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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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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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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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Links for 4-3-2008

Category: Linkfest • What They're Saying • Why There Are No Women in Science
Posted on: April 3, 2008 5:42 PM, by Zuska

Physioprof weighs in on the issue of pseudonymous blogging and "blogging while female" phenomenon. It's a good read.

Peter Sagal, who hosts NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" has a piece on gender inequity in Whoville. It's awesome. An excerpt:

And there's this -- not only does the movie [Horton Hears a Who] end with father and son embracing, while the 96 daughters are, I guess, playing in a well, somewhere, but the son earns his father's love by saving the world. Boys get to save the world, and girls get to stand there and say, I knew you could do it. How did they know he could do it? Maybe because they watched every other movie ever made?

Hat tip to Karen Petersen of the National Girls Collaborative Project, via the WEPAN listserv, for that one.

Why didn't I ever think about bribing my doctoral adviser?

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Thanks for the link, Z!

Posted by: PhysioProf | April 3, 2008 9:33 PM

http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.com/2008/04/on-anonymity.html

Posted by: Cuttlefish | April 3, 2008 10:02 PM

That confirms it - I am in love with Peter Sagal. But I must add that Harry wouldn't have beaten Voldemort without Hermoine and she was smarter than smart.

Posted by: Lab Cat | April 3, 2008 10:16 PM

Oh, it turns out that Peter Sagal has a blog and got lots of comments about his commentary on Horton Hears a Who. There is an interesting post today about women in movies.

You can find his blog here:

http://petersagal.com/wordpress/

Posted by: Lab Cat | April 3, 2008 10:24 PM