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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)

5 min readDec 6, 2021

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

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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…

2 min readDec 3, 2021

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JP Akhter
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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…

5 min readJan 27, 2021

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

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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…

4 min readJan 2, 2021

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

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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…

8 min readDec 14, 2020

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

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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.

8 min readNov 3, 2020

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Trump brought out the hidden monster within my father.

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JP Akhter
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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…

4 min readSep 26, 2020

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Leaving Houston, Leaving Oil

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JP Akhter
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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…

6 min readSep 23, 2020

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

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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.

9 min readSep 14, 2020

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

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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?

6 min readSep 12, 2020

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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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