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attackeng.jpg 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

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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.

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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.

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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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Comment Problems

Greetings, Gentle Readers. I just rescued a number of comments from hang-up in moderation. No idea why most of them got moderated - they didn't even have links in them. Some of them were made many days ago. I want...

Posted on April 25, 2008 8:05 PM • 4 Comments •

Apologia for Unpublished Comments

I finally had a chance to check in and I discovered three comments languishing in the junk folder, waiting for me to promote them to publication. A few were weeks old. I'm really sorry about that. I'm involved in a...

Posted on December 2, 2007 8:23 PM • 10 Comments •

Comments Seem To Be Messed Up Temporarily...

I don't know what is going on, but most new comments seem to be getting held for moderation and/or sent by the spam filter into my junk folder. I have just retrieved a bunch of them from the junk folder...

Posted on May 22, 2007 8:31 PM • 3 Comments •

A Word About Comments

The last week or so, some of you may have noticed that you submit a comment and it doesn't show up in the comments thread right away. I'm assuming you get the message that the comment is being held for...

Posted on April 27, 2007 6:41 PM • 0 Comments •

Some Guidelines for Joy of Science Class Comments

I'll try to tone down my inner snark. I ask you to do the same.

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Posted on February 11, 2007 5:13 PM • 0 Comments •

Everything's Dandy Again

The mysterious pixies who were haunting Thus Spake Zuska and messing with my ability to post comments and do other blog tasks have gone away. Either the fabulous Tim Murtaugh has cured my website, or it healed itself. Whatever. All...

Posted on September 6, 2006 2:28 PM • 0 Comments •

We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties...

If you have tried to post a comment to this blog in the last few days and got a message telling you it was being held for approval by the blog owner, don't feel bad. I got the same message....

Posted on September 5, 2006 3:24 PM • 4 Comments •

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Update: Okay, screw Typekey, it's anything goes here.

Posted on August 24, 2006 11:33 AM • 9 Comments •

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