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How I Met Your Father: A Story of ̶J̶o̶b̶ ̶P̶e̶r̶f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶ Gender Bias in…

Part 1: Two scientists walk into the Patriarchy (the background for a well-controlled case study)

Dec 6, 2021

How I Met Your Father: A Story of ̶J̶o̶b̶ ̶P̶e̶r̶f̶o̶r̶m̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶L̶o̶v̶e̶ Gender Bias in…

Dec 6, 2021

JP Akhter

Like Mother Like Daughter

I have my mother’s hands. When I was 10 or 12, snooping through her secret bedroom things, I found a vintage but sturdy shoebox underneath…

Dec 3, 2021

Dec 3, 2021

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Environmental Ideas

What living with my Baby Boomer in-laws taught me about cross-generational sustainability

As part of a pandemic-inspired cross-country move, my husband, our baby, and I moved in with my in-laws for the summer of 2020. Here are…

Jan 27, 2021

What living with my Baby Boomer in-laws taught me about cross-generational sustainability

Jan 27, 2021

JP Akhter
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Environmental Ideas

America’s Warming Stripes: Why Midwesterners are less likely to ‘believe’ in climate change

I recently moved from Houston, TX to the Upper Midwest — to a small town in northeast Wisconsin. I’ve noticed that people seem to be…

Jan 2, 2021

America’s Warming Stripes: Why Midwesterners are less likely to ‘believe’ in climate change

Jan 2, 2021

JP Akhter

5 Reasons I was pretty sure I was woke. And the grievous realization that I’m obviously not.

This article starts out tongue in cheek, but it gets really, really dark. (Sorry about that; just writing what I feel here, and it’s…

Dec 14, 2020

5 Reasons I was pretty sure I was woke. And the grievous realization that I’m obviously not.

Dec 14, 2020

JP Akhter

Trump brought out the hidden monster within my father.

The monster was already there. But Trump told my dad that his bigotry is ok.

Nov 3, 2020

Trump brought out the hidden monster within my father.

Nov 3, 2020

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DropStone

Leaving Houston, Leaving Oil

My 10-month-old and I climbed into the UberBlack I’d scheduled for 5:45 am. The sun had yet to rise. The professional Uber driver, Fadi…

Sep 26, 2020

Leaving Houston, Leaving Oil

Sep 26, 2020

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EarthSphere

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species, Part 3: Clementsian Equilibrium Ecology & the Native…

The definition of what it means to be native as used by ecologists has not evolved much since the 1930s, when restoration ecology first…

Sep 23, 2020

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species, Part 3: Clementsian Equilibrium Ecology & the Native…

Sep 23, 2020

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EarthSphere

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species, Part 2: How Early American Colonialism Impacted the…

This story examines the history of how modern restoration ecology came to be, focusing on influences of early American colonizers.

Sep 14, 2020

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species, Part 2: How Early American Colonialism Impacted the…

Sep 14, 2020

JP Akhter
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EarthSphere

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species: Questioning Time in the Context of Nature

What makes a species native or exotic?

Sep 12, 2020

The Subjective Nature of the Native Species: Questioning Time in the Context of Nature

Sep 12, 2020

JP Akhter

JP Akhter

Scientist, artist, mother, T1D :: I observe the world from a secular humanism perspective, and I write about nature, culture, and the characters in my life.

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