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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.
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Science Follies:
Gender Bias in Particle Physics: A Statistical Analysis
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 on April 17, 2008 7:23 PM • 40 Comments •
From the Department of Critically Needed New Technology
What is it that the world really needs? What should we be devoting our time, energy, and talent to, in order to make this a better world? Climate research? No. Renewable energy? No. Sustainable living? No. Gardening with native plants?...Posted on April 5, 2008 9:29 PM • 19 Comments •
Applying Interdisciplinary Meanings of Race
Since Jim Watson's recent self-destruction, there's been a lot of talk about pseudo-scientific racism versus actual "scientific" studies of race. Earlier this summer, Lennard J. Davis had an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled A Grand Unified Theory...Posted on October 27, 2007 10:01 AM • 0 Comments •
Parsing the Reactions to the Watson Imbroglio
Academic freedom doesn't exist to benefit people who twist or ignore science to serve lies.Posted on October 19, 2007 6:53 PM • 37 Comments •
Watson to Africa: You're All Dumb
Jim Watson is a consummate ass. I don't care if he discovered the secret of life, the universe, and everything, he's still a misogynistic racist miserable S.O.B.Posted on October 17, 2007 4:30 PM • 30 Comments •
Watson Stoops to New Lows in Calling Franklin Autistic
Not, of course, that how he sees it bears any relationship to reality.Posted on October 16, 2007 1:17 PM • 19 Comments •
Why There Are No Great Women Science Bloggers
Gender equity: it's not rocket science. Just review the list.Posted on September 19, 2007 6:17 PM • 35 Comments •
Researchers Claim Men Like Hot Women!
Why don't we all just watch Jerry Springer instead? We'd get the same amount of insight into human nature.Posted on September 6, 2007 3:41 PM • 10 Comments •
The Biology of Pink
Perhaps you don't remember an entry I wrote about a year ago titled Pink Is For Boys, Blue Is For Girls. I linked to a Fairer Science post that was debunking a Times Online editorial suggesting girls had a biologically...Posted on August 22, 2007 3:08 PM • 6 Comments •
Men [Sick]
Scientist, you see , actually means "men of science".Posted on August 19, 2007 8:36 PM • 14 Comments •
Nature Sticks One Toe In the Early 20th Century
...physicists are studying how Nature has managed to warp the space-time continuum...Posted on August 16, 2007 7:54 PM • 22 Comments •
Debbie Does Laundry
Yes, global warming be damned, no technology is too expensive for Debbie to get back to simpler times and fresher scents.Posted on August 13, 2007 4:34 PM • 16 Comments •
Ashley Likes Science! But Not Isabella
Do girly-girl names doom her to a life without math and science?Posted on June 19, 2007 8:11 PM • 15 Comments •
Kirk and Scotty (But Not Uhura) Play With "Rick"
It sucks to see the press doing gender bias work for the physicists.Posted on May 7, 2007 11:01 PM • 15 Comments •
SciAm Reports: ScienceBlogger Is Attractive!!!
what the f*ck does that have to do with anything in the story?Posted on April 27, 2007 9:18 PM • 55 Comments •
Your Brain on God
File this under: I have an imaging tool and I need something to do with it that will garner grant support. Hey, let's study people speaking in tongues! Because we will learn....something! That will be of use for....whatever!...Posted on November 7, 2006 6:05 PM • 6 Comments •
