Catherine Liu
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Status: Pending
Peter Foy - April 12, 2026
Last Edited: October 5, 2026
Contributors: Peter J. Foy
Catherine Liu is a Taiwanese‑American cultural theorist and professor of film and media studies at the University of California, Irvine, known for her critiques of the professional‑managerial class and her work in critical theory and cultural politics. Her research spans Sinophone cinema, French literature, psychoanalysis, and the Frankfurt School. She is the author of Virtue Hoarders and The American Idyll, and has published widely on aesthetics, identity politics, and cultural criticism.

ENERGETICS

J: Rigidity
10/35
P: Fluidity
29/35
Pe: Proactive Fluidity
19/35
Pi: Reactive Fluidity
24/35
Je: Proactive Rigidity
27/35
Ji: Reactive Rigidity
8/35
Pe Ji Je Pi 8 15 22 30

STYLES

Fi-Te: Candid
35/63
Ti-Fe: Measured
14/63
Ni-Se: Grounded
33/56
Ne-Si: Suspended
4/56
Alpha Beta Gamma Delta

EMOTIONS

Eu:
Eg:
FA:
4/21
12/21

SIGNAL DATA

Judgment

R-1 Rigid Posture:
R-2 Body Centric:
2/7
R-3 Punctuated Motions:
4/7
R-4 Vertical Movements:
4/7
R-5 Subordinate Fluidity:

Je Articulator

PR-1 Head Pushes:
7/7
PR-2 Head Shakes:
4/7
PR-3 Shoulder Shrugs:
2/7
PR-4 Fluent Articulation:
7/7
PR-5 Projecting Hands:
7/7

Ji Compass

RR-1 Poised Receding:
2/7
RR-2 Disengaging Eyes:
2/7
RR-3 Exerted Pushes:
RR-4 Momentum Halting:
2/7
RR-5 Meticulous Hands:
2/7

Perception

F-1 Fluid Posture:
7/7
F-2 Eye Centric:
4/7
F-3 Gliding Motions:
4/7
F-4 Horizontal Movements:
7/7
F-5 Subordinate Rigidity:
7/7

Pe Explorer

PF-1 Restless Momentum:
2/7
PF-2 Toggling Eyes:
4/7
PF-3 Body Swaying:
4/7
PF-4 Casual Hands:
7/7
PF-5 Alert Perk-ups:
2/7

Pi Worldview

RF-1 Viscous Inertia:
7/7
RF-2 Fixed Gaze:
7/7
RF-3 Diagonal Eye-Drifts:
4/7
RF-4 Searching Scowling:
2/7
RF-5 Narrow Head Zoning:
4/7

Fi/Te

Ca-1 Taut Nasolabial Area:
2/7
Ca-2 Vertical Snarling Smiles:
Ca-3 Four Point Pulling:
7/7
Ca-4 Wobbling Lips:
4/7
Ca-5 Asymmetrical Smirks:
Ca-6 Sassy Movements:
7/7
Ca-7 Plateau Velocity:
7/7
Ca-8 Nasal-Breathy Voice:
4/7
Ca-9 Grasping Hands:
4/7

Ni/Se

Gr-1 Taut Preseptal Area:
7/7
Gr-2 Lax Pretarsal Area:
2/7
Gr-3 Taut Outer Edges:
7/7
Gr-4 Intense Scowling:
2/7
Gr-5 Pointed Eye Toggles:
7/7
Gr-6 Eye-Head Parallel Motion:
4/7
Gr-7 Grounding Effect:
4/7
Gr-8 Bodily Awareness:

Ti/Fe

Ms-1 Lax Nasolabial Area:
Ms-2 Horizontal Curtain Smiles:
2/7
Ms-3 Two Point Pulling:
2/7
Ms-4 Symmetrical Lips:
4/7
Ms-5 Emotional Neutralization:
Ms-6 Coordinated Movements:
4/7
Ms-7 Parabolic Velocity:
2/7
Ms-8 Diaphragm-Faint Voice:
Ms-9 Puppeteer Hands:

Ne/Si

Su-1 Lax Preseptal Area:
4/7
Su-2 Taut Pretarsal Area:
Su-3 Lax Outer Edges:
Su-4 Concerned Scowling:
Su-5 Brushstrokes Eye Toggles:
Su-6 Eye-Head Trailing Motions:
Su-7 Levity Effect:
Su-8 Quirky Skits:

Unguarded

Eu-1 Responsive Nodding:
2/7
Eu-2 Polite Smiling:
Eu-3 Bashful Body Movements:
2/7

Guarded

Eg-1 Upset Mouth Tension:
4/7
Eg-2 Assertive Pushing:
4/7
Eg-3 Stern Expressions:
4/7

Fallen Affect

FA-1 Fallen Affect: