Shira Tarrant, PhD is nationally recognized expert in gender politics, feminism, sexuality, pop culture, and masculinity. She is the author of Men and Feminism (Seal Press), When Sex Became Gender (Routledge) and editor of the provocative anthology Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge). Her co-edited anthology, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style, will be out in 2012 (SUNY Press, with Marjorie Jolles). She is currently at work on the book The Sex Wars: Pole Dancing, Porn and Other Things That Freak People Out and the anthology, Pleasure and Peril: True Stories About Sex, Self-Acceptance, and Saying Yes in a World That (Sometimes) Says No. Her essays are featured in anthologies including Fix Me Up: Essays on Television Dating and Makeover Shows (McFarland) and Robot Hearts (Pinchback Press).
Shira Tarrant’s essays and articles appear in AlterNet.org, Bitch magazine, BUST Magazine, Ms. Magazine Blog, off our backs, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Genre magazine, Huffington Post, The Journal of Intercultural Studies, and The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism.
A frequent speaker at college campuses and public venues across the country, Tarrant is quoted widely in print, radio, television, and online media. She was selected by Progressive Women's Voices for its prestigious media and leadership training program, and was named a Woman to Watch by the Women's Media Center, based in New York City.
Shira Tarrant is an unconventional feminist redefining gender rights. She grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Los Angeles, where she is an Associate Professor in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at California State University, Long Beach. She has a PhD in political science from UCLA.
When Sex Became Gender (Routledge 2006)Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge 2008)Men and Feminism (Seal Press 2009)Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style (SUNY Press 2011, with Marjorie Jolles)
[Select Publications] Pornography 101: Why College Kids Need Porn Literacy Training, AlterNet, Sept 15, 2010. Is Pornography Racist?, Ms. Magazine Blog, August 16, 2010. Porn: Pleasure or Profit? Ms. Interviews Gail Dines, Part III, Ms. Magazine Blog, August 6, 2010 Getting Down About Hooking Up, Ms. Magazine Blog, March 24, 2010.Judge Orders Rape Survivors to Take Lie-Detection Test, Ms. Magazine Blog, March 19, 2010.What’s "The Scoop" About Groping? Ms. Magazine Blog, March 12, 2010. The Hurt Locker Blows Up More Than Bombs, Huffington Post, March 2, 2010.California College: Up In Smoke? Huffington Post, June 19, 2009.Sonia Sotomayor: The Answer Rhymes With "Fender," Huffington Post, May 29, 2009. Hip to Strip? Or Is it Time for Men to Stop Watching? Huffington Post, May 8, 2009.Guy Trouble, Bitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Popular Culture, Spring 2009.The Great Cover-Up: Can High Necklines Cure Low Morals? Bitch Magazine: Feminist Response to Popular Culture, Winter 2008.Men Speak Out on Gender, Sex and Power, Voice Male, Spring 2007.The Little FemBlog That Wasn’t, Barnard College Scholar & Feminist Online, Vol. 5 no. 2, Spring 2007.When Sex Became Gender: Mirra Komarovsky’s Feminism of the Fifties. Women’s Studies Quarterly. Vol. 33 nos. 3 & 4, 2005.Who’s Accountable for the Abuse at Abu Ghraib? Off Our Backs. September-October 2004.