomb.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (book) 3 — Oscar Wilde novel referenced in reverse as metaphor for social media's effect on authentic self

Mike Myers (person) 3 — Former SNL cast member cited as an example of a distinctive personality from the show's better era.

Sri Lanka (place) 3 — Country referenced as a place where certain Americans lived as children, leading to unexpected linguistic fluency.

Q-Anon (concept) 3 — Internet-based conspiracy movement that had large cultural impact but is fading from collective memory despite being rel...

Louis Vuitton (place) 3 — Luxury fashion brand referenced through its accessories (LV) worn by a wealthy gay patron of an LGBT strip club.

Air Bud (film) 3 — Film series referenced as model for a proposed comedy franchise about a fat protagonist taking on different athletic ven...

Mark Kozelek (person) 3 — A musician contrasted with Phil Elverum as someone who turns personal experiences into narcissistic ramblings rather tha...

Past Lives (film) 3 — A24 film criticized as bourgeois for centering a story on extremely wealthy Korean immigrants while being framed as rela...

Situationship (concept) 3 — A romantic or sexual relationship that lacks clear definition or commitment, discussed as the reality behind women using...

Tim and Eric (person) 3 — Comedy duo whose surreal, meta humor style is discussed as having a devastating impact on modern pop culture and adverti...

MSN Messenger (concept) 3 — Early internet messaging platform where kids would encounter strangers, including a German pervert who exposed himself o...

Hallelujah (album) 3 — Leonard Cohen's most popular song that was performed poorly at a Dutch open mic night, turning the narrator against it e...

Earl Sweatshirt (person) 3 — Rapper who was sent to a school in Samoa around 2010, referenced as a recent case of someone being sent away to a reform...

Grover Cleveland (person) 3 — Former U.S. President referenced in the context of Trump's non-consecutive presidential terms, as Cleveland was the only...

Internalized Misogyny (concept) 3 — Concept criticized as a non-solution-oriented explanation for female aggression that prevents women from examining their...

Depression Cherry (album) 3 — Beach House album used as an example of a band's most popular work that is considered middling compared to their other o...

Jennifer Lopez (person) 3 — Actress who starred in an expensive sci-fi movie for Netflix that cost $100 million, cited as an example of streaming pl...

Temple Grandin (person) 3 — An openly autistic woman whose challenges helped someone diagnosed with autism feel less alone without making it the sol...

Damascus (place) 3 — Syrian capital city that fell after Assad regime collapsed unexpectedly after over a decade of resistance.

Woke capitalism (concept) 3 — The practice of corporations adopting social justice messaging for marketing purposes while maintaining exploitative bus...

CUNY (place) 3 — University system mentioned where an acquaintance obtained a Master's in Social Work to become a therapist charging $250...

Lauren Southern (person) 3 — Far-right media personality referenced when describing a Jubilee participant who argued for blood and soil ideology.

Sex Education (film) 3 — Netflix series whose fourth season is criticized for heavy-handed woke themes with diverse, queer characters going throu...

Patriarchy (concept) 3 — Concept of male dominance and traditional gender hierarchies that is seen as hypocritical to critique while participatin...

Art Nouveau (concept) 3 — Artistic style described as the feminine counterpart to Art Deco and the only comparable aesthetic

Dunkin' (place) 3 — Coffee chain whose price increase on cold brew prompted a political stance change regarding Biden and inflation.

Gene Hackman (person) 3 — Actor who played the conservative republican dad character in The Birdcage, whose character undergoes growth and accepta...

Pentecostalism (concept) 3 — Christian movement known for practices like 'resting in the spirit' where people fall and convulse, referenced by a trad...

Matilda (film) 3 — Family film loved by a father and set as the bar against which every other family movie was judged

Parler (place) 3 — Social media platform that was banned alongside Trump, discussed as radicalizing users after deplatforming

Perfume Nationalist (film) 3 — A controversial figure discussed for the contradiction between his conservative social commentary about Western decline ...

Sterling Cooper (concept) 3 — Reference to the fictional advertising agency from Mad Men, used to describe a 1963-era business aesthetic.

Mandela Effect (concept) 3 — A phenomenon where large groups of people collectively misremember the same details, discussed critically as people refu...

Richard Scarry (person) 3 — Children's book author referenced sarcastically to criticize The Boys' edgy reimagining of wholesome content.

Microplastics (concept) 3 — Environmental and health concern suggested as political messaging opportunity linking pollution to personal health impac...