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Date:    Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:48:11 -0700
From:    Shira Tarrant 
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Subject: Men and Feminism

Hi, Everyone.

I was going to wait awhile to post this announcement, but given the current
discussion about men and feminism it seems to make sense to share this
information now. I’m excited to announce my forthcoming anthology titled Men
Speak Out. Further information is included below, as well as a link to an
excerpt from the introduction to the book. This excerpt appears in the 
magazine
Voice Male, which may be a useful resource for those of you interested in men
and feminism. 

Men Speak Out on Gender, Sex and Power:
http://www.mrcforchange.org/menspeakout.html

Please feel free to get in touch with me off-list if you have any questions or
comments.

Best regards,
Shira Tarrant


Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex and Power 

Routledge, January 2008

Edited by Shira Tarrant

Men Speak Out is a collection of essays written by and about profeminist men.
In the essays, which feature original, lively, and accessible prose,
anti-sexist men make sense of their gendered experiences in today’s culture.
And since the interrelations between gender, race, class, and sexuality are
central to feminism, Men Speak Out prioritizes such issues. These authors
tackle the issues of feminism, growing up male, recognizing masculine
privilege, taking action to change the imbalance of power and privilege, and
the constraints that men experience in confronting sexism. They describe their
successes and challenges in bucking patriarchal systems in a culture that can
be unsupportive of —  or downright hostile to — a profeminist perspective. In
these chapters, a diverse group of men reflect on growing up, share moments in
their day-to-day lives, and pose serious questions about being a profeminist
male living, thinking, and learning in a sexist society.

CONTENTS

Foreword Jackson Katz

Section I: Masculinity and Identity
1.      Daytona Beach: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Byron Hurt      
2.      The Real Slim Shady, Ryan Heryford
3.      The Enemy Within: On Becoming a Straight White Guy, Jacob 
Anderson-Minshall
4.      Redefining Manhood: Resisting Sexism, Ewuare X. Osayande
5.      Straight Guys Can Dance, Too, Jared Margulies
6.      Stepping Out of Bounds, Nathan Einschlag
7.      Hombres y Machos, Alfredo Mirandé

Section II: Sexuality
8.      Just a John? Pornography and Men’s Choices, Robert Jensen
9.      Staring at Janae’s Legs, Hugo Schwyzer
10.     Trying to Be Sexy and Anti-Sexist… at Exactly the Same Time, Andrew 
Boyd
11.     Bye-Bye Bi? Bailey, Biphobia, and Girlie-Men, Marcus C. Tye
12.     Darker Shades of Queer: Race and Sexuality at the Margins, Chong-suk 
Han
13.     Let Us Be Seen: Gay Visibility in Homophobic Poland, Tomek Kitlinksi 
and Pawel Leszkowicz
14.     How We Enter: Men, Gender, and Sexual Assault, B. Loewe

Section III: Feminism
15.     How Two Aspiring Pornographers Turned Me Into the Ultimate F Word, 
Hank Shaw
16.     Exposed in Iraq: Sexual Harassment and Hidden Rank Structure of the 
U.S. Army Marshall Thompson
17.     Why I Am Not a Feminist, Haji Shearer
18.     Preaching to the Choir  , Matthue Roth
19.     The Starbucks Intervention, Greg Bortnichak
20.     This Is What a Feminist Looks Like, Derrais Carter
21.     From Oppressor to Activist: Reflections of a Feminist Journey, Amit 
Taneja
22.     It’s Just Common Sense, Brandon Arber

Section IV: Points and Perspectives
23.     Abandoning the Barricades: or How I Became a Feminist, Michael Kimmel
24.     Confessions of a Premature Pro-Feminist, Rob Okun
25.     Learning From Women, Bob Lamm
26.     A Tribute to My Father, Chris Dixon
27.     Playground Vertigo, Jeremy Adam Smith
28.     Judging Fathers: The Case for Gender-Neutral Standards, Donald N.S. 
Unger
29.     What’s Wrong With Fathers’ Rights?  Michael Flood
30.     Engendering the Classroom: Experiences of a Man in Women’s and Gender 
Studies, Kyle Brillante
31.     Gender in Jakarta: Lessons on Discourse and Disparity, Bryan Talbot 
Morris

Section V: Taking Action, Making Change
32.     Sport, Strong Women, and Feminist Epiphanies, Richard Pringle
33.     Violation, Eli Hastings
34.     Steel-Toed Boots, Tal Peretz
35.     Men’s Manifesto, Ben Atherton-Zeman
36.     Breaking the Silence One Mile at a Time, Grantlin Schafer
37.     Being a Social Justice Ally: A Feminist’s Perspective on Preventing 
Male Violence, Jonathan Ravarino
38.     Good Ol’ Boy: A Tale of Transformation in the Rural South, Jay Poole
39.     How Can I Be Sexist? I’m an Anarchist! Chris Crass


FWDShira Tarrant, PhD

Assistant Professor
Women's Studies Department
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90840-1603


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