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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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June 29, 2010
Category: Naming Experience
Why should any woman get any degree in a STEM discipline? Especially if she has to wade through tons of bullshit courses to get there, and part of the learning, it appears, has to do with learning how to be someone you aren't? Some other gender, some other race - or some other social class?
Posted by Zuska at 3:29 PM • 52 Comments •
June 28, 2010
Scientists have recently discovered that popular bloggers can taunt and gloat over the downfall of unpopular bloggers, and bask in the warm glow of widespread support - but only if proper precautions are taken while engaging in this dangerous enterprise.
Posted by Zuska at 11:55 PM • 102 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
So Mr. Z and I went to that Phish show last Friday night. We bought our tix for that show from a ticket liquidator online. Had to call them to confirm and all because it was last minute. They were...
Posted by Zuska at 6:13 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Stereotypes We Know And Love
Every once in awhile I do manage to get out to a social sort of event. Recently I was at one such thing. And overhead the following
Posted by Zuska at 1:19 PM • 20 Comments •
June 27, 2010
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Really, they are. Read this to see just how much better!
Posted by Zuska at 6:10 PM • 40 Comments •
June 26, 2010
Category: Geekalicious
Phish, you were fabulously jamtastic, and I dearly loved that sweet cover of Joni Mitchell's "Free Man In Paris", but I swear there were times when your light show made me feel like I was strapped in a chair next to Karl in Room 23.
Posted by Zuska at 11:40 PM • 5 Comments •
June 24, 2010
Category: Geekalicious
At the hearing, the 70's, graying hair cropped close to her head, went on record as "admiring your awesome internet technology".
Posted by Zuska at 9:55 PM • 41 Comments •
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Let us now consider the home as a worksite, and domestic work as actual labor. With a video link!
Posted by Zuska at 4:54 PM • 13 Comments •
June 23, 2010
Category: Manifestoes
I don't really give a rat's ass whether or not DrugMonkey or PZ wash the dishes or scrub the toilets at their respective houses, or whether they hired a cleaning service to do so.
Posted by Zuska at 3:39 PM • 11 Comments •
June 21, 2010
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
It's a floor wax. No, a dessert topping. But wait! It's BOTH!!!!! What does this have to do with understanding rape?
Posted by Zuska at 11:59 PM • 29 Comments •
