An award-winning cultural studies scholar based at the Universityof Bristol, Dr Kirsty Sedgman publishes and speakson art, media, participation, and cultural sociology. She isthe author of numerous academic publications, includingtwo monographs and an edited book on theatre fandom, andis Editor of the Routledge book series in Audience Research.Kirsty has also written for The Stage, Exeunt, andthe BBC's Expert Series, and her work has been featured inthe Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, and the NewYork Times. www.kirstysedgman.com @kirstysedgman
This book is for you. Accessible, thoroughly researched, inclusive, and engaging, Sedgman's call to open our mouths, to step up, and to engage, unreasonably if necessary, may be just what we need in this moment. - Stella Duffy, author and activist A compulsively readable, often hilarious book with a serious thesis . . . Sedgman asks us to think deeply, and to have the courage to blaze new trails, not only for ourselves, but for all those who follow us. - Tim Clare, author of Coward