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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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April 30, 2010
Category: Daily Struggles
Sixty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents is a small sum of money. I am impressed that any of the three were able to come up with 84 meals for anything like that sum.
Posted by Zuska at 9:33 AM • 58 Comments •
April 28, 2010
Category: Daily Struggles
I'm not sure if the force is that strong, but I think that would count as good times AND making a difference in the universe!
Posted by Zuska at 9:59 PM • 32 Comments •
April 26, 2010
Category: Burns My Shorts
I was making a quick jog through the local supermarket the other night, seeking out cough drops and a few other things for a sad soul at home with the croup, when I rounded a corner and came upon this fresh new vision from hell:
Posted by Zuska at 6:45 PM • 29 Comments •
April 23, 2010
Category: Commercial Lessons
Damn you, garlic mustard. Damn you to hell.
Posted by Zuska at 6:11 PM • 29 Comments •
April 7, 2010
Category: Commercial Lessons
A black couple could not have been cast in this commercial, because it is meant to illustrate how far whites have come along the path of understanding racial issues in America.
Posted by Zuska at 1:49 PM • 111 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
We are a mere ten years into the 21st century. No jet packs for all yet, but things are moving at a lightning pace at Yale in the policy area.
Posted by Zuska at 12:08 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
It would be so fabulous if every time a woman spoke up about crap, every man would listen and take her seriously. But that, my friends, would be a world without patriarchy, so while we are dreaming the dream, we have to deal with today.
Posted by Zuska at 10:41 AM • 46 Comments •
April 6, 2010
Category: Burns My Shorts
I gather that "woman" is stodgy, or P.C. (!), and too mature and "girls" these days are putting off adulthood, and can't think of themselves as women. To this, I say, what a load of horsecrap we have have been sold.
Posted by Zuska at 2:48 PM • 69 Comments •
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Here are the top reasons why men ask tell order women to smile, in no particular order.
Posted by Zuska at 10:29 AM • 138 Comments •
Category: Tales From The Coal Patch
I look at the form for direct deposit, and all I can think of is that one time in the grocery store with mom when I was about to go through the self-checkout lane. "Don't do that!" she exclaimed, in alarm, like I was about to beat a child. "That's taking a job from someone. Go through a lane with a person."
Posted by Zuska at 9:35 AM • 9 Comments •
