Between Jellies and Stars
Category: Naming Experience
Wherein we meet plants joined in lawful marriages...
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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.
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May 31, 2007
Recruiting The Very Best
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
Just don't mention diversity...
Posted by Zuska at 3:01 PM • 1 Comments •
Bunch of Men Honored for Science Stuff Again
Category: Burns My Shorts
And now...let the comment whiners commence whining.
Posted by Zuska at 2:18 PM • 16 Comments •
Fast-Track Mommy Manual
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
The key phrase here is "institutional strategies".
Posted by Zuska at 2:12 PM • 2 Comments •
May 29, 2007
Life as a Leak, Redux
Category: Naming Experience
Leaking never looked so good!
Posted by Zuska at 7:32 PM • 2 Comments •
Seed Magazine Writing Contest
Category: Call For Proposals
First price is a little over $2 a word - not bad!
Posted by Zuska at 4:39 PM • 0 Comments •
Next Joy of Science Installment
Category: Joy of Science
Let's say next Tuesday, June 5, for putting up the reading summaries
Posted by Zuska at 4:22 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 6:50 PM • 3 Comments •
New Feminist Blog and Nifty Database
Category: Resources
Two more websites that feature women, and aren't porn! Yay!
Posted by Zuska at 4:44 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 8:31 PM • 3 Comments •
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?
Posted by Zuska at 5:52 PM • 52 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 3:52 PM • 7 Comments •
Bluegrass in Gettysburg
Category: Friday Fare
Unfortunately, there are a lot of "mean woman songs" in bluegrass.
Posted by Zuska at 3:01 PM • 7 Comments •
Coffee Talk
Category: Friday Fare
Why can't you be more like the Kocerka girls?
Posted by Zuska at 2:11 PM • 4 Comments •
Cosmic Life, Universe, & Everything
Category: Geekalicious
once I'd made this comparison, I could get no further with Cosmic Jackpot
Posted by Zuska at 12:28 PM • 11 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 1:28 PM • 20 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 12:56 PM • 0 Comments •
6th Scientiae Is Up!
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
the topic is "mothers and others, those who influenced us along the way..."
Posted by Zuska at 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
May 14, 2007
Gracie Likes Math!
Category: Geekalicious
Maybe Gracie could sit Cathy down for a chat...
Posted by Zuska at 5:22 PM • 0 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 11:42 PM • 7 Comments •
May 11, 2007
Spring Bloomtime at Jenkins Arboretum
Category: Friday Fare
The dark cynic in me says: visit now, while you can
Posted by Zuska at 12:40 AM • 3 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 11:17 PM • 3 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 11:01 PM • 15 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 7:25 PM • 1 Comments •
National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife
Category: Daily Struggles
Info, resources, network, academic life - it's all good.
Posted by Zuska at 7:00 PM • 1 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 5:39 PM • 11 Comments •
May 1, 2007
When Does the Gunman's Race Matter?
Category: Race Matters
Imagine this headline: "High School Shooters Were White Students"
Posted by Zuska at 9:25 PM • 12 Comments •
5th Scientiae Is Up
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
You might want to check out this horror story...
Posted by Zuska at 7:50 PM • 1 Comments •
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....
Posted by Zuska at 6:57 PM • 1 Comments •
