Why Do We Need Role Models?
Category: Role Models
...telling us by their lived presence that OUR existence is not an anomaly...
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Zuska is the kick-ass alter-ego of Suzanne E Franks. When not dispensing Zuska's wisdom, Suzanne can often be found gardening, reading, or having one of her thrice-weekly migraines.
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The place where I come from...is a small town. Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.
Support the Mautner Project for Lesbians With Cancer! "The Mautner Project improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. [The Mautner Project envisions] a healthcare system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people."
September 27, 2006
September 25, 2006
A Helpful Guide to "Knowing Your Place"
This is invaluable information for any white women, or minority women or men, who are contemplating questioning the powers-that-be.
Posted by Zuska at 4:33 PM • 0 Comments •
19 Questions With Zuska
Category: Manifestoes
What do you do when you're not blogging? I garden, I read, I cook, I have migraines.
Posted by Zuska at 12:19 PM • 8 Comments •
September 19, 2006
AWIS Washington Wire and "Beyond Bias and Barriers" Report
Category: Report Roundup
And they call us the weaker sex. Bunch of timid turf-wardens. Hah!
Posted by Zuska at 12:29 PM • 23 Comments •
September 18, 2006
Resources for Parents - 1
Category: Positive Actions
Jeff Knapp asked what kind of advice would I give to a 14-year-old girl who is showing an interest in neuroscience, taking AP classes, and has articulated an interest in science. As the "1" in the title indicates, I'll be...
Posted by Zuska at 5:43 PM • 11 Comments •
Supporting Women Physicists the Fermilab Way
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
It's a crappy world for women in engineering, but geez, I'm starting to think those physicists are putting the engineers to shame.
Posted by Zuska at 3:46 PM • 8 Comments •
Leaky Pipelines, Or Locked Doors?
Category: Report Roundup
Something important we need to keep in mind: when we say "women" we are usually, unconsciously, thinking "white" at the same time.
Posted by Zuska at 1:08 PM • 5 Comments •
September 15, 2006
This is The Patriarchy: When Talking to the Master, Speak in a Civil Tone
Category: Manifestoes
Ostensible allies who can't do much more than be nice are sometimes more frustrating and difficult to deal with than outright obnoxious sexist bastards; with them, at least, it's pretty clear where you stand.
Posted by Zuska at 5:59 PM • 26 Comments •
September 11, 2006
Who's NOT a Leader?
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
I just wanna hurl chunks right now at fellow Sb'er Chad, who writes Uncertain Principles. Chad wrote this foolish entry about the so-called pipeline problem of women in physics. Which just goes to show that even an advanced degree in...
Posted by Zuska at 5:38 PM • 56 Comments •
L. A.Engineer! Almost.
Category: Call For Proposals
L.A. Engineer isn't here, but the Discovery Network ...has come a-knockin'!
Posted by Zuska at 1:29 PM • 0 Comments •
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