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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.
Support the Mautner Project for Lesbians With Cancer! "The Mautner Project improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. [The Mautner Project envisions] a healthcare system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people."
Category: Burns My Shorts
I'm speaking from experience, people, having had most of these lobbed at me one time or another. Please feel free to add to the list in the comments section. 1. "When is the baby due?" I'm not pregnant, you douchebag....
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Category: Daily Struggles
My fitness program the last 3-4 months - or reasonable facsimile thereof... Monday: go to gym, half hour on elliptical, half hour doing weights routine picked up at last stint at physical therapy for excruciating neck pain developed over several...
Posted by Zuska at 10:00 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
Elder care is done, for the most part, off to the side and in the shadows.
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Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
Because you do not want them to think you're crazy. Also, do NOT put on that hospital nightgown, no matter what they say. Mind Hacks gives us another perspective on patriarchal norms for female appearance. Don't run out to the...
Posted by Zuska at 9:02 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Making Disability Visible
Whenever I go back home to see my mom, I usually spend some time visiting with her cousin D., who lives in the house across the street from my mother's house. D. has spent a good many years taking care...
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Category: Ludicrous Language
I could almost hear them singing "Be - all that you can be - a consumer - of health commodities!"
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Category: Daily Struggles
Hotness is a great thing, but unfortunately it comes with an expiration date.
Posted by Zuska at 6:56 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
There's been some quite lively blogging recently over at Abel Pharmboy's pad. Of particular note was the live-blogged vasectomy: Anyway, as a medical blogger, I will try to liveblog the process from my Palm Treo 700p at the Hospital-That-Tobacco-Built. While...
Posted by Zuska at 11:53 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Why Aren't You Reading This?
The Family and Medical Leave Act is such a minimal start. I suppose it's better than nothing, but just barely.
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Category: Making Disability Visible
Earlier this month, my siblings and I were out on a daylong excursion with my mother. It was lunchtime, and we decided to go to local restaurant for our meal. We pulled into the plaza parking lot and my...
Posted by Zuska at 9:59 PM • 19 Comments •
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