Red Scare Canon — Cultural References from the Subreddit

Guy Clark (person) 1 — Country artist whose song Dublin Blues was covered by Luke Bell

Dublin Blues (album) 1 — Guy Clark song covered by Luke Bell

Tony Tulathimutte (person) 1 — Author referenced for short fiction 'The Feminist' published in n+1 magazine

Vollmann (person) 1 — Author mentioned for his immersive research method of smoking crack with desperate people to understand them better for ...

Dogtooth (film) 1 — 2009 film included in movie list for brother

Porco Rosso (film) 1 — Studio Ghibli animated film mentioned in context of deciding between French and Italian cultural preferences

3 Women (film) 1 — Robert Altman film that the poster watched and found really good

Kubrick (person) 1 — Film director mentioned as someone whose movies the poster likes

Fellini (person) 1 — Film director the poster has never seen any films by

Truffaut (person) 1 — Film director the poster has never seen any films by

Houellebecq (person) 1 — Author whose take on covid being boring and making the world worse is referenced

Pynchon (person) 1 — Author read as part of improving reading skills.

Central America (place) 1 — Geographic region mentioned as origin of immigrant parents

Souls of Black Folk (book) 1 — Work by W. E. B. DuBois listed as top nonfiction book

Wittgenstein (person) 1 — Philosopher mentioned as difficult to understand

Bentham (person) 1 — Philosopher from whom Foucault took the concept of the Panopticon.

G.W.F. Hegel (person) 1 — German philosopher invoked in discussion of reality television as cultural phenomenon.

The Beguiled (film) 1 — 2017 Sofia Coppola film watched by poster with mother and sister.

Montaillou (book) 1 — Historical book by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie about Catharism and medieval village life.

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (person) 1 — French historian and author of Montaillou.

Catharism (concept) 1 — Medieval Christian dualist movement proposed as alternative to Catholicism revival.

Indo-Chinese (place) 1 — Referenced in context of traditional warfare methods

Sweet (album) 1 — A Lana Del Rey song praised as a masterpiece that captures feminine psychology and is mischaracterized as a tradwife fan...

Old Reddit (concept) 1 — The original version of Reddit's user interface before the redesign.

Nazi regime (concept) 1 — Referenced in discussion of Jehovah's Witnesses' resistance during World War 2.

Lindsey Lohan (person) 1 — Actress mentioned in context of Courtney Love chanting the lotus sutra for her.

A House for Mr.Biswas (book) 1 — Listed among favorite books by user seeking mental health reading material

Thoreau (person) 1 — Author of journal entry quoted about sincere love for some things

R Crumb (person) 1 — Artist who illustrated the 10th Anniversary edition of The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Charly Garcia (person) 1 — Argentine rock musician from the 70s/80s

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (album) 1 — Song by Warren Zevon referenced in driving fantasy

Paul Ehrlich (person) 1 — Population control advocate mentioned in context of tech pronatalism contradiction

Whiz Khalifa (person) 1 — Rapper who stars as Death in the TV show Dickinson

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance (film) 1 — Americana film

Rilke (person) 1 — Poet who wrote about solitude and the necessity of holding to what is difficult

Always Sunny (film) 1 — TV show referenced to describe a type of devilish sense of humor

Industrial Society (book) 1 — Ted Kaczynski's manifesto referenced but not read by the author

Emma Thompson (person) 1 — British actress that the post author gets compared to most often.

Kahneman (person) 1 — Researcher whose work is questioned regarding the replication crisis and reliability of social science findings.

Rent Control (concept) 1 — Policy mechanism to limit rent increases and housing costs.

Joyce (person) 1 — Author of Finnegans Wake referenced in hypothetical modern scenario

Brett Easton Ellis (person) 1 — Author discussed as prophetic about social media age through his work

U.S. (place) 1 — United States referenced as lacking civil service jobs compared to other countries.

North Idaho (place) 1 — Location of 1917 lumber workers' strike that paralyzed the timber industry.

2 Chains (person) 1 — Rapper described as consistently underrated and perfect feature artist.

Yellow Submarine (film) 1 — A film watched repeatedly by the author while on DXM during high school.

9/11 Commission Report (book) 1 — A book purchased by the author at age ten during their obsessive phase with 9/11, though they never read more than a few...

The Terror Conspiracy (book) 1 — A book by Jim Marrs about 9/11 conspiracy theories, purchased by the author at age ten but never fully read.

Jim Marrs (person) 1 — Author of The Terror Conspiracy, a 9/11 conspiracy theory book.

Just Cause (film) 1 — A video game where the author would reenact the 9/11 attacks by stealing airliners and crashing them into buildings.