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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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July 31, 2007

Strong, Silent Men Wax Eloquent In Print To Refute Mehl Study

Category: Manly Men

If women and men are the same, how will we know what makes a Real Man?

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A Modest Proposal: Remember The Men

Category: Announcements

Oh god, let us never forget the men and their problems.

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July 30, 2007

How Do You Balance Nothing?

Category: Daily Struggles

I don't know how to find balance, because I imagine there's nothing to balance.

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July 27, 2007

Friday Bookshelf: Women, Science, and Technology

Category: Friday Bookshelf

How 'bout that? Diversity has a gender, and it's female.

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July 25, 2007

Costly Sex Discrimination Puts University Administrators In The Hot Seat

Category: Why There Are No Women in Science

Yes, yes, because lawsuits are the one and only measure of how much gender discrimination is going on at your university

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Tara on Danica McKellar

Category: Positive Actions

Tara at Aetiology has a review of Danica McKellar's new book Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind Or Breaking A Nail. She also snagged an interview with McKellar which you can find here....

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July 24, 2007

Banners

Category: Announcements

You may notice over the next few days some changes in the banner head. Two readers sent me their creations for a new TSZ banner and I am going to be trying them out to see how I like them...

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Must Read C (of Higher) E

Category: Daily Struggles

That fabulous group of women, the X-Gals, is back with the last of their installments in the Chronicle of Higher Education and it is truly Must Read C (of Higher) E. This last installment is titled On the Origin of...

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July 23, 2007

Chris Smither's "Origin of Species" Song

Category: Geekalicious

The song asks those Bible questions we've all been wondering about, and goes on to talk about evolution.

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July 20, 2007

Friday Bookshelf: Strong Women Don't Ask For Help

Category: Friday Bookshelf

In each case, there was at least one woman in a position of power who brought the group into being.

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The Ultimate Geekalicious Pocket Protector Nerd

Category: Friday Fare

The drama and pathos makes me nearly weep that I do not regularly wear white men's shirts

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July 19, 2007

Cool Science Sites For Kids

Category: Announcements

...young girls especially want to know the ways in which a scientist or engineer has a "normal" life...

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July 18, 2007

Harry Potter Book Shows Up In Philadelphia

Category: Friday Fare

Now why didn't I order a copy from some nefarious online site?????

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They Found Some Women This Time!

Category: Announcements

Well, the White House finally got around to naming the winners of the 2006 National Medals of Science. Of the 11 winners named, two - count 'em, two! - are actually women! Rita Colwell and Nina Federoff made the cut....

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Women in IT Survey

Category: Announcements

Study results will help guide efforts to increase the number of women entering the IT field.

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July 17, 2007

Kudos for Rob

Category: Announcements

Here's something very cool: an award in physics that went to the groups, not to just the bigwigs who lead the group. It's call the Gruber Prize in Cosmology. Rob Knop writes about it: What to me is coolest about...

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Title IX and Women's Success

Category: Naming Experience

People tend to think Title IX is mainly, or only, about sports.

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The Price of Bias

Category: Sex Discrimination

I long for the days when I can stop reporting about women being groped in laboratories.

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July 13, 2007

Two-Year Blogiversary

Category: Friday Fare

How do I live up to my original promise?

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July 11, 2007

California Haz Cheez!

Category: Friday Fare

Today I wish I were a mad scientist of cheese.

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Ethics in Chemistry, Applications to Gender in Science?

Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?

Do you take off your wedding ring before the interview?

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July 9, 2007

He's Got Nifty Banners!

Category: Announcements

Ah, one last announcement for the day. We have a new blogger in Scienceblogs-land. Moheb Costandi joined us July 1 and is blogging at Neurophilosophy. And apparently he has 5 different nifty rotating banners on his blog header. Ah, if...

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Another Take on Stupid Study

Category: Isn't It Ironic?

Remember that fascinating study that almost certainly applied to females? Jake at Pure Pedantry has a very interesting analysis to offer on it. I do like the way he deconstructs the statistics and delineates the difference between statistically significant and...

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Math Confuses Princess: I Read It In Seed

Category: Gratuitous Sexism

I am so not making this up.

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Free Mugs! Sort of.

Category: Announcements

I think this is the last announcement for the day. Do yinz know about Seed magazine? No? You're not reading it? Well, if you subscribe right now you get a totally cool Scienceblogs mug for FREE! If you're seeing a...

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Sb Reader Survey

Category: Announcements

Perhaps you've noticed something new on the sidebar at right... ScienceBlogs is conducting its first-ever reader survey. One lucky respondent will win an iPod nano. But the real winner will be, well, ScienceBlogs, since we're going to use what we...

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Senator Edwards Interview at Bora's Place

Category: Announcements

Bora at A Blog Around the Clock managed to land an interview with presidential candidate Senator John Edwards! You can read it over at his pad here. Eight questions on the senator's views on science and science policy issues -...

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July 6, 2007

Friday Bookshelf - Maria Sibylla Merian

Category: Friday Bookshelf

When we search for our heroines, we don't have to come up with trailblazing supergoddesses.

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July 5, 2007

Scientiae Up at Amelie's Welt

Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?

The latest Scientiae Carnival is up at Amelie's Welt; the topic is responsibility. In a completely irresponsible move, I missed the deadline for contributions this time around, my first time. I can point to migraines and doctor appointments and MRI...

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