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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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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.
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Category: Burns My Shorts
It's that time of year again - the time when I begin to contemplate swimsuits, and curse under my breath. You see, the last several years, Mr. Z and I have sworn off birthday, anniversary, and Christmas gifts for each...
Posted by Zuska at 4:34 PM • 21 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
I spent part of today visiting with an elderly relative who fought in the Korean War. That time in his life was clearly on his mind, as, when I stopped in to see him, he had been looking over some...
Posted by Zuska at 11:43 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Female Science Administrator Sez...
It's just that she is tired, oh so very tired, of banging her head against the giant wall built of Nice Guys Who Just Don't Get It - The Nice Guy Knuckleheads who believe with all the faith that a creationist believes in an Intelligent Designer that Science is a Meritocracy.
Posted by Zuska at 5:32 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
Elder care is done, for the most part, off to the side and in the shadows.
Posted by Zuska at 2:34 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Scientiae Carnival
Moving forward is not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by Zuska at 12:05 AM • 3 Comments •
Category: What They're Saying
Longtime Zuskateers know that one of the reasons I am feel able to speak so freely is that I am not currently employed. Thus, I do not fear an employer's displeasure with what I might have to say about the...
Posted by Zuska at 10:02 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
Patients want their doctors to be competent and right and kind, and we will sometimes go on desperately trying to convince ourselves that they are so even in the face of overwhelming evidence against it.
Posted by Zuska at 6:46 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
The Feb. 20th Chronicle Review has a set of articles about grad school life. The statistics on how grad school cultivates and enhances depression and mental illness are, well, depressing. But if you are or ever have been a graduate...
Posted by Zuska at 9:05 AM • 33 Comments •
Category: Making Disability Visible
Whenever I go back home to see my mom, I usually spend some time visiting with her cousin D., who lives in the house across the street from my mother's house. D. has spent a good many years taking care...
Posted by Zuska at 4:14 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
In my last post, I wrote Me, personally, I'd like to see a lot more chicks in touch with their Inner Pissed-Off Woman, spouting off, making people uncomfortable. It's good for all of us. I received an email in response...
Posted by Zuska at 9:28 PM • 3 Comments •
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