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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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April 30, 2008

It's Just No Use, Girls: A Profound Analysis of Gender and Engineering

Category: Gendering Technology

There is Boy Stuff, and there is Girl Stuff. Engineering is Boy Stuff.

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It's That Time Of Year Again

Category: Naming Experience

"But we can't have the NAS lowering its standards just to admit women/minorities!"

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Queen Bees, Old and Young

Category: Daily Struggles

Being a woman is no guarantee that you will respect other women and/or realize that feminism has some valid points to make.

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The Reproduction of Sexism

Category: Outrage of the Week

For a long time now, I have not been what you would call a believer in progress. That is, I do not think things are bound to improve in the gender equity arena. I think we are in the middle...

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April 25, 2008

Comment Problems

Category: Announcements

Greetings, Gentle Readers. I just rescued a number of comments from hang-up in moderation. No idea why most of them got moderated - they didn't even have links in them. Some of them were made many days ago. I want...

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April 17, 2008

Gender Bias in Particle Physics: A Statistical Analysis

Category: Burns My Shorts

UPDATE: After posting this entry, I found out that the paper I discussed here is not actually slated at this time to be published in a peer-reviewed journal; it is merely available as a preprint. Nevertheless, I hear that the...

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April 8, 2008

A Mournful Complaint

Category: Moron Management

I just had to share this very recent comment with you all: I would actually very much like to avoid this blog (and a few others), but the ScienceBlogs channels - which I prefer to having to subscribe to each...

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Explaining (Away) Women Geeks

Category: Gendering Technology

The article on Mayer follows this pattern, simultaneously overexposing and erasing her.

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AWIS Coaching Program

Category: Announcements

From my email inbox: information about AWIS coaching seminars. Two dates, four times, 45 minutes in length, details after the jump....

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April 7, 2008

April Scientiae Is Here!

Category: Scientiae Carnival

That's some writing after Zuska's own heart!

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