Shira Tarrant

Shira Tarrant is an expert in gender politics, feminism, 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, is forthcoming (SUNY Press). 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.

Shira Tarrant’s articles receive mainstream and academic attention in Bitch Magazine, BUST Magazine, the Women’s Media Center, Ms. Magazine, Huffington Post, off our backs, The International Encyclopedia of Political Science, and The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism. Her essays are featured in anthologies including Fix Me Up (McFarland) and Robot Hearts (Pinchback Press).

A frequent speaker at college campuses and public venues across the country, Shira Tarrant is quoted widely in print and radio (including the the Toronto Globe and Mail, Baltimore Sun, Denver Post, Sydney Morning Herald, WBAI-FM, KPFT-FM). She is featured on popular blogs including Womanist-Musings, Feminist Review, Girl With Pen, and Pandagon.

Shira Tarrant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Southern California, where she is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at California State University, Long Beach. She has a PhD in political science from UCLA and fond memories of lounging on the grass in the campus sculpture garden.

For Speaking Engagements
Shira’s author events and public speaking engagements include direct readings from Men and Feminism or her previous books.

Shira is also available to speak about a wide variety of topics, both in a straight lecture format and in a more interactive “town hall” style, including:

• Pornography and masculinity — Shira doesn’t present a porn-is-bad argument, but instead discusses some of the complexities of the issue
• Masculinity and pop culture — hypermasculinity issues as well as the new man-as-kidult theme
• Violence and sexual assault as men’s issues — how and why it’s a men’s issue, and what’s being done by men in terms of prevention
• Politics of Parenthood — as a (former) teen mom and an expert in pop culture and gender issues, Shira speaks clearly about the politics of parenthood and why we need more support for all kinds of families.

For more information contact Sara Knight.

Publicist Contact:
Sara Knight
Aid & Abet
510-717-8193
sara@aidandabet.org
http://www.aidandabet.org/shiratarrant

Agent Contact:
Tracy Brown Literary Agency
Tracy Brown - tracy@brownlit.com
P.O. Box 772
Nyack, New York 10960
914-400-4147