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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: Geekalicious
At the hearing, the 70's, graying hair cropped close to her head, went on record as "admiring your awesome internet technology".
Posted by Zuska at 9:55 PM • 41 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
I'm not sure if the force is that strong, but I think that would count as good times AND making a difference in the universe!
Posted by Zuska at 9:59 PM • 32 Comments •
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Here are the top reasons why men ask tell order women to smile, in no particular order.
Posted by Zuska at 10:29 AM • 138 Comments •
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
You are not supposed to notice sexist behavior, and everything in our society is carefully designed to help you understand and accept it as natural and just the way things are and evolution and the battle of the sexes and God's will and girls like pink and boys love trucks and men are better at spatial hoo-hah and women are so verbal and boys will be boys and act like a lady and don't be a slut and men can't help themselves and blah blah blah.
Posted by Zuska at 9:05 AM • 168 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
She's an athlete, not a sex symbol, the shrieking harridans wail, as if women athletes could ever be just athletic.
Posted by Zuska at 3:37 PM • 81 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
remember that the world is staring at and judging you when you are overweight, young lady! No, we don't need to see your head or even your whole body. Just the boobs and crotch - the pieces that define women's worth.
Posted by Zuska at 5:12 PM • 63 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
I say, any d00d who resorts to trying to insult women writers by calling them Erma Bombeck - as if that were an insult - must be trying to overcompensate for his phenomenally small weiner.
Posted by Zuska at 11:59 PM • 23 Comments •
Category: Gratuitous Sexism
Hawt women want it - all the time - even when they're working!
Posted by Zuska at 5:19 PM • 33 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
This truly craptastic pedagogical experiment is no better than the current repugnant series of ads for T-Mobile "Mobile Makeover" ads with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Posted by Zuska at 4:19 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Announcements
While I've been away from the blogiverse, it appears that you've had the misfortune to be treated to all manner of disgusting ads popping up here at ScienceBlogs. Mail Order Brides, Naughty Singles, and I don't know what all else....
Posted by Zuska at 9:41 PM • 13 Comments •
