Career
Tarrant grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and lives in Los Angeles. She has a PhD in political science from UCLA.
In 2010, Tarrant was selected by Progressive Women's Voices for its media and leadership training program, and was named a Woman to Watch by the Women's Media Center. In 2012, she was awarded the Glidden Visiting Professorship at Ohio University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
A frequent speaker at college campuses and public venues across the country, Tarrant is quoted widely in print, radio, television, and online media.
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“I seemed intent on making it as difficult for myself as possible to pursue my “male” career goal. I not only procrastinated endlessly, submitting my medical school application at the very last minute, but continued to crave a conventional female role even as I moved ahead with my “male” pursuits.”
—Margaret S. Mahler (1897–1985)
“Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“I doubt that I would have taken so many leaps in my own writing or been as clear about my feminist and political commitments if I had not been anointed as early as I was. Some major form of recognition seems to have to mark a woman’s career for her to be able to go out on a limb without having her credentials questioned.”
—Ruth Behar (b. 1956)