Publications

I'M FAT. HERE'S WHY I'M TAKING A WEIGHT LOSS DRUG. 

MY MOTHER JUDGED MY BODY AS A GIRL. YEARS LATER, WE FINALLY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER

'I FLED IRAN AT 8-YEARS-OLD, THIS IS WHAT UKRAINIAN CHILDREN FACE'

The Latest Version Of Celebrity Thinness Isn’t Just Annoying, It’s Dangerous. I Should Know.

A MAN TRIED TO ABDUCT ME, TOO.

What Does It Mean to Write and Publish a Viral Article?

What Elizabeth Gilbert Gets Right About Telling the Hardest Truths

THE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM SHOWS THE PAIN I'M STILL IN FROM LEAVING MY COUNTRY AND THE BOY I LOVED.

I Love You But I’ll Never Read Your Substack

THE POWER OF THIS IRANIAN PROTEST SONG AT THE GRAMMYS, ON MY FAMILY AND AROUND THE WORLD

'THE OSCARS SHOWED ME HOW FREE AMERICAN WOMEN CAN BE'​MY MOTHER SAYS I WAS AMERICAN BEFORE I KNEW WHAT AMERICA WAS.

MEMOIR OR NOVEL?

WHY I STARTED WATCHING PORN WHEN
I TURNED 50

STEPHEN 'TWITCH' BOSS' DEATH AWAKENED
MY ANGER AT LOSING A BOY I LOVED

OPEN LETTER TO WEIGHT LOSS COMPANIES PURSUING ME LIKE AN EX-BOYFRIEND WHO WON’T ACCEPT OUR BREAKUP

MY MOTHER’S DIETING AFFECTED ME, TOO

AN EXEC WANTED TO MEET ME BECAUSE OF MY NAME. EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN HE SAW ME.

I WAS BORN IN IRAN, AND MISOGYNY PUSHED ME AWAY FROM MY CULTURE. NOW I HAVE HOPE FOR IRANIAN GIRLS

I FELT AT HOME IN AMERICA, UNTIL AN ANGRY CROWD HECKLED ME

'MOMMY, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?'

NO NOTE, NO EXPLANATION

I LIVED WITH A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE SECRET FOR 30 YEARS. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TOLD.

I WASN’T ANXIOUS ABOUT BACK-TO-SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MY KIDS. IT WAS THE OTHER MOMS.

Why a New Ed Sheeran Pop Song Means So Much to Someone Like Me

"IMPERFECT WOMEN"

"SHE SAW ME"

THE MOMENT MY KIDS SHATTERED MY CHRISTMAS ILLUSION

AFTER I MOVED TO A NEW COUNTRY FOUR DECADES AGO, MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD ME TO CHANGE MY WARDROBE. IT HURT AT FIRST, BUT IT MADE LIFE EASIER.

BELONGING TO AMERICA