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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: Apologists for the Oppressors
It's a floor wax. No, a dessert topping. But wait! It's BOTH!!!!! What does this have to do with understanding rape?
Posted by Zuska at 11:59 PM • 29 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
Work-life balance: people have been talking about it. Wait, that's not right. Women have been talking about it. And have been talked at about it, by some people.
Posted by Zuska at 4:33 PM • 79 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Subtext to male scientists: you'll be forced to sit in one more goddamn workshop because some stupid women still have their panties in a twist over Larry Summers, let it GO already, ladies, will ya?
Posted by Zuska at 8:08 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
Ladeez! Why do you even leave the home?
Posted by Zuska at 4:19 PM • 187 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Well, here's an idea, lying oilbag BP CEO Doug Suttles. Why don't you go down to the Gulf, and take a dive.
Posted by Zuska at 1:50 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Whiney McWhinerson barfed up something in the NYT. Doc Free-Ride has a good take on it here. I applaud her analytical skills. I read Tierney's whinefest and it was difficult for me to come up with anything substantive in response...
Posted by Zuska at 3:19 PM • 32 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
Jeebus, people, you have GOT to get some new whiney whines, you Whiney McWhinersons.
Posted by Zuska at 11:07 PM • 89 Comments •
Category: Men Who Hate Women
Even if the original title had been "This Book is about One Bad Man Who, It Seems, Hated Women", I suspect the marketing powers-that-be in the U.S. feared it would be seen and heard as "This Is A Feminist Screed About Women Who Think That All Men, Who Really Are Fabulous, Are Hateful Creatures Who Hate Women, So Don't Bother Buying A Ticket".
Posted by Zuska at 3:28 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
A recent conversation with a friend reminded me of yet another of the "death by a thousand paper cuts**" craptastic things I used to hate dealing with in my days in the scientific workforce. You know what I'm talking about.
Posted by Zuska at 9:14 AM • 326 Comments •
