But Plumber Chicks Are HAWT!
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Hawt women want it - all the time - even when they're working!
Posted by Zuska at 5:19 PM • 32 Comments •
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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.
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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.
Support the Mautner Project for Lesbians With Cancer! "The Mautner Project improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. [The Mautner Project envisions] a healthcare system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people."
Burns My Shorts:
Let Me Re-direct Your Perspective On That
Category: Burns My Shorts
Via Female Science Professor, 'Study: Women create 'their own glass ceiling': A new study shows female managers are more than three times as likely as their male counterparts to underrate their bosses' opinions of their job performance. The discrepancy increases...
Posted by Zuska at 7:52 PM • 8 Comments •
What's With The Makeovers?
Category: Burns My Shorts
This truly craptastic pedagogical experiment is no better than the current repugnant series of ads for T-Mobile "Mobile Makeover" ads with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Posted by Zuska at 4:19 PM • 20 Comments •
Following Isis's Lead...
Category: Announcements
While I've been away from the blogiverse, it appears that you've had the misfortune to be treated to all manner of disgusting ads popping up here at ScienceBlogs. Mail Order Brides, Naughty Singles, and I don't know what all else....
Posted by Zuska at 9:41 PM • 13 Comments •
How Many U.S. Counties Today Provide Abortion Services?
Category: Burns My Shorts
See if you can figure out...the answer to the blog post question.
Posted by Zuska at 9:15 AM • 18 Comments •
Shush! This is an Examining Room!
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Let me tell you what really hacked me off about this year's pilgrimage to Stirrup-Land.
Posted by Zuska at 9:26 PM • 42 Comments •
Gender Smog - Dell Version
Category: Burns My Shorts
Because, what with our vaginas and all, our computing needs are so, so different from those of men.
Posted by Zuska at 12:22 PM • 32 Comments •
The Gender Smog We Breathe: Comics Contribution
Category: Burns My Shorts
Because math is HARD, Barbie! For girls, anyway. Right??!!?!?!
Posted by Zuska at 1:39 PM • 32 Comments •
Why Can't Women Do Anything Great?
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
It's the tiresomely enduring repetitive nature of this stupid crap that makes me a cranky humorless feminazi.
Posted by Zuska at 1:56 AM • 30 Comments •
Nothing's Too Good For My Precious Pooch, or, Why Our Planet Is Dying
Category: Burns My Shorts
The dogs at least have their own yard to poop in. My mother has to go down the hall to a shared bathroom.
Posted by Zuska at 9:30 AM • 20 Comments •
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