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Politics of Doubt</strong></a> Banet-Weiser, Sarah and Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2023. Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt. Cambridge: Polity Press. ISBN 9781509553815 </li></ul><h4>Book Section</h4><ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34823/" aria-label="The Post-Truth of Rape on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>The Post-Truth of Rape</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire and Banet-Weiser, Sarah. 2024. The Post-Truth of Rape. In: Jayson Harsin, ed. Re-thinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust: Globality, Culture, Affect. New York: Routledge, pp. 43-60. ISBN 9781032484198 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34826/" aria-label="Cruel benevolence: vulnerable menaces, menacing vulnerabilities and the white male vigilante trope on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Cruel benevolence: vulnerable menaces, menacing vulnerabilities and the white male vigilante trope</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2023. Cruel benevolence: vulnerable menaces, menacing vulnerabilities and the white male vigilante trope. In: Karen Boyle and Susan Berridge, eds. The Routledge Companion to Gender, Media and Violence. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 84-94. ISBN 9781032061368 </li></ul><h4>Article</h4><ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38786/" aria-label="From victimhood to victimcould: Hypothetical injury and the 'criminalization' of Donald Trump on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>From victimhood to victimcould: Hypothetical injury and the 'criminalization' of Donald Trump</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2026. From victimhood to victimcould: Hypothetical injury and the 'criminalization' of Donald Trump. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 29(1), pp. 169-188. ISSN 1367-5494 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/39483/" aria-label="Man enough to kill, boy enough to cry: Liminality and irresolvability in Adolescence on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Man enough to kill, boy enough to cry: Liminality and irresolvability in Adolescence</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2025. Man enough to kill, boy enough to cry: Liminality and irresolvability in Adolescence. European Journal of Cultural Studies, ISSN 1367-5494 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/37812/" aria-label="Liars, scammers and cheats: con(fident) women and post-authentic femininities on television on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Liars, scammers and cheats: con(fident) women and post-authentic femininities on television</strong></a> Banet-Weiser, Sarah and Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2025. Liars, scammers and cheats: con(fident) women and post-authentic femininities on television. Journal of Gender Studies, 34(6), pp. 774-785. ISSN 0958-9236 </li></ul><div class="expand-container"> <div class="button-wrapper chevron-left"> <button id="show-more-article" class="show-more" data-disclosure-custom="" data-custom-content-show="Show more information" data-custom-content-hide="Hide information" aria-controls="show-more-article-content" aria-expanded="false">Show more information</button> </div> <div id="show-more-article-content" class="show-more-reveal" style="margin-top:0" hidden=""> <ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34827/" aria-label="Rethinking visual criminalization: news images and the mediated spacetime of crime events on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Rethinking visual criminalization: news images and the mediated spacetime of crime events</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2024. Rethinking visual criminalization: news images and the mediated spacetime of crime events. Visual Communication, 23(4), pp. 700-722. ISSN 1470-3572 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/35854/" aria-label="A roundtable discussion of Kathryn Claire Higgins and Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Believability: Sexual Violence, Media and the Politics of Doubt on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>A roundtable discussion of Kathryn Claire Higgins and Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Believability: Sexual Violence, Media and the Politics of Doubt</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire and Banet-Weiser, Sarah. 2024. A roundtable discussion of Kathryn Claire Higgins and Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Believability: Sexual Violence, Media and the Politics of Doubt. Feminist Theory, 25(3), pp. 263-287. ISSN 1464-7001 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34828/" aria-label="‘Nobody feels safe’: Vulnerability, fear and the micro-politics of ordinary voice in crime news television on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>‘Nobody feels safe’: Vulnerability, fear and the micro-politics of ordinary voice in crime news television</strong></a> Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2022. ‘Nobody feels safe’: Vulnerability, fear and the micro-politics of ordinary voice in crime news television. Journalism, 23(10), pp. 2114-2131. ISSN 1464-8849 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34830/" aria-label="Television and the “Honest” Woman: Mediating the Labor of Believability on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Television and the “Honest” Woman: Mediating the Labor of Believability</strong></a> Banet-Weiser, Sarah and Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2022. Television and the “Honest” Woman: Mediating the Labor of Believability. Television & New Media, 23(2), pp. 127-147. ISSN 1527-4764 </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/media-communications/people/higgins-kathryn-claire/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/34833/" aria-label="Sensing the (in)visible: domestic cleaning and cleaners on Mumsnet Talk on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Sensing the (in)visible: domestic cleaning and cleaners on Mumsnet Talk</strong></a> Orgad, Shani and Higgins, Kathryn Claire. 2022. Sensing the (in)visible: domestic cleaning and cleaners on Mumsnet Talk. Feminist Media Studies, 22(8), pp. 1951-1971. ISSN 1468-0777 </li></ul> </div> </div>'>