Red Scare Official
| Red Scare Official | |
|---|---|
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| Collection | Redacted Remilio Babies |
| Category | Shirt |
| References | Red Scare podcast (Anna Khachiyan, Dasha Nekrasova); Red Scare ISIS-riff merchandise (2019/2020) |
| Count | 115 |
| Rarity | 1.15% |
Red Scare Official is a shirt trait in the Redacted Remilio Babies NFT collection, depicting merchandise from the Red Scare podcast — specifically the shirt featuring a riff on the ISIS flag design, released in 2019 and subject to controversy in December 2020.
Background
Red Scare is an American cultural commentary podcast founded in March 2018 and hosted by Dasha Nekrasova and Anna Khachiyan. Initially associated with the "dirtbag left," the show shifted over time toward the post-left and eventually aligned more closely with the new right and Dimes Square scene, attracting a large and culturally influential audience.[1] Dasha Nekrasova is a documented figure in the Remilia ecosystem and has appeared on the wiki as a subject in her own right.
In March 2019, Nekrasova and collaborator Visitor Design created a merchandise shirt featuring a riff on the black-and-white flag used by ISIS — replacing the Islamic shahada's reference to the Prophet Muhammad with the words "Red Scare" rendered in a similar stylized script, and replacing the central seal with an illustration of three women. The shirts were released and sold out within approximately 24 hours. When photographs of the hosts wearing the shirts were widely circulated on Twitter in December 2020, they generated significant backlash, with critics accusing the hosts of exploiting terrorist imagery and causing harm to Muslim communities affected by ISIS violence. Nekrasova described the criticism as "manufactured outrage," citing the shirts' original 2019 release in the context of news about the MAGA Bomber and the announced defeat of the ISIS caliphate.[2]
The shirt's inclusion in the Remilio collection reflects the close cultural proximity between Red Scare, Dimes Square, and the Remilia ecosystem — guests on Red Scare have included Curtis Yarvin, Elena Velez, and other figures documented on this wiki — as well as the collection's broader engagement with provocative internet cultural artifacts.
See also
References
- ↑ "Red Scare (podcast)". Wikipedia. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ↑ December 2, 2020. "US podcasters under fire for 'IS logo' merchandise". The New Arab. Retrieved 2025-12-01.