Kathryn Claire Higgins
Requests and Inquiries
Press, Interviews, Commentary, and Public Talks
I am available to journalists, practitioners, educators, community organizers and fellow academics for consultations, comments/interviews, and speaking engagements on a variety of subjects, including:
Crime journalism and popular media representations of crime and criminality
Law enforcement and the press
Police and prison abolition and the media
The politics of 'law and order' (especially in Australia)
Feminist movements in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States
#MeToo, public accusations, "trial by media", and the politics of belief
Sexual violence in the media
Media representations of marginalized people and groups (especially women, criminalized people/populations, and LGBTQA+)
Vulnerability and victimhood in public culture and media
Please direct all requests and inquiries to k.higgins@gold.ac.uk.
Recent Press
CounterPunch (18th July 2024)
Trump and the Age of Victim-Could
Op-ed. Read here.
Vox Media (22nd March 2024)
"The latest drama in "poverty porn" YouTube, explained"
Interview with A.W. Ohlheiser for Vox.com. Read here.
New Books Network (4th July 2023)
"Believability" (with Sarah Banet-Weiser)
Interview on the NBN Critical Theory Channel, hosted by Dr. Dave O'Brien. Featured as NBN Book of the Day. Listen here.
LSE InstaTV (29th July 2022)
"Why are we so intrigued by the female con artist?"
Featured Expert, LSE Instagram Channel, 264,000 followers. Watch here.
BBC Radio 4 (18 April 2022)
"The Female Con Artist"
Invited Guest, BBC Woman's Hour. Listen here (from 20:40)
Al Jazeera English (14 October 2021)
"Is the activist economy good for social change?"
Invited Discussant, The Stream. Watch here.