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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.
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.
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October 31, 2006
Category: Conference Report
So I'm at a conference where the majority of attendees are white males. Well, after all, it is an engineering conference. Anyway, given the demographics, do you expect to walk into any particular parallel session and find that there are...
Posted by Zuska at 9:37 PM • 10 Comments •
October 30, 2006
Category: Conference Report
So I'm at the Frontiers in Education conference, and there's so much good stuff going on my brain is on overload. Plus, there are other people here who call themselves feminist engineers! It was worth the price of admission just...
Posted by Zuska at 11:15 PM • 0 Comments •
October 25, 2006
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
Well, I'll never work in academia again after those last two posts. I suppose if my migraines ever get under control I can always go back to industry. Pharma is always desperate for experienced medical writers and they pay better...
Posted by Zuska at 1:18 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
As I promised, here is the email I received from President Lewis Duncan of Rollins College after I wrote a blog post on his comments on the Karpova-Tonegawa affair. My commentary on his email is in brackets and italicized. Email...
Posted by Zuska at 11:57 AM • 5 Comments •
October 24, 2006
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
To sum up: he's rich, you're a bitch.
Posted by Zuska at 1:25 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
I'm reading two books at the moment (in addition to the five or so others I've started and gotten halfway through and not finished...well, they'll always be waiting for me to come back...someday...). The first is Sisters in Science: Conversations...
Posted by Zuska at 9:30 AM • 0 Comments •
October 23, 2006
Category: Miscellaneous
Got this from Kate, who got it from Coturnix, who was apparently sent there by Shelley....Factorizer! I swear I am not making this up. This is what it gave me the first time: "If God had a name, it would...
Posted by Zuska at 9:50 PM • 1 Comments •
October 21, 2006
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
So, you ask us bloggers this week... ...What's the best science TV show of all time?......
Posted by Zuska at 11:50 PM • 6 Comments •
October 20, 2006
Category: Race Matters
Where are the women blogging on science & gender & race?
Posted by Zuska at 12:41 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Friday Fare
...what academic fields are uncool, and why?
Posted by Zuska at 11:37 AM • 8 Comments •
October 16, 2006
Category: Making Disability Visible
"...a Black woman warrior poet doing my work - come to ask you, are you doing yours?"
Posted by Zuska at 11:33 PM • 6 Comments •
October 15, 2006
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
"...when you are hungry yourself, you really know how poor people feel."
Posted by Zuska at 11:12 PM • 5 Comments •
October 13, 2006
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
Dr. Shellie has a post on the National Academies report and the ensuing discussion on Inside Higher Ed. Dr. Shellie says: I am increasingly frustrated with the issue of discrimination against women in academia. Rhetorically, women are being put in...
Posted by Zuska at 12:05 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Friday Fare
It's Friday, and I've had two whole days this week without migraine, plus one day with a headache that only lasted an hour. So far today (9:16 a.m. as I write) I do not have a headache and the sun...
Posted by Zuska at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments •
October 9, 2006
Category: Call For Proposals
Gleanings from my inbox, in lieu of something creative...I've had a stinking migraine every stinking day for the past week...Be sure to check out the info on the DuPont award - they've been handing it out since 1956. I know...
Posted by Zuska at 10:16 PM • 0 Comments •
October 6, 2006
Category: Manifestoes
I can think of no better way to describe the process than to quote N. David Mermin's delightfully damning essay, "What's Wrong With These Prizes"...
Posted by Zuska at 5:50 PM • 12 Comments •
October 3, 2006
Category: Sex Discrimination
From the Ask a Science Blogger feature...The 2006 Nobel Laureates will be announced on Monday, October 2. Any early guesses as to who this year's honorees will be?... I'm thinking...I'm thinking...yes, it's coming to me...the winners will be... ... ......
Posted by Zuska at 2:36 PM • 34 Comments •
Category: Report Roundup
I am breaking my word from yesterday in order to post news about this report because the results are so disturbing I can't keep them to myself. I want someone else to be upset with me. From The Chronicle of...
Posted by Zuska at 2:00 PM • 7 Comments •
October 2, 2006
Category: Making Disability Visible
Here's a mini-list of things you should never, ever, ever say to someone with disabling migraines...
Posted by Zuska at 5:41 PM • 17 Comments •
