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Isn’t Rape Really Just All About Sex?
Posted by Zuska on June 21, 2010 I know I’m supposed to be posting installment three in the work-life balance series – and it’s coming tomorrow, I promise – but I was distracted by this post by Isis’s new co-blogger. I think there’s a relatively strong consensus that this invention is clearly a bit of Technology Gone Bad. In a really old…
Who’s the Audience for Tierney’s Shtick?
Posted by Zuska on June 11, 2010 Over at Boing Boing, Maggie Koerth-Baker says “I wanted to know what actual female scientists thought” about the boring blah blah John Tierney barfed up this week in the NYT. And then gives links to four different responses, included the fabulous Isis’s awesome take on why she is bored to tears with this topic. Personally…
Lying Stinky Oilbags Who Lie
Posted by Zuska on June 9, 2010 HuffPo summary and link to NBC Today Show lying liar doing his lying here. It “may be down to how you define what a plume is here.” Really? Yeah, who can believe those stupid scientists and their stupid librul observations and data. Well, here’s an idea, lying oilbag BP CEO Doug Suttles. Why don’t you…
Tierney Wah Wah NYT Whiney Blah Blah
Posted by Zuska on June 8, 2010 Whiney McWhinerson barfed up something in the NYT. Doc Free-Ride has a good take on it here. I applaud her analytical skills. I read Tierney’s whinefest and it was difficult for me to come up with anything substantive in response because all it sounded like to me was this: wah wah gender police takin’ away…
Give the “Witch Hunt” Whine a Rest Already, Please
Posted by Zuska on June 2, 2010 Jeebus, people, you have GOT to get some new whiney whines, you Whiney McWhinersons. I’m talking about you, you whiney whiners. Those of you who get all whiney and defensive whenever anyone dares to point out that you have stepped in the dogshit. Stepping in dogshit is an accident and it is something that all…
Why Are You So Angry?
Posted by Zuska on May 10, 2010 Thegoodman really, really wants to know. If you do not consider yourself a failure, that is great. Why then are you so angry about this situation? If it has worked out well for you, what is driving your passionate hatred for our patriarch society? Like many gender discussions/arguments, your approach has made me feel guilty…
Wah Wah, Where Is The Stuff For White Men?
Posted by Zuska on May 4, 2010 A recent conversation with a friend reminded me of yet another of the “death by a thousand paper cuts**” craptastic things I used to hate dealing with in my days in the scientific workforce. You know what I’m talking about. Could be a retreat, a workshop, a seminar, a meeting, a program, maybe even just…
How Do You Review Avatar?
Posted by Zuska on January 7, 2010 Maybe you tell us why they’re blue. First the name. Avatar–if you play computer games, you may know this very well–is a character you use inside an unreal world. The word Avatar has its origins in Indian mythology. An Avatar (ava-tara in Sanskrit) is god’s visit to earth to fix something that is broken. Vishnu,…
Eek! Keep Those Scary Bra-Burners Away From My Sexy Feminine Self!
Posted by Zuska on November 14, 2009 Subtitle: It’s really cool when feminists can help me advance my personal interests, as long as nobody sees me talking to them, ’cause, you know, they’re ugly. Over at Isis’s place, Victoria writes that she does not wish to be sexually harassed at scientific conferences, no matter what she is wearing. She does not want…
Shush! This is an Examining Room!
Posted by Zuska on May 21, 2009 It can’t be avoided. Once a year you make the trek to the gynecologist’s office for the annual exam. For various reasons, the whole experience is extremely unpleasant for me, and yet I go, because I try to take care of my health. And hey, I have health insurance! And it pays for the annual…