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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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All the Soda Pop You Can Drink - But Don't Tell Anyone
I spent a lot of time on airplanes in the last few weeks, and so I spent a lot of time reading in-flight magazines. Southwest's Spirit is not so bad. In the pages of the September edition I learned about...Posted on October 5, 2007 3:33 PM • 7 Comments •
Happy Birthday, Emoticon!
From the Chronicle News Blog... ...it will be 25 years ago tomorrow that Mr. Fahlman, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, invented the digital smiley face. After a colleague joked about a contaminated elevator on an electronic...Posted on September 19, 2007 10:52 AM • 0 Comments •
Sweating in Gettysburg
I'm supposed to be enjoying the music at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival this afternoon. But it's a hundred and ten, hundred and ten in the shade. And I don't know if I can even drag my ass out there for...Posted on August 25, 2007 1:09 PM • 0 Comments •
They're Younger Every Year...
Thanks to the Chronicle for pointing me to Beloit College's annual Mind-Set List, which reminds us just how out of touch we old fogies are with this year's crop of first-year students. As the Chronicle notes: The Mind-Set List draws...Posted on August 24, 2007 2:00 PM • 12 Comments •
Sciblings In NYC Bars: More Photo Evidence
You know, bad karaoke can happen to good Sciblings. But however distressing some people might find the proceedings, other people will always blend tastefully with the surroundings. Kevin and Karmen just sat back and took it all in. As Chris...Posted on August 20, 2007 1:40 PM • 5 Comments •
Sciblings With Bogie
Sciblings in NYC....we came, we met, we ate and drank, we talked nonstop, thanks to Seed and Adam Bly. I did not puke on Adam Bly's shoes after all. He is a very nice guy. And has a beautiful home...Posted on August 19, 2007 10:34 PM • 8 Comments •
A Bit of Feminist Humor
Oh, the mighty struggle of sperm to fertilize egg!Posted on August 3, 2007 12:26 PM • 0 Comments •
The Ultimate Geekalicious Pocket Protector Nerd
The drama and pathos makes me nearly weep that I do not regularly wear white men's shirtsPosted on July 20, 2007 1:03 PM • 8 Comments •
Harry Potter Book Shows Up In Philadelphia
Now why didn't I order a copy from some nefarious online site?????Posted on July 18, 2007 11:50 PM • 6 Comments •
Two-Year Blogiversary
How do I live up to my original promise?Posted on July 13, 2007 9:45 AM • 4 Comments •
California Haz Cheez!
Today I wish I were a mad scientist of cheese.Posted on July 11, 2007 3:14 PM • 4 Comments •
TSZ is Rated R!!!
It seems all the Science Bloggers are doing it... ...submitting their blogs for rating at this site. I am so proud to say TSZ came up with an R rating. Mingle2 - Online Dating Bora has an NC-17 but he's...Posted on June 25, 2007 7:19 PM • 5 Comments •
Bluegrass in Gettysburg
Unfortunately, there are a lot of "mean woman songs" in bluegrass.Posted on May 22, 2007 3:01 PM • 7 Comments •
Coffee Talk
Why can't you be more like the Kocerka girls?Posted on May 22, 2007 2:11 PM • 4 Comments •
Spring Bloomtime at Jenkins Arboretum
The dark cynic in me says: visit now, while you canPosted on May 11, 2007 12:40 AM • 3 Comments •
Where Are My Minions When I Need Them, Dammit!
I am for damn sure if I had minions, I would not be carrying kitty poop around.Posted on May 10, 2007 11:17 PM • 3 Comments •
Bleeding Heart
I needed something to lighten up my day today. Maybe you do, too. How about this picture from my garden? See, even my garden knows I'm a bleeding heart liberal....Posted on May 1, 2007 6:57 PM • 1 Comments •
I've Been Called A "Thinking Blogger"
"You may be bright, but you're a physical moron!"Posted on April 13, 2007 6:45 PM • 0 Comments •
What a True Geekstress Looks Like
I wish I had a circuit-board corset like Ellen Spertus.Posted on February 15, 2007 7:16 PM • 8 Comments •
Order of the Science Scouts
It's not yet clear how "Above Average Physique" is to be determinedPosted on February 15, 2007 1:17 PM • 0 Comments •
Off To See The...Blogger Wizards in North Carolina!
I'm off to BlogTogether, the North Carolina Science Bloggers Conference, this weekend. And in a perversely un-blogger like move, I am NOT taking my laptop with me so that I can blog minute-by-minute from the conference. I plan to be...Posted on January 19, 2007 9:41 AM • 2 Comments •
Our Smiling Faces
Check out the Scienceblogger group portrait! It's clickable and it's cool! It also appears in the December/January issue of Seed Magazine, which you can get for free if you subscribe to Seed (thus getting 7 issues for the price of...Posted on December 18, 2006 7:33 PM • 0 Comments •
A Very Darwiny Weekend
The weekend's entertainment slate is All-Darwin, All Weekend. Just in from Netflix is Inherit the Wind, which Mr. Zuska and I will view either this evening or Sunday evening. Saturday afternoon we are planning to visit the Darwin exhibit at...Posted on December 15, 2006 2:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Holiday Gift Guide
The Chronicle of Higher Education published a little tongue-in-cheek holiday gift guide in the December 8 issue. I really liked this item: the Scientific Integrity Calendar, published by the Union of Concerned Scientists and available at their website....Posted on December 11, 2006 4:54 PM • 0 Comments •
How To Prevent Addiction
Negative geekhood stereotypes abound - geek boys have no social skills. Geek girls are ugly. But The Onion has recently put forth a new, semi-positive geek stereotype. It seems that now, geekhood is a protection against addiction. Thanks to my...Posted on December 10, 2006 4:19 PM • 1 Comments •
It's Time to Plant Bulbs and Deal With Deer!
...the deer, ashamed of the havoc and destruction their increasing numbers have wreaked upon the globe...Posted on November 3, 2006 9:30 AM • 6 Comments •
A Moron in Utrecht
...what academic fields are uncool, and why?
Posted on October 20, 2006 11:37 AM • 8 Comments •
Why I Love Mr. T
It's Friday, and I've had two whole days this week without migraine, plus one day with a headache that only lasted an hour. So far today (9:16 a.m. as I write) I do not have a headache and the sun...Posted on October 13, 2006 9:28 AM • 0 Comments •
