Kat Higgins (aka Kathryn Claire)

Bought last summer, but getting to it now. So very good. @asc.upenn.edu @kat-hig.bsky.social @mandigray.bsky.social

Thank you for reading our work, Nicolette!

In "Man enough to kill, boy enough to cry: Liminality and irresolvability in Adolescence", Kathryn Claire Higgins (@kat-hig.bsky.social) considers the television show Adolescence, using the show’s title as an entry point for analysis and critique. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Trump uses ‘victimcould’ to further agenda President Donald Trump casts himself as the victim of imagined future injustices to create a sense of ‘victimcould’ and further his agenda, a new paper from a Goldsmiths academic argues.

Trump casts himself as the victim of imagined future injustices to create a sense of ‘victimcould’ and further his agenda, a new paper by @kat-hig.bsky.social argues.

www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/vi...

From victimhood to victimcould: Hypothetical injury and the ‘criminalization’ of Donald Trump - Kathryn Claire Higgins, 2025 This article theorizes how far-right cultural politics leverage hypothetical injuries and imaginary futures, often through media, to justify agendas of social v...

How did a man of seemingly limitless wealth, power and impunity style himself as a victim du jour of America's prevailing political order?

My new article in @ejcs-journal.bsky.social about Trump, criminalization and "victimcould" tries to figure it out.

doi.org/10.1177/1367...

Delighted to be in Dublin this week for this brilliant symposium on reactionary media and politics with @anthonypkelly.bsky.social and so many others.

I’ll be talking about vulnerability politics, criminalization, MAGA media, and the imaginary futures of far-Right movements.

Feminism and the Far-Right A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

I will talk at this brilliant symposium on “Feminism and the Far-Right” on June 6th at Goldsmith among epic critical thinkers in my field. Thanks so much to Dr. @kat-hig.bsky.social for hosting this event. 💖

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

I’m so thrilled you’re taking part, Sama!

Feminism and the Far-Right A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪

BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

Victimhood as a politics of pain and power - Professor Lilie Chouliaraki Professor Lilie Chouliaraki will discuss her new book, 'Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood' (Columbia University Press, 2024)

Tomorrow 20/3, 17:30 we are thrilled to host @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social on 'Victimhood as a politics of pain and power' based on her new book 'Wronged: the weaponization of victimhood'. Response by @kat-hig.bsky.social @mediacomgold.bsky.social If in London do join us - all welcome! ⬇️

Why Are Con Women So Much More Fascinating Than Con Men? “What is it about these women that makes us unable to look away?”

A new paper co-authored by Goldsmiths' @kat-hig.bsky.social explores our preoccupation with stories about women who lie, scam and cheat.

As Netflix's Apple Cider Vinegar hits our screens, she talks to British Vogue about why we can't get enough of con women www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...

And today in British Vogue! @mediacomgold.bsky.social

www.vogue.co.uk/article/why-...

Liars, scammers and cheats: con(fident) women and post-authentic femininities on television In this paper, we analyze the conjuncture framing the recent rise of media representations of female con artists, looking at two recent examples of the trope on television: Inventing Anna (a fictio...

You can read our article (with Sarah Banet-Weiser) in the Journal of Gender Studies: doi.org/10.1080/0958...

@mediacomgold.bsky.social @asc.upenn.edu

Why We Can’t Look Away From Scammer Stories A new wave of female-scammer content confirms that Grifter Season was more than just a passing trend.

What happens when the backlash against con capitalism meets the backlash against #MeToo meets the backlash against white pop feminism?

A whole lot of television about women who lie, scam and cheat.

Thrilled to see our recent article quoted in @time.com today!

Link 👇☺️

time.com/7213150/appl...

Including contributions from @daimoon.bsky.social @hildecoffe.bsky.social @kat-hig.bsky.social, @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social, David Theo Goldberg, Brad Evans, Chantal Meza, Gareth Owen and more!

The front page of On Violene magazine, from the Centre for the Study of Violence, University of Bath. The image shows artwork by Chantal Meza

The inaugural edition of 'On Violence', the biannual magazine from the Centre for the Study of Violence @uniofbath.bsky.social, is now available!

www.bath.ac.uk/publications...

Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-equality Agenda This article puts forward a cultural‐political formation it terms “model minority authoritarianism.” The idea of the model minority has both been venerated as the virtuous face of immigration and/or n...

Out now: my new article ‘Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-Equality Agenda’ in South Atlantic Quarterly @dukepress.bsky.social (1/9) read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Wow, I’m humbled!
Wronged is indispensable. It opens up new ways of thinking about the centrality and ambivalence
of pain in political life, while inviting us to meet the challenge of reclaiming vulnerability for building a more just, less painful world
@kat-hig.bsky.social 🙏❤️
@lsemedia.bsky.social

Why is being a victim such a potent identity today? Who claims to be a victim, and why?

Read @kat-hig.bsky.social 's #bookreview of "Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood" by @liliechouliaraki.bsky.social here: https://buff.ly/4hWhWYA

So looking forward to this!

This Friday 15/11 I'll be talking about victimcould, state violence and far-Right future panics as part of Lund University's brilliant "Rethinking global challenges through feminist media and communications approaches" seminar series.

Register here to join remotely! tinyurl.com/59sa6szs