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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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March 31, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Pseudonymous blogging - and commenting - is common. Some like it, some don't; some see the need for it, some don't. Whatever side you're on, you might be interested in these two recent columns from the Chronicle of Higher Education....
Posted by Zuska at 7:08 PM • 4 Comments •
March 28, 2008
Category: Gardening For Life
The keys are native plants in a multi-storied landscape, from ground cover to perennials to shrubs to small and large trees.
Posted by Zuska at 4:14 PM • 7 Comments •
March 27, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Time and energy spent in efforts to educate knuckleheads about women's abilities and the barriers they face is time and energy that can't be spent for some other creative endeavor.
Posted by Zuska at 6:03 PM • 5 Comments •
March 17, 2008
Category: Linkfest
Good stuff from the AWIS Washington Wire: A new website on reducing stereotype threat. The engineering of ice cream, from Yale's first female dean of engineering. "More than half the women in the world live in countries that have made...
Posted by Zuska at 4:05 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Linkfest
You just have to read Non Sequitur today. It's a great strip in general but I really liked today's comic for reasons that will be obvious to you. Lab Cat has announced a Fortnight-long Food Fest. In fact I am...
Posted by Zuska at 1:52 PM • 2 Comments •
March 13, 2008
Category: Tales From The Coal Patch
Alice recently told her ethnic story over at Sciencewomen, and asked others to join in the attempt to "displace white from the default position". Of course lots of comments ensued; her follow-up is here, and well worth reading. In the...
Posted by Zuska at 3:06 PM • 20 Comments •
March 11, 2008
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
Warning: May increase blood pressure.
Posted by Zuska at 4:07 PM • 4 Comments •
March 7, 2008
Category: Ludicrous Language
Last month I wrote about children, academic careers, and moms. Lively discussion ensued. Here's something you should read for a follow up, and hat tip to Sciencewoman for the link: Let me reminds you, once again, that people do not...
Posted by Zuska at 6:28 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
So much for the slow, steady progress over time theory.
Posted by Zuska at 5:09 PM • 6 Comments •
March 6, 2008
Category: Announcements
Lucky for Scienceblogs - Jane of See Jane Compute has just moved in with us! Scienceblogs has really needed someone from a computer science/engineering perspective. I am thrilled to pieces that she has signed on....
Posted by Zuska at 5:26 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Afarensis, I puke upon your pseudonymous shoes.
Posted by Zuska at 4:34 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Announcements
Bora has posted an interview with me at A Blog Around the Clock. See here for all the interviews in the series. He keeps adding new ones so check back now and then. Via the Chronicle news blog, I found...
Posted by Zuska at 3:03 PM • 2 Comments •
March 5, 2008
Category: Announcements
Maria told me about WOC PhD. A link in this post led me to the Feminist Studies Collections: Women of Color & Women Worldwide pages, from which I hopped to the Women of Color page from the Wisconsin Women's Studies...
Posted by Zuska at 6:41 PM • 0 Comments •
March 4, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Janet Stemwedel has a lengthy, informative, interesting post on that eternally troublesome question: When in my graduate career should I have a baby? After reading it, I am put in mind of that New Yorker cartoon with the guy on...
Posted by Zuska at 9:59 PM • 2 Comments •
March 3, 2008
Category: Friday Fare
Use the fork as your scale. That's a normal-sized fork. That's NOT a normal-sized piece of cake.
Posted by Zuska at 6:31 PM • 4 Comments •
