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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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Of course you want to read great women-and-science related blogs. Where to find them? Try the great blogrolls at:
- Sciencewomen
- Scientiae
- Women in Science
At Women in Science, the blogs are categorized by background of the blogger and/or blog topic. You'll also want to read the Scientiae carnivals - you'll frequently discover new and interesting blogs that way. You could check outLet's All Have A Party! for a list of birthdays of notable women in science and engineering - additions courtesy of Penny! Thanks, Penny! Or, you could visit Women in Science and check the nifty calendar widget there, courtesy of the Google calendar created by Miss Prism!
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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."
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I never got around to reviewing Danica McKellar's first book, Math Doesn't Suck, and now she's got a second one out, Kiss My Math. You gotta love the title at least. I think she's got a whole franchise going here....
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From my email inbox: information about AWIS coaching seminars. Two dates, four times, 45 minutes in length, details after the jump....
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it is indeed refreshing to read about a positive workplace transformation for a change!
Posted on February 29, 2008 11:55 PM • 4 Comments •
What happens when you speak up about gender inequity in Japan's science culture? Why, you can expect to be accused of "tarnishing the reputation" of the university, that's what. That's what happened to biophysicist Mitiko Go when she spoke out...
Posted on February 21, 2008 2:42 PM • 6 Comments •
Gender, and sexual orientation, and race, can come through in your blogging by what you do (or do not) attend to in your posts.
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Posted on January 28, 2008 10:49 PM • 13 Comments •
Just yesterday I posted information about a new resource on recruiting women and girls into information technology. Ironically, the same day American Public Media ran this story about Jean Bartik, one of the original "computers". Yesterday in San Francisco, Apple...
Posted on January 17, 2008 4:48 PM • 2 Comments •
This week's Friday Bookshelf is actually a repeat of a blog post from the old blog site. It begins with a question: Who was Annie Montague Alexander?...
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Posted on October 19, 2007 2:27 PM • 2 Comments •
Yes, yes, because lawsuits are the one and only measure of how much gender discrimination is going on at your university
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Posted on July 25, 2007 2:59 PM • 2 Comments •
Tara at Aetiology has a review of Danica McKellar's new book Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind Or Breaking A Nail. She also snagged an interview with McKellar which you can find here....
Posted on July 25, 2007 2:19 PM • 9 Comments •
That fabulous group of women, the X-Gals, is back with the last of their installments in the Chronicle of Higher Education and it is truly Must Read C (of Higher) E. This last installment is titled On the Origin of...
Posted on July 24, 2007 2:13 PM • 4 Comments •
...young girls especially want to know the ways in which a scientist or engineer has a "normal" life...
Posted on July 19, 2007 3:41 PM • 4 Comments •
Well, the White House finally got around to naming the winners of the 2006 National Medals of Science. Of the 11 winners named, two - count 'em, two! - are actually women! Rita Colwell and Nina Federoff made the cut....
Posted on July 18, 2007 2:32 PM • 6 Comments •
If it's good enough for Richard Dawkins and the atheists, it's good enough for Zuska.
Posted on June 29, 2007 2:30 PM • 104 Comments •
It's a real understatement to say that Denice Denton was a trailblazer.
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Posted on June 24, 2007 9:05 AM • 1 Comments •
It's how she commutes from her home to her office!
Posted on June 21, 2007 5:35 PM • 1 Comments •
...negotiation via phone call from the Jersey shore in my bathing suit...
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Posted on June 3, 2007 7:28 PM • 2 Comments •
Maybe Gracie could sit Cathy down for a chat...
Posted on May 14, 2007 5:22 PM • 0 Comments •
She convinced me to retake calculus - which made all the difference.
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Posted on May 12, 2007 11:42 PM • 7 Comments •
Women promoting women within the science and engineering community is a smart thing to do.
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Posted on April 23, 2007 2:25 PM • 1 Comments •
She only had to wait until she was 75, and retired for 4 years, to be honored for her work.
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Posted on February 23, 2007 2:37 PM • 8 Comments •
I like to scan the New Scholarly Books section of the Chronicle of Higher Education; every so often, something interesting in History of Science or Women's Studies pops up. Recently I saw a little blurb under history of science that...
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Posted on February 6, 2007 2:16 PM • 0 Comments •
there's a new anthology by female Hispanic scientists and engineers!
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Posted on January 31, 2007 4:23 PM • 3 Comments •
After all, the world is lucky to have you! And science is lucky to have you. Don't ever forget that.
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Posted on January 24, 2007 4:55 PM • 4 Comments •
Dr. Free-Ride talked about the need for community and communication as key ingredients for human beings to flourish.
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Posted on January 24, 2007 4:03 PM • 1 Comments •
Penny left some comments over at Let's All Have A Party with some January 14 birthdays to celebrate. She writes: January 14 (as I type) is the birthday of botanist/geneticist Carrie Matilda Derick (1862-1941), the first woman appointed to a...
Posted on January 14, 2007 2:15 PM • 1 Comments •
today is Annie Jump Cannon's birthday
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I'm one day late getting to this, but... ...Penny posted this comment on Let's All Have a Party! Posting this on the centenary of Grace Murray Hopper, born 9 December 1906. Math PhD from Yale in 1934, taught at Vassar...
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The link is not between productivity and having children. It's between productivity and child care.
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Posted on December 6, 2006 10:43 AM • 3 Comments •
She would have been awarded its first doctoral degree, but MIT balked at granting this distinction to a woman
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Posted on December 4, 2006 2:00 PM • 1 Comments •
Yes, Zuska looks upon this idea and pronounces: Make it so.
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Posted on December 4, 2006 1:36 PM • 76 Comments •
Women like Kate Gleason can remind you that women have always loved technology
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Posted on November 29, 2006 6:08 PM • 6 Comments •
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King
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Posted on November 17, 2006 3:33 PM • 1 Comments •
..most clever examples of moron management I have ever heard of.
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Posted on November 17, 2006 1:29 PM • 2 Comments •
"The dead are speaking to us."
Posted on November 17, 2006 9:10 AM • 0 Comments •
Belonging to a group like MUA just might reduce your daily need to puke on somebody's shoes.
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Posted on November 8, 2006 5:38 PM • 0 Comments •
Every woman in science or engineering should have some sort of support network of fabulous interesting women.
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Posted on November 7, 2006 6:44 PM • 1 Comments •
...telling us by their lived presence that OUR existence is not an anomaly...
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