Why Mama Bear's Porridge Is Too Cold
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Because when we were growing up, the joke in our household was that our mom would die if hot food ever touched her lips.
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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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The place where I come from...is a small town. Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
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.
Support the Mautner Project for Lesbians With Cancer! "The Mautner Project improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. [The Mautner Project envisions] a healthcare system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people."
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Diversity in Science Carnival: Women Achievers in STEM - Past and Present
Category: Diversity in Science Carnival
A sexy woman in hot shoes, developing technology that would revolutionize a field? Does Dr. Isis know about her?
Posted by Zuska at 5:48 PM • 16 Comments •
Why Can't Women Do Anything Great?
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
It's the tiresomely enduring repetitive nature of this stupid crap that makes me a cranky humorless feminazi.
Posted by Zuska at 1:56 AM • 30 Comments •
Barbara Liskov Wins ACM Turing Award
Category: Diversity in Science Carnival
Just in time for Women's History Month and the second edition of the Diversity in Science Carnival, the Association for Computing Machinery has announced that the 2008 Turing Award goes to Barbara Liskov! Here's all the info from the press...
Posted by Zuska at 12:31 PM • 1 Comments •
Happy Anniversary, Seneca Falls!
Category: Feminist Foremothers
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal..."
Posted by Zuska at 11:20 PM • 0 Comments •
