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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.
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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June 30, 2008
Category: Linkfest
The comics rawked last week! Gracie signed off as the engineer on plans for the bike ramp she constructed for her brother Baldo and his friend. Gracie, you are awesome! Read the strips for June 24 and 25, too. I...
Posted by Zuska at 7:01 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
Rarely, it happens that I am left speechless....
Posted by Zuska at 3:07 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Manifestoes
Mr. Harbison and people like him wish to control the megaphone, to curtail the discourse.
Posted by Zuska at 3:03 PM • 7 Comments •
June 27, 2008
Category: Burns My Shorts
I was browsing the Women's Policy Inc. site, which is awesome, and ran across an item in the June 16, 2008 issue of The Source that just left me with my mouth hanging open. I can't find a permalink for...
Posted by Zuska at 11:39 PM • 21 Comments •
June 24, 2008
Category: Burns My Shorts
The latest issue of Smithsonian arrived today, in time for my dinner. There are few things more pleasing than reading and eating on a fine summer day, sitting on the back patio with a light breeze blowing and the perfect...
Posted by Zuska at 6:26 PM • 52 Comments •
June 23, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Just sit right down with Zuska for awhile and get in touch with your Inner Pissed Off Woman.
Posted by Zuska at 7:37 PM • 14 Comments •
June 19, 2008
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Reasons why I should not blog (or at least, why no one should pay attention to me):
Posted by Zuska at 2:10 PM • 24 Comments •
June 18, 2008
Category: Geekalicious
I will admit that rap music has more than once caused me to mutter "These kids today! Their music is just noise! When I was young, our music had a melody!" Or something like that. You know, the stuff mom...
Posted by Zuska at 11:13 PM • 9 Comments •
June 16, 2008
Category: Linkfest
Some time ago Penny called my attention to this post by Liz Henry regarding the erasure of women from the tech community via language. I loved it, not least because her most excellent rant includes one of my own pet...
Posted by Zuska at 3:28 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
Some time ago I posted info about the Seed lab photo contest. The deadline is long since past, but in the comments on my post I offered to post lab photos that you submitted but that didn't get selected. Barn...
Posted by Zuska at 2:44 PM • 2 Comments •
June 11, 2008
Category: Scientiae Carnival
Hey folks, over at the carnival I missed one entry that got caught in my spam filter. JaneB at Now, What Was I Doing? muses on how traditional success criteria lead to uneven weight distributions: The lesson I'm trying to...
Posted by Zuska at 10:48 PM • 1 Comments •
June 9, 2008
Category: Daily Struggles
Because we can't keep our mouths shut forever, nor can we always stay locked safely within our homes, it is inevitable that we must interact with and speak to other human beings. And because of this, it is (nearly) inevitable...
Posted by Zuska at 5:57 PM • 8 Comments •
June 7, 2008
Category: Scientiae Carnival
UPDATE: I missed one entry because it got caught in my spam filter. JaneB at Now, What Was I Doing? muses on how traditional success criteria lead to uneven weight distributions: The lesson I'm trying to learn this year and...
Posted by Zuska at 6:08 PM • 11 Comments •
June 6, 2008
Category: Tales From The Coal Patch
Loss accumulates and accelerates in one's lifetime.
Posted by Zuska at 3:36 PM • 13 Comments •
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