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?
Posted by Zuska at 8:27 PM • 17 Comments •
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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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July 31, 2007
A Modest Proposal: Remember The Men
Category: Announcements
Oh god, let us never forget the men and their problems.
Posted by Zuska at 9:14 AM • 9 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 11:45 PM • 9 Comments •
July 27, 2007
Friday Bookshelf: Women, Science, and Technology
Category: Friday Bookshelf
How 'bout that? Diversity has a gender, and it's female.
Posted by Zuska at 8:02 PM • 1 Comments •
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
Posted by Zuska at 2:59 PM • 2 Comments •
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....
Posted by Zuska at 2:19 PM • 9 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 2:18 PM • 0 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 2:13 PM • 4 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 10:14 PM • 2 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 3:28 PM • 2 Comments •
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
Posted by Zuska at 1:03 PM • 8 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 3:41 PM • 4 Comments •
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?????
Posted by Zuska at 11:50 PM • 6 Comments •
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....
Posted by Zuska at 2:32 PM • 6 Comments •
Women in IT Survey
Category: Announcements
Study results will help guide efforts to increase the number of women entering the IT field.
Posted by Zuska at 12:15 PM • 1 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 6:02 PM • 0 Comments •
Title IX and Women's Success
Category: Naming Experience
People tend to think Title IX is mainly, or only, about sports.
Posted by Zuska at 4:18 PM • 0 Comments •
The Price of Bias
Category: Sex Discrimination
I long for the days when I can stop reporting about women being groped in laboratories.
Posted by Zuska at 3:56 PM • 3 Comments •
July 13, 2007
Two-Year Blogiversary
Category: Friday Fare
How do I live up to my original promise?
Posted by Zuska at 9:45 AM • 4 Comments •
July 11, 2007
California Haz Cheez!
Category: Friday Fare
Today I wish I were a mad scientist of cheese.
Posted by Zuska at 3:14 PM • 4 Comments •
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?
Posted by Zuska at 2:17 PM • 8 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 7:35 PM • 12 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 7:23 PM • 0 Comments •
Math Confuses Princess: I Read It In Seed
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
I am so not making this up.
Posted by Zuska at 2:41 PM • 21 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 12:44 PM • 1 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 12:24 PM • 0 Comments •
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 -...
Posted by Zuska at 12:02 PM • 0 Comments •
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.
Posted by Zuska at 11:48 PM • 1 Comments •
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...
Posted by Zuska at 11:54 PM • 0 Comments •
