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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.

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Total Books: 6
The Pornography Industry What Everyone Needs to Know
2016 - The Pornography Industry What Everyone Needs to Know (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780190205119
ISBN-10: 0190205113
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Pornography Industry What Everyone Needs to Know
2016 - The Pornography Industry What Everyone Needs to Know (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780190205126
ISBN-10: 0190205121
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Men and Feminism Seal Studies
2009 - Men and Feminism Seal Studies (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781580052580
ISBN-10: 1580052584
Genres: History, Politics & Social Sciences
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Men Speak Out Views on Gender Sex and Power
2007 - Men Speak Out VIews on Gender Sex and Power (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780415956574
ISBN-10: 0415956579
Genre: Nonfiction
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When Sex Became Gender
2006 - When Sex Became Gender [Perspectives on Gender] (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780415953467
ISBN-10: 0415953464
Genre: Nonfiction
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When Sex Became Gender
2006 - When Sex Became Gender [Perspectives on Gender] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780415953474
ISBN-10: 0415953472
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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