Kat Higgins is a researcher and writer based in London, UK. She writes about digital media culture, vulnerability politics, state violence, reactionary political cultures, post-truth, and contemporary mediated feminisms. 

Kat is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. Previously, she was Lecturer in Global Digital Politics at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. Her PhD was awarded by the London School of Economics and Political Science. 
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Her research and writing are published in European Journal of Cultural Studies, Journal of Gender Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Feminist Theory, Television and New Media, Journalism, and Visual Communication, as well as a variety of public-facing outlets. Her first book, Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt (with Sarah Banet-Weiser) is published by Polity.

Together with Professor Tanya Serisier and Dr Zeena Feldman, she is co-director of the CHASE Gender and Sexuality Research Network. 

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​Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt

(with Sarah Banet-Weiser, 2023)​

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"One of the most counter-intuitive and innovative books that I have read in a very long time. It makes a groundbreaking contribution to our thinking about sexual violence by radically intervening in the heated feminist debates around how to understand, address – and redress – the scourge of sexual violence."

Catherine Rottenberg for The Sociological Review 

"The best and most nuanced analysis of the cultural significance of #MeToo I have read... not only a crucial contribution to feminist thought, but also an important step towards reconceptualizing the cultural politics of belief and truth in transformative feminist ways." 

Tanya Serisier for European Journal of Cultural Studies

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"The 'truth' will not set you free, but this book might." 

Melody House for Gender, Work and Organization

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Read other reviews and discussions in Feminist Theory, International Journal of Communication, Feminist Media Studies, Journal of Language and Culture, Gender & Society, LSE Review of Books, CHOICE, Herizons Magazine, and Australian Journalism Review. 

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Listen to our New Books Network podcast episode

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