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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.
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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December 29, 2009
Category: Burns My Shorts
I say, any d00d who resorts to trying to insult women writers by calling them Erma Bombeck - as if that were an insult - must be trying to overcompensate for his phenomenally small weiner.
Posted by Zuska at 11:59 PM • 23 Comments •
December 23, 2009
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
I like Casaubon's Book because it deals with cheery stuff like how our lives as we know them just can't continue and how the change is coming faster than we want to admit and how peak oil has long since been reached even though no one will say it out loud. It's all good times over there!
Posted by Zuska at 11:37 AM • 6 Comments •
December 14, 2009
Category: Science Follies
Is the current economy making more people want to participate in human research studies, asks Isis? In this new study here at MRU, we began advertising online last Wednesday. By Friday, my study coordinator had received 300 responses...I can't help...
Posted by Zuska at 11:11 PM • 12 Comments •
