Shira Tarrant is the author of When Sex Became Gender (Routledge), a book connecting generations of feminist thought. Her recent anthology, Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power (Routledge), is a lively collection of first-person perspectives on sexuality, identity and positive change. This one-of-a-kind anthology is hailed for asking sharp questions about negotiating the masculinity trap.

Shira Tarrant's work has appeared in Bitch magazine, Genre, Women's Studies Quarterly, off our backs, the UCLA Historical Journal, Girlistic.com, The International Encyclopedia of Political Science, The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism, the Journal of Intercultural Studies, and Barnard College's Scholar & Feminist Online. Her next book, Men and Feminism (Seal Press) will be on the shelves in Spring 2009. She is currently at work on a co-edited anthology, Feminism, Fashion and Flair: Confronting Hegemony With Style..

Shira Tarrant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Southern California, where she teaches in the women's studies department 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.