Comments for Thus Spake Zuska

Comment on An Explanatory Note by TG

TG — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:24:56 +0000

Teenage girls who want to be a model outnumber those who want to be an engineer 8 to 1.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/03/science.choosingadegree

Comment on Turn Out The Lights… by Zuska

Zuska — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:53:31 +0000

Dude, if this blog is all it takes to shock and horrify you, then I definitely do not recommend that you read anything over at I Blame The Patriarchy! LOL!!!!

Comment on Why Not? Blogging My D & C by Beth

Beth — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:31:59 +0000

I think that you are amazing for sharing this. I just happened to be sitting at the computer “googleing” as I put it in formation on a D&C and hystroscopy. I am having this procedure on Monday, 3 days from now. I went through the lab work you spoke of, and even without Plavix, have a horrible bruise! You’re blog was very informative, and has helped to better set my nerves at ease. Thank you so much for sharing.

Comment on Turn Out The Lights… by eataporkchopandgetoverit

eataporkchopandgetoverit — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:11:54 +0000

Hey “Yay” why don’t you sign your regular user name, The Goodman? Oh that’s right, you’re a racist sexist coward.

Because that’s not who I am – I’ve no idea who that person is. Are you so completely lost in cultish adoration of your Mansonesque transsexual guru that you imagine (s)he has only one detractor in the whole world? Wow. Even by Zuska-ite standards, that’s pretty crazy. I hate to break it to you, but there are many people who are shocked and horrified by the constant stream of bigoted filth that pours forth from the noisome sewer that is Zuska’s unhinged psyche.

Your words, douche.

No, not my words. And it’s a sign of serious mental illness when you start imagining that every individual you dislike is secretly your archnemesis in disguise.

Comment on “The Madame Curie Complex” Sample Chapter: Part Three “Women in the Wild: Changing the Culture of Western Science” by jc

jc — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:06:41 +0000

17@”the same discriminatory practices that plagued women 40 years ago.”
CBSMN, funny how 40 years ago looks alot like discrimination I see all around me today. Men aren’t parting with their power positions. Men are still making decisions based on how comfortable they are having people unlike them around the workplace.

“am I now eligible to apply for positions”
Hey, go ahead. I apply for positions all the time, get interviewed by panels of men, I get to be token female, and if I am given the job (not earned, of course, but to fill some mystical quota), I’m isolated as the only woman in my section/bldg/research area. I get the women’s bathroom all to myself, BONUS! There’s a silver lining, you might have to look in the bathroom for it!

“men could see that they would be discriminated against”
Who, pray tell, is doing the discriminating? Last I checked, administrations are chock full of d00dz running the show based on their insecurities and biases.

Oh, Let’s sing it together: PATRIARCHY HURTS MEN TOO!!!11!!11! Zuska, you KNOW we had to run that chorus before the lights went out!

Comment on “The Madame Curie Complex” Sample Chapter: Part Three “Women in the Wild: Changing the Culture of Western Science” by CBSMN

CBSMN — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:16:35 +0000

One point left out regarding the shift towards women becoming the majority of PhD recipients in the field since 2000 is that this was a way that universities could have the proper faculty balance in the sciences to remain accreditied (primatology – whether trained as psychologists, biologists or anthropologists was considered as a science). As a male PhD recipient in the 90s I was told several times (off the record of course) that I could apply for faculty positions but it was a waste of my time as they would go to women for the reason mentioned above. These days, as a minority in my field, am I now eligible to apply for positions that formerly stated that “women and minorities were strongly encouraged to apply?” Of course this is not to deny the reasons stated in the chapter: that the role models of the “Trimates” brought women to the field — or that primatology was seen as a field where they could be accepted as equals. But at the same time, men could see that they would be discriminated against when it was time to look for jobs and that they often suffer from the same discriminatory practices that plagued women 40 years ago.

Comment on Turn Out The Lights… by JustaTech

JustaTech — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:39:51 +0000

Thank you Zuska, I’ve learned a great deal from you, about science and feminism and all the things I thought I knew but didn’t. I guess, what with you and Pal leaving I’m going to finally have to set up that RSS reader. Mazel Tov!

Comment on Everything Old Is New Again: ZOMFG!!! Ads Influence Our Media! by Stained Class

Stained Class — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:33:57 +0000

Yeah, Zuska, you should be nice and polite, like that nice, polite James Watson. If you were nice and polite like James Watson – who never had a bad word to say about anyone, I’m sure – you too could have people like HistoricalRevisionismPunk leaping to your defense.

Comment on Turn Out The Lights… by veganrampage

veganrampage — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:30 +0000

Hey “Yay” why don’t you sign your regular user name, The Goodman? Oh that’s right, you’re a racist sexist coward.
“White men will always be the majority so get over it.” Your words, douche. White men are not the majority on this earth you sad simple bastard.

I’m sure you will be following Zuska looking to derail and focus all threads all the time on poor wittle you.

See you one WordPress Zuska.

Comment on Turn Out The Lights… by Zuska

Zuska — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:58:17 +0000

The future could be a whole lot more interesting than you think, sometime very soon…