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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: Stereotypes We Know And Love
Every once in awhile I do manage to get out to a social sort of event. Recently I was at one such thing. And overhead the following
Posted by Zuska at 1:19 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Manifestoes
I don't really give a rat's ass whether or not DrugMonkey or PZ wash the dishes or scrub the toilets at their respective houses, or whether they hired a cleaning service to do so.
Posted by Zuska at 3:39 PM • 11 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: Apologists for the Oppressors
So, my dear Zuskateers. While I've been away, occupied with allergies, migraines, and the Morris Arboretum plant sale, you have apparently taken on Zuska's Outreach Project for D00dly D00ds. I stand in amazement at your handiwork.
Posted by Zuska at 6:50 PM • 200 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
It would be so fabulous if every time a woman spoke up about crap, every man would listen and take her seriously. But that, my friends, would be a world without patriarchy, so while we are dreaming the dream, we have to deal with today.
Posted by Zuska at 10:41 AM • 46 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
Christina Pikas has a nice post about finding information in books. Sadly, however, she notes the following: What kinds of things might a book work best for?...not for cutting edge, mostly What does this imply when you think about our...
Posted by Zuska at 1:23 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Announcements
Hi all...just wanted to let you know that I am planning to do the first post for Chapter 2 of The Gender Knot sometime next week, probably mid-week. I have the new edition of the book and have been reading...
Posted by Zuska at 2:28 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
Female eyes gazing out of geeky glass frames don't have the same cultural cachet as the male gaze.
Posted by Zuska at 7:09 PM • 50 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
When you are a leaf on the tree of patriarchy, you cannot pretend like your actions take place in isolation and without consequence for or connection to or meaning for any of the other leaves on the tree.
Posted by Zuska at 6:39 PM • 17 Comments •
Category: Zuska's Outreach Project For D00dly D00ds
Yes, I am speaking of tit-ogling.
Posted by Zuska at 7:10 PM • 59 Comments •
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