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attackeng.jpg 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

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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.

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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.

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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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May 31, 2007

Between Jellies and Stars

Category: Naming Experience

Wherein we meet plants joined in lawful marriages...

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Recruiting The Very Best

Category: Isn't It Ironic?

Just don't mention diversity...

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Bunch of Men Honored for Science Stuff Again

Category: Burns My Shorts

And now...let the comment whiners commence whining.

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Fast-Track Mommy Manual

Category: Why There Are No Women in Science

The key phrase here is "institutional strategies".

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May 29, 2007

Life as a Leak, Redux

Category: Naming Experience

Leaking never looked so good!

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Seed Magazine Writing Contest

Category: Call For Proposals

First price is a little over $2 a word - not bad!

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Next Joy of Science Installment

Category: Joy of Science

Let's say next Tuesday, June 5, for putting up the reading summaries

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May 24, 2007

Let's Get Nominating, People!

Category: Call For Proposals

Please don't forget to nominate posts for the 2007 Science Blogging Anthology. I've added an icon to the left sidebar that you can click on (it's the blue "Open Lab 2007" bit just below "nominate posts for") to go to...

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New Feminist Blog and Nifty Database

Category: Resources

Two more websites that feature women, and aren't porn! Yay!

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May 22, 2007

Comments Seem To Be Messed Up Temporarily...

Category: Comments Policy

I don't know what is going on, but most new comments seem to be getting held for moderation and/or sent by the spam filter into my junk folder. I have just retrieved a bunch of them from the junk folder...

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CBS's Dreadful "The Big Bang Theory"

Category: Apologists for the Oppressors

Hah hah hah, "big bang", get it? like the theory, and like, "bang" a chick?

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It Can't Be The Lad's Problem, Can It?

Category: Apologists for the Oppressors

Bora pointed me to a post at The Phineas Gage Fan Club about an undergraduate student in Sweden who has been rather severely punished by her university for appearing naked in the pages of a "lad mag". The department demanded...

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Bluegrass in Gettysburg

Category: Friday Fare

Unfortunately, there are a lot of "mean woman songs" in bluegrass.

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Coffee Talk

Category: Friday Fare

Why can't you be more like the Kocerka girls?

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Cosmic Life, Universe, & Everything

Category: Geekalicious

once I'd made this comparison, I could get no further with Cosmic Jackpot

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May 18, 2007

Is Women's Studies Good For Science?

Category: Isn't It Ironic?

It's not what I would wish to read about women's studies doing.

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May 17, 2007

Call For Entries For 2007 Science Blogging Anthology

Category: Call For Proposals

Bora has recently noted to me, it is lacking something important.

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6th Scientiae Is Up!

Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?

the topic is "mothers and others, those who influenced us along the way..."

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May 14, 2007

Gracie Likes Math!

Category: Geekalicious

Maybe Gracie could sit Cathy down for a chat...

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May 12, 2007

Letters, Packages, Good Advice: How Mom Nurtured My Inner Engineer

Category: Naming Experience

She convinced me to retake calculus - which made all the difference.

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May 11, 2007

Spring Bloomtime at Jenkins Arboretum

Category: Friday Fare

The dark cynic in me says: visit now, while you can

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May 10, 2007

Where Are My Minions When I Need Them, Dammit!

Category: Friday Fare

I am for damn sure if I had minions, I would not be carrying kitty poop around.

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May 7, 2007

Kirk and Scotty (But Not Uhura) Play With "Rick"

Category: Science Follies

It sucks to see the press doing gender bias work for the physicists.

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May 4, 2007

Science Bloggers in India

Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?

Bora notes that some people are wondering why there aren't more Indian (or Serbian) science bloggers. Bora links to an interesting post from Selva on this topic. This is all very ironic to me because just two days ago I...

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National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife

Category: Daily Struggles

Info, resources, network, academic life - it's all good.

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NAS Deigns to Admit 9 Women This Year

Category: Why There Are No Women in Science

They don't even track data on minority membership.

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May 1, 2007

When Does the Gunman's Race Matter?

Category: Race Matters

Imagine this headline: "High School Shooters Were White Students"

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5th Scientiae Is Up

Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?

You might want to check out this horror story...

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Bleeding Heart

Category: Friday Fare

I needed something to lighten up my day today. Maybe you do, too. How about this picture from my garden? See, even my garden knows I'm a bleeding heart liberal....

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