Elder Care vs. Child Care: Which Would You Rather Talk About?
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 • 12 Comments •
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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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Daily Struggles:
A Circular Life
Category: Scientiae Carnival
Moving forward is not all it's cracked up to be.
Posted by Zuska at 12:05 AM • 3 Comments •
Thinking About Speaking Freely
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 •
On Being A Patient
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 •
Grad School Fosters Depression; How to Fight It
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 • 32 Comments •
Scrubbing the Kitchen Floor
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 •
Sometimes You Just Need To Be Angry - But You Can't
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 •
Sometimes You Just Need To Be Angry
Category: Daily Struggles
Here's the story: Samia was hacked off about something. I know I recommended white science bloggers link to other bloggers in a show of link-lovin, but some of the stuff I see just seems tokenizing/LOOK AT ME I'M OPENMINDED! Ew....
Posted by Zuska at 12:57 PM • 23 Comments •
Facebook vs. Alone Time
Category: Daily Struggles
A week or so ago I finally gave in and allowed my friends to convince me that I really, really needed to go on Facebook. It has been fun - I've gotten back in touch with some old friends I'd...
Posted by Zuska at 3:39 PM • 21 Comments •
President Obama, Can You Please Fix Health Insurance TODAY?
Category: Burns My Shorts
This can't possibly be any sensible way to run a health insurance system.
Posted by Zuska at 4:21 PM • 20 Comments •
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