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Catherine Liu

Catherine Liu

Ending the Spectacle of Infantilism

Ending the Spectacle of Infantilism

The youth mental health crisis speaks to the abnegation of responsibility among adults—liberals and leftists foremost. Unmediated expressions of distress in spectacle-oriented activities must be rejected for a mature, radical politics.
Catherine Liu May 26, 2025
Working Mother

Working Mother

The radical pamphleteer Susannah Wright does not fit neatly into the contemporary feminist imaginary. She is a woman these feminists would like to forget: a woman who understood her class allegiances and fought for the universalism of an objective, shared reality.
Catherine Liu Dec 2, 2024
Professional Populists in the Culture Wars

Professional Populists in the Culture Wars

The cultural studies revolution rejected universalism and embraced popular culture. This has been a disaster for the humanities and social sciences, but enormously successful in obfuscating growing social inequality and inflating the importance of culture wars.
Catherine Liu Apr 29, 2024
Are You My Customer?

Are You My Customer?

Recent service industry hero tales like The Menu, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Bear are not crafted for the people whose work they romanticize, but for their bosses, managers and customers. What message are these stories meant to deliver?
Catherine Liu Aug 16, 2023
Tár Money Grindset

Tár Money Grindset

The culture industry makes fun of classical music even while defending it.
Catherine Liu, Drake Tyler Mar 1, 2023
Meritocracy Agonistes

Meritocracy Agonistes

On elite anxieties and the instrumentalization of education.
Leo Krapp, Catherine Liu Aug 31, 2020

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