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Category: Announcements
New blog address is: http://thusspakezuska.wordpress.com...
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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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July 24, 2010
Category: Announcements
New blog address is: http://thusspakezuska.wordpress.com...
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July 20, 2010
Category: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
For the time being you can find me at this haphazard-looking wordpress site. That's the place to watch for any announcements of future moves as well.
Posted by Zuska at 10:09 AM • 37 Comments •
July 9, 2010
Category: Burns My Shorts
"The Same and Not the Same" is the title of a fantastic book by Nobel Prize winning chemist Roald Hoffman. It's a great place to get a hearty dose of science + culture. Part Eight of the book is titled...
Posted by Zuska at 1:56 PM • 19 Comments •
July 7, 2010
Category: Feminist Foremothers
As it stands now, Scienceblogs is more like Ms Magazine than Cosmopolitan, both in terms of its ability to attract advertising, and in the types of advertising its readers - and writers/workers - will tolerate without revolt.
Posted by Zuska at 1:04 AM • 93 Comments •
July 1, 2010
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Shambling over to the benches in my comfortable flat-soled Shamble On Rose 1971's, my plan was to rip off the top of a skull, eat some brains, and relax.
Posted by Zuska at 8:27 AM • 13 Comments •