Elder Care vs. Child Care: Which Would You Rather Talk About?
Category: Daily Struggles
Elder care is done, for the most part, off to the side and in the shadows.
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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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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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Great Example of Science Writing With Analysis of Gender Bias
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Eric Michael Johnson at The Primate Diaries has a beautifully crafted (and very witty) post taking apart the gender bias in a recent paper on Ardipithecus ramidus and human origins. The post has lots to say about the stupid, leering...
Posted by Zuska at 10:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Women & Science/Technology Policy Seminar - For Students
Category: Announcements
"This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for women students to discover a different way to professionally apply their scientific and technological knowledge..."
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October 15, 2009
Health Care Signs of the Times (Or, Get Your Big Plastic Jug NOW!)
Category: The Best Health Insurance In the WORLD!!!!
Do we really want to be a Blanche DuBois nation, depending upon the kindness of strangers to pick up the tab for society's least fortunate?
Posted by Zuska at 7:02 PM • 25 Comments •
October 5, 2009
Maybe This Is Why God Created Comix
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
By which I mean, this. The comix being, as it were, a bit of solace for Him leaving us to wander about this hideous world choked by gender smog. MAJOR hat tip to Pat at Fairer Science. UPDATE: And for...
Posted by Zuska at 11:49 PM • 7 Comments •
But Plumber Chicks Are HAWT!
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Hawt women want it - all the time - even when they're working!
Posted by Zuska at 5:19 PM • 32 Comments •
