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What’s So Great About Your STEMmy Lifestyle Anyway? Inquiring Minds Want To Know!
Posted by Zuska on June 29, 2010 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?…
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…
Dammit, You Made Me Think About Boobquake!
Posted by Zuska on May 4, 2010 Samia has a very thoughtful analysis of that whole Boobquake biz…I’d recommend you read it first before going on with this post. I love Samia because she is witty, she always makes me think, and often helps me see when I am missing big, important issues. But I am not sure I am in agreement…
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…
Keep Your Eyes On That Prizey Kitchen!
Posted by Zuska on April 7, 2010 Today I googled the phrase “eyes on the prize”. Here’s an excerpt from one link that came up. The fire hoses and police dogs. The Montgomery bus boycott. The march on Washington. You’ve probably seen scattered footage of these images, but no project ever connected pictures to context with the tenacity of Eyes on the…
“The Myth of Black Disingenuity”: Exploring the Intersection of African American History and the History of Technology
Posted by Zuska on March 9, 2010 I failed to produce this post in time for DNLee’s Diversity in Science carnival – Black History Month: Broadening STEM Participation at Every Level. That’s mostly because I had a bunch of personal stuff going on in the past couple weeks that just wouldn’t leave me alone. I think I’ll be back to more regular…
I Cannot Tell A Lie – Hercules Is More Important Than An Apocryphal Cherry Tree
Posted by Zuska on February 23, 2010 How did you celebrate George Washington’s birthday this year? You didn’t do anything? Well, it’s not too late. Pour yourself a nice hot cup of coffee or tea, and sit down to read a pair of fascinating articles published this past Sunday and Monday in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hercules: Master of cuisine, slave of Washington…
Skloot, “Immortal Life” Featured on “Fresh Air” Today
Posted by Zuska on February 2, 2010 Be sure to catch Fresh Air whenever it airs in your local market to day, or catch the podcast. Rebecca Skloot is on today, talking about her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which, as I hope you know, is released today. And I hope you pre-ordered your copy already. Fresh Air is on…
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks: Pre-Order NOW!!!
Posted by Zuska on January 20, 2010 You may have been hearing some of the buzz about Rebecca Skloot’s forthcoming book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells–taken without her knowledge–became one of…
Underrepresented Groups, Online Science Media, and ScienceOnline2010
Posted by Zuska on January 19, 2010 Over at A Blog Around the Clock there are a series of posts with great video interviews from ScienceOnline2010, but I’d like to especially point your attention to this one with David Kroll and Damond Nollan, both of North Carolina Central University. It was filmed shortly after their session on “Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial…