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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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Category: Memes
To avoid a paper review I should be working on... Via Sciencewoman at Sciencewomen, the BBC Book Meme. Using the second list she has posted, supposedly the actual BBC book list. The ones I've read are in bold. I didn't...
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Category: Memes
I haven't done a meme in forever. I was going to spend time today writing something substantive in response to the many thoughtful comments on my blog post on the proper way to be a woman in science. Or on...
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Category: Geekalicious
Something a little lighter after all that Watson-puke of recent days... ...The World's Fair's exceptional "I rank number one on google!" meme!!!! I'd like to suggest a meme, where the premise is that you will attempt to find 5 statements,...
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Category: Geekalicious
The best high-carb food in Slavic cooking is the potato pierogie.
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Category: Friday Fare
Today I wish I were a mad scientist of cheese.
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Category: Friday Fare
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...
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Category: Memes
"Your accent is so interesting; what country are you from?"
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Category: Friday Fare
Why can't you be more like the Kocerka girls?
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Category: Memes
"You may be bright, but you're a physical moron!"
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Category: Memes
It's the year in review, by taking the first sentence of the first blog post of each month.
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Highly Allochthonous 11.05.2009
Eruptions 11.05.2009
Not Exactly Rocket Science 11.05.2009
Corpus Callosum 11.05.2009
Starts With a Bang 11.04.2009
