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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.
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."
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Shambling over to the benches in my comfortable flat-soled Shamble On Rose 1971's, my plan was to rip off the top of a skull, eat some brains, and relax.
Posted by Zuska at 8:27 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
At the hearing, the 70's, graying hair cropped close to her head, went on record as "admiring your awesome internet technology".
Posted by Zuska at 9:55 PM • 41 Comments •
Category: Daily Struggles
A friend of mine (maybe YOU are that friend?) will be soon be leaving a job at Wackaloon Scientific Enterprises where said friend is supervised by sadistic OCD micromanaging douchebags from hell with poor reading comprehension skills.
Posted by Zuska at 2:38 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
I am in love. LOVE!
Posted by Zuska at 1:13 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Those Humorless Feminists
Maybe I am just a little too angry for no good reason...
Posted by Zuska at 11:15 PM • 110 Comments •
Category: Geekalicious
We are a mere ten years into the 21st century. No jet packs for all yet, but things are moving at a lightning pace at Yale in the policy area.
Posted by Zuska at 12:08 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Feminist Foremothers
Your joy need not begin and end with just knowing that the craptastic manifestations you've been subjected to are (1) not your fault, (2) part of a larger system of patriarchy, and (3) mocked by many, many, many women all over the place.
Posted by Zuska at 6:20 PM • 23 Comments •
Category: Ludicrous Language
I warned Jon, I did. D00d, that thread is for MOCKING MANSPLAINERS. Now, here I will repost Jon's mis-directed comment. Zuskateers, you may feel free to read (warning: contains mansplaing) or skip right over to the comment thread and post...
Posted by Zuska at 5:31 PM • 114 Comments •
Category: Ludicrous Language
Mansplaining. We've all had to endure it, on the internets or IRL, so frequently we are often overwhelmed with the desire to hork up serious chunks on the mansplainer's shoes.
Posted by Zuska at 9:23 AM • 409 Comments •
Category: Stereotypes We Know And Love
Alas, there is no answer sheet, except the one provided by your own pre-existing (mis)conceptions and biases. Enjoy.
Posted by Zuska at 9:40 PM • 25 Comments •
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