Gender Smog - Dell Version
Category: Burns My Shorts
Because, what with our vaginas and all, our computing needs are so, so different from those of men.
Posted by Zuska at 12:22 PM • 32 Comments •
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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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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."
Our Innate Womanly Natures:
Why Mama Bear's Porridge Is Too Cold
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Because when we were growing up, the joke in our household was that our mom would die if hot food ever touched her lips.
Posted by Zuska at 6:57 PM • 4 Comments •
Rethinking The Shoe Thing
Category: Announcements
I've been thinking a lot lately, and it seems to me that I spend way too much time puking on other peoples' shoes and not nearly enough time prancing about in my own fancy high heels.
Posted by Zuska at 9:06 AM • 27 Comments •
Why Can't Women Do Anything Great?
Category: Blog I Am Reading Today
It's the tiresomely enduring repetitive nature of this stupid crap that makes me a cranky humorless feminazi.
Posted by Zuska at 1:56 AM • 30 Comments •
The Problem of the Problem of Motherhood in Science
Category: Naming Experience
Look out, science! She's got a uterus and isn't afraid to use it!
Posted by Zuska at 9:34 AM • 49 Comments •
Women and Their Sexy Hawt Bodies: Reprise
Category: Burns My Shorts
So, to recap: A couple of women are having a conversation, and the topic turns to tit-ogling. "No one should be staring at my tits in the workplace," they all agree. "That makes me uncomfortable, creates a hostile work environment,...
Posted by Zuska at 9:25 AM • 82 Comments •
It's Just No Use, Girls: A Profound Analysis of Gender and Engineering
Category: Gendering Technology
There is Boy Stuff, and there is Girl Stuff. Engineering is Boy Stuff.
Posted by Zuska at 6:56 PM • 63 Comments •
You Have To See It To Believe It
Category: Isn't It Ironic?
Warning: May increase blood pressure.
Posted by Zuska at 4:07 PM • 4 Comments •
Are Men Necessary? "Ask a Science Blogger" Wants To Know!
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
Ask a Scienceblogger asks: " What's the deal with "virgin birth" (parthenogenesis)?" Many people, when they hear "virgin birth", think of the Virgin Mary. But all good Catholics know that Mary, Queen of Heaven, is not a true example...
Posted by Zuska at 9:00 AM • 30 Comments •
Stuff I Read and Thought You'd Like
Category: Stereotypes We Know And Love
Some great posts on other blogs you may have missed reading: Language Log has a great critique of the new PBS show WordGirl, which I found via Fairer Science. If that's not enough to make you grind your teeth, then...
Posted by Zuska at 11:08 AM • 0 Comments •
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