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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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May 25, 2010
Category: Geekalicious
I've had versions of the same recurring dream/nightmare for decades. While I don't particularly enjoy the dream, it is hilarious to me to reflect on how it has evolved over time to keep up with advances in technology in my waking life.
Posted by Zuska at 2:45 PM • 19 Comments •
May 24, 2010
Category: Men Who Hate Women
Even if the original title had been "This Book is about One Bad Man Who, It Seems, Hated Women", I suspect the marketing powers-that-be in the U.S. feared it would be seen and heard as "This Is A Feminist Screed About Women Who Think That All Men, Who Really Are Fabulous, Are Hateful Creatures Who Hate Women, So Don't Bother Buying A Ticket".
Posted by Zuska at 3:28 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
Technically speaking, I believe it's my ovaries that are the proper object of envy, but no matter.
Posted by Zuska at 1:37 PM • 9 Comments •
May 16, 2010
Category: Science Follies
It's all good! Till it's not.
Posted by Zuska at 9:17 AM • 7 Comments •
May 14, 2010
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
If you read my entry on How to Feed 4 on a Food Stamp Budget and were at all engaged in the comments thread, then I would highly recommend you read Sharon Astyk's post Eating Poor. Her post is fantastic,...
Posted by Zuska at 3:33 PM • •
Category: Naming Experience
If professors are behaving like douchey frat boys running Pledge Week and humiliating their own students at the very moment that should be the most prideful for both the student and the PI, whose fault is it?
Posted by Zuska at 3:22 PM • 20 Comments •
May 12, 2010
Category: Gardening For Life
I have to get that little dude in the ground asap, because fringe trees don't enjoy being transplanted.
Posted by Zuska at 5:34 PM • 18 Comments •
May 10, 2010
Category: Those Humorless Feminists
Maybe I am just a little too angry for no good reason...
Posted by Zuska at 11:15 PM • 110 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
So, my dear Zuskateers. While I've been away, occupied with allergies, migraines, and the Morris Arboretum plant sale, you have apparently taken on Zuska's Outreach Project for D00dly D00ds. I stand in amazement at your handiwork.
Posted by Zuska at 6:50 PM • 200 Comments •
May 4, 2010
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
It seems to me that Boobquake functioned in some ways as a mirror, and each of us saw in it what we brought to it.
Posted by Zuska at 1:20 PM • 20 Comments •
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