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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.
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Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
By which I mean, this. The comix being, as it were, a bit of solace for Him leaving us to wander about this hideous world choked by gender smog. MAJOR hat tip to Pat at Fairer Science. UPDATE: And for...
Posted by Zuska at 11:49 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Health Insurance Makes Me Crazy
Just one more reason why the strategy of short-term gains in the bottom line from keeping workers' wages and benefits down is not a viable long-term strategy for a healthy economy or society.
Posted by Zuska at 5:39 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: That's So Class-y
This is very much not how the McDonald's in my neighborhood looks.
Posted by Zuska at 10:25 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Sooooo....it appears some of you take your comics quite seriously. At least, should one be so foolish as to point out painfully obvious, boringly everyday occurrences of sexism.
Posted by Zuska at 7:04 PM • 47 Comments •
Category: Announcements
I've been thinking a lot lately, and it seems to me that I spend way too much time puking on other peoples' shoes and not nearly enough time prancing about in my own fancy high heels.
Posted by Zuska at 9:06 AM • 27 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
The dogs at least have their own yard to poop in. My mother has to go down the hall to a shared bathroom.
Posted by Zuska at 9:30 AM • 20 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
Try sitting on the couch in front of the t.v. with a cat on your lap and holding a laptop.
Posted by Zuska at 7:08 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
SCENE: At the YMCA: they used to have perfectly serviceable water fountains in the room with the treadmills, elliptical trainers, and weight machines. They ripped them out and replaced them with water coolers that require the use of little conical...
Posted by Zuska at 2:37 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
The fact is, you can't pick sexual harassers out of a crowd. They don't have a mark on their foreheads.
Posted by Zuska at 4:27 PM • 17 Comments •
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
There is no conception of two women interacting with each other as colleagues, to exchange ideas, argue concepts, work out disagreements, in a discussion of issues of common concern that do not have men at the center.
Posted by Zuska at 3:47 PM • 33 Comments •
