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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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Things Are Getting Better All The Time...

Category: Blog I Am Reading Today

Really, they are. Read this to see just how much better!

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Dress For Success! Or Not!

Category: Burns My Shorts

Ladeez! Why do you even leave the home?

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Objectification Silences Women - Or, They Were Asking For It, And They Like It, And...

Category: Blog I Am Reading Today

Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science has a fascinating post summarizing a recent research paper that shows how objectification silences women. As Saguy [the lead researcher] explains, "When a woman believes that a man is focusing on her body,...

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Links for 4-3-2009

Category: Linkfest

Scads of stuff I don't have time to blog adequately... Johns Hopkins Provost Kristina Johnson was nominated by President Obama to be under secretary of the Department of Energy in mid-March. From the email press release: She is a distinguished...

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Links for 03-20-2009

Category: Linkfest

NSF ADVANCE Workshop For Women Transitioning to Academic Careers The University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change received an award from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program to hold professional development workshops for Ph.D.-level women in industry, research labs,...

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Sexual Harassment Lawsuits: Even When You Win, You Lose

Category: Burns My Shorts

Reader JC left a comment on a recent post about sexual harassment that led me to a Feminist Law Professor post on a sexual harassment lawsuit against Brigham & Women's Hospital. It is a post well worth reading, if you...

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Why Do We Think Only Really Hideously Evil Human Beings Could Be Sexual Harassers?

Category: Apologists for the Oppressors

The fact is, you can't pick sexual harassers out of a crowd. They don't have a mark on their foreheads.

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Women Paid Poorly, Men Behaving Badly - What Else Is New?

Category: Report Roundup

Hmmm...makes you wonder why exactly he's so anxious to have this official proclamation of his innocence.

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A Reply to Dr. Isis

Category: Manifestoes

Just because I subscribe to a grim view of reality doesn't mean I think that reality is unchangeable.

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It's SO Not Fair For You Women To Hang Out Together!

Category: Daily Struggles

The womanist is "not a separatist, except periodically, for health".

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