Feminist author & cultural critic

Six books including Slut! & Sexy Selfie Nation

Published in The New York Times & Ms.

Coined "misogynam"

By day: T'ruah communications


Leora Tanenbaum wearing leopard-print top and purple glasses with text saying she coined a new word: misogynam.

What I learned when researching Sexy Selfie Nation

Smarter in Seconds: Dress codes

Smarter in Seconds: Consent

Smarter in Seconds: Image-based abuse

Blair Imani, creator of the viral and super-cool web series Smarter in Seconds, invited me to collaborate on three reels, in which I shared findings from my Sexy Selfie Nation research.

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Photos from the Sexy Selfie Nation book tour


  • SEXY SELFIE NATION launch party at Housing Works Bookstore, NYC

  • Housing Works Bookstore

  • Housing Works Bookstore

  • Signing books!

  • SEXY SELFIE NATION webinar

  • SEXY SELFIE NATION event at Brown University

  • Signing books at the Brown bookstore!

  • Talking about sexy selfies in Washington, DC at Avodah

  • Getting ready for National Selfie Day

  • Book talk with Julia Bennett at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn
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