A Circular Life
Category: Scientiae Carnival
Moving forward is not all it's cracked up to be.
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Now on ScienceBlogs: The Politics of Drug Abuse Research Funding
A Blog For All and No One
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
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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May 31, 2009
Category: Scientiae Carnival
Moving forward is not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by Zuska at 12:05 AM • 3 Comments •
May 28, 2009
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
As has been noted, the recent edition of The Gender Knot has been substantially revised and reorganized, and I have been working off a 1997 edition, which is bound to cause some confusion for those of you reading the new...
Posted by Zuska at 11:33 PM • 1 Comments •
May 27, 2009
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
Welcome to our discussion of The Gender Knot by Allan Johnson. This is the first post in the discussion series. We will be discussing Chapter 1 "Where Are We?" You can find all posts connected to this discussion here. I...
Posted by Zuska at 7:41 PM • 80 Comments •
Category: Announcements
I promised you the first post on The Gender Knot today, and I still plan to get it up today if at all possible. My plan had been to work on it Monday and Tuesday but most of those days...
Posted by Zuska at 5:22 PM • 3 Comments •
May 24, 2009
Category: What They're Saying
Longtime Zuskateers know that one of the reasons I am feel able to speak so freely is that I am not currently employed. Thus, I do not fear an employer's displeasure with what I might have to say about the...
Posted by Zuska at 10:02 AM • 11 Comments •
May 22, 2009
Category: Announcements
UPDATE: There still seem to be some comment problems. Two entries, at least, are missing most of their comments and when I tried to test comment on one of them, the comment landed on another entry. Trying to get it...
Posted by Zuska at 9:15 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
Patients want their doctors to be competent and right and kind, and we will sometimes go on desperately trying to convince ourselves that they are so even in the face of overwhelming evidence against it.
Posted by Zuska at 6:46 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
Question: Did you know that there are National Historic Chemical Landmarks?
Posted by Zuska at 9:07 AM • 8 Comments •
May 21, 2009
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Let me tell you what really hacked me off about this year's pilgrimage to Stirrup-Land.
Posted by Zuska at 9:26 PM • 42 Comments •
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Everybody needs to read the eight posts on Historiann's list of Lessons for Girls. I really mean that. Go NOW and read. If you don't have time for all eight, please at least read about anger. If I wish I...
Posted by Zuska at 12:53 AM • 10 Comments •