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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.
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.
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Category: Feminist Foremothers
Your joy need not begin and end with just knowing that the craptastic manifestations you've been subjected to are (1) not your fault, (2) part of a larger system of patriarchy, and (3) mocked by many, many, many women all over the place.
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
I couldn't help myself. The aroma of fresh cheap books was too strong.
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
This book is a pure joy from start to finish.
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
The focus of the handbook is not "how to succeed just like a man", but on how to manage the effects of gender dynamics and schemas.
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Category: Gardening For Life
The keys are native plants in a multi-storied landscape, from ground cover to perennials to shrubs to small and large trees.
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
This week's Friday Bookshelf is actually a repeat of a blog post from the old blog site. It begins with a question: Who was Annie Montague Alexander?...
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
What does it take to be included in The Best Science Writing 2007? Well, it helps if you write for the New Yorker or the New York Times. Eleven of 20 contributions selected for this volume originally appeared in the...
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
What really takes the cake is where Watson assigns the blame for Rosalind's inability to get the structure of DNA first.
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
Three for the price of one in this week's Friday Bookshelf! Which maybe makes up a little for the complete lack of a Friday Bookshelf last week. First up is Lynn M. Osen's classic, originally published in 1974 and simply...
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Category: Friday Bookshelf
How 'bout that? Diversity has a gender, and it's female.
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