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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: Burns My Shorts
This truly craptastic pedagogical experiment is no better than the current repugnant series of ads for T-Mobile "Mobile Makeover" ads with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Posted by Zuska at 4:19 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Announcements
While I've been away from the blogiverse, it appears that you've had the misfortune to be treated to all manner of disgusting ads popping up here at ScienceBlogs. Mail Order Brides, Naughty Singles, and I don't know what all else....
Posted by Zuska at 9:41 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
The dogs at least have their own yard to poop in. My mother has to go down the hall to a shared bathroom.
Posted by Zuska at 9:30 AM • 20 Comments •
Category: Sex Offenders
I really wonder what you have to do to get fired from a university.
Posted by Zuska at 12:50 PM • 21 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
Rarely, it happens that I am left speechless....
Posted by Zuska at 3:07 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Outrage of the Week
For a long time now, I have not been what you would call a believer in progress. That is, I do not think things are bound to improve in the gender equity arena. I think we are in the middle...
Posted by Zuska at 11:22 AM • 10 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
UPDATE: After posting this entry, I found out that the paper I discussed here is not actually slated at this time to be published in a peer-reviewed journal; it is merely available as a preprint. Nevertheless, I hear that the...
Posted by Zuska at 7:23 PM • 40 Comments •
Category: Announcements
I've mentioned Kay Weber and her lawsuit against Fermilab on this blog before. Sherry Towers forwarded an email to me that gives an update on Kay's situation:...
Posted by Zuska at 6:00 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Apologists for the Oppressors
In the face of that, I have to seriously ask myself if I should stick with Scienceblogs.
Posted by Zuska at 12:46 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Burns My Shorts
Science policy, 20 years of sexual harassment, French women students as prostitutes: a round-up of stuff from the Chronicle: Dan Greenburg of Brainstorm complains that the U.S. has no national science policy. Some commenters say "that's a good thing". Over...
Posted by Zuska at 2:43 PM • 3 Comments •
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