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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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July 18, 2009
Category: Announcements
Folks, I had expected to surely have my next Gender Knot post up by now but life isn't working out that way. Too much craptastic stuff going on. Meanwhile, Mr. Z and I are taking off for a few days....
Posted by Zuska at 7:16 PM • 2 Comments •
July 15, 2009
Category: Ludicrous Language
Everybody's talking about Unscientific America 'round these parts lately. I've almost finished reading it and will post a review of my own sometime soon. In the meantime...Isis has a post up where she makes note of ERV's displeasure with the...
Posted by Zuska at 9:15 AM • 49 Comments •
Category: Naming Experience
" 'They looked at us like we were not supposed to be scientists,' says one young African American girl, describing one openly hostile reaction she encountered in the classroom."
Posted by Zuska at 9:08 AM • 4 Comments •
July 9, 2009
Category: Announcements
Ed Yong has started a "who the heck are you, dear reader?!?!" meme that is floating around with my Sciblngs. If you haven't already visited a thousand other blogs and read it a million times, here's what he posted: 1)...
Posted by Zuska at 10:12 AM • 17 Comments •
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Because you do not want them to think you're crazy. Also, do NOT put on that hospital nightgown, no matter what they say. Mind Hacks gives us another perspective on patriarchal norms for female appearance. Don't run out to the...
Posted by Zuska at 9:02 AM • 2 Comments •
July 8, 2009
Category: Geekalicious
If, like me, you just enjoy looking at technological objects anyway, you would doubly enjoy seeing them sculpted into art objects.
Posted by Zuska at 11:10 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Announcements
For now I'll keep blogging, and thinking hard about the privileges of the patriarchy.
Posted by Zuska at 10:18 PM • 4 Comments •
July 2, 2009
Category: Announcements
While I've been away from the blogiverse, it appears that you've had the misfortune to be treated to all manner of disgusting ads popping up here at ScienceBlogs. Mail Order Brides, Naughty Singles, and I don't know what all else....
Posted by Zuska at 9:41 PM • 13 Comments •
July 1, 2009
Category: Announcements
Hi folks. I had kind of a rough visit home to mom at the end of last week/weekend that took a lot out of me, followed by several days in a row of pretty bad migraines. I had hoped to...
Posted by Zuska at 8:50 PM • 6 Comments •
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