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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: 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.
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Category: Burns My Shorts
The patriarchal borg is intent upon assimilating you.
Posted by Zuska at 9:24 AM • 18 Comments •
Category: Announcements
You all may be aware of the moronically stupid column by John Tierney that ran in the NY Times recently, an opinion piece disguised as reporting. I haven't had a chance yet to give my own response to this piece...
Posted by Zuska at 7:17 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
I've been sorting through books lately, in an effort to cull and control my ever-burgeoning collection, and of course I have to browse through each book to decide if I want to keep it. It's a slow, but rewarding process....
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Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
New Boss should be deeply ashamed of being such a retrograde defender of the patriarchy.
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Category: Gendering Technology
There is Boy Stuff, and there is Girl Stuff. Engineering is Boy Stuff.
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Category: Moron Management
I just had to share this very recent comment with you all: I would actually very much like to avoid this blog (and a few others), but the ScienceBlogs channels - which I prefer to having to subscribe to each...
Posted by Zuska at 4:41 PM • 68 Comments •
Category: Announcements
...talking about gender and science is also not up for negotiation.
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Category: Daily Struggles
What happens when you speak up about gender inequity in Japan's science culture? Why, you can expect to be accused of "tarnishing the reputation" of the university, that's what. That's what happened to biophysicist Mitiko Go when she spoke out...
Posted by Zuska at 2:42 PM • 6 Comments •
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 • 18 Comments •
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