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attackeng.jpg 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

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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.

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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.

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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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Burns My Shorts:

But Plumber Chicks Are HAWT!

Category: Gratuitous Sexism

Hawt women want it - all the time - even when they're working!

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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...

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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.

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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....

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Gender Smog We Breathe: Comics Contribution

Category: Burns My Shorts

Because math is HARD, Barbie! For girls, anyway. Right??!!?!?!

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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.

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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.

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