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'

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 Love You But I’ll Never Read Your Substack

"SHE SAW ME"

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

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

I Love You But I’ll Never Read Your Substack

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

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

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

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

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

"IMPERFECT WOMEN"

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.

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

BELONGING TO AMERICA