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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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January 31, 2008
Category: Naming Experience
Raise your hand if you've been to diversity camp! You know - sometime during the academic year, your department head or dean announces there's going to be a diversity meeting/seminar/retreat. People grudgingly attend, they do some exercises to maybe show...
Posted by Zuska at 3:23 PM • 5 Comments •
January 30, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interesting article today about the "issue of cultural sensitivity...in the world of comedy". Comedy: When The Laughing Stops looks at how comedians struggle with knowing where to draw the line - and when to go...
Posted by Zuska at 1:51 PM • 45 Comments •
January 28, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Gender, and sexual orientation, and race, can come through in your blogging by what you do (or do not) attend to in your posts.
Posted by Zuska at 10:49 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
Boys will be boys, with their technological toys, and girls will take care of the relationships at work.
Posted by Zuska at 9:33 PM • 4 Comments •
January 27, 2008
Category: Announcements
Hooray! I have some new Sciblings! Drugmonkey and Physioprof are now co-blogging at Scienceblogs. Visit them here and tell them how happy you are they joined Sb. Check out this excellent post Science Pays: This brings today's discussion around to...
Posted by Zuska at 1:57 AM • 2 Comments •
January 24, 2008
Category: Conference Report
Interestingly, to me, Dave does not recommend asking your readers to comment...
Posted by Zuska at 7:28 PM • 4 Comments •
January 22, 2008
Category: Conference Report
...making the decision to speak out needs to be a well-informed one: what will I risk? is it worth it? can I live with the potential consequences?
Posted by Zuska at 11:12 PM • 4 Comments •
January 17, 2008
Category: Geekalicious
Just yesterday I posted information about a new resource on recruiting women and girls into information technology. Ironically, the same day American Public Media ran this story about Jean Bartik, one of the original "computers". Yesterday in San Francisco, Apple...
Posted by Zuska at 4:48 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Announcements
Karen Ventii has posted information about how to join our session online at the conference wiki. Here's the details: [The Gender and Race in Science Blogging] session will be broadcast LIVE on Saturday January 19 at 11am on Ustream.tv. Please...
Posted by Zuska at 4:33 PM • 0 Comments •
January 16, 2008
Category: Call For Proposals
Some interesting things came across my listservs this week; one from WEPAN, another from the WMST-L listserv: a new book on recruiting women in IT, and a very interesting call for papers. Details after the jump....
Posted by Zuska at 10:04 PM • 0 Comments •
January 15, 2008
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
Here are some books you should be reading in your massive amounts of spare time.
Posted by Zuska at 2:10 PM • 2 Comments •
January 11, 2008
Category: Upcoming Conference
Karen Ventii of Science to Life and I are hosting a panel next weekend at the NC Science Blogging Conference, and we'd like your input. The title of the panel is "Gender and Race in Science". I think it was...
Posted by Zuska at 9:03 PM • 4 Comments •
January 10, 2008
Category: Outrage of the Week
If you are comfortable with the realization that you like laughing at women's pain, then go ahead and laugh your head off.
Posted by Zuska at 2:36 PM • 67 Comments •
January 9, 2008
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
The Family and Medical Leave Act is such a minimal start. I suppose it's better than nothing, but just barely.
Posted by Zuska at 4:18 PM • 16 Comments •
