WRITING
THE BLUE DRESS
Winter 2026
I wrote a book and it's going to come out into the world!!!! Macmillian's imprint Farrar Straus Giroux Books bought my debut novel, THE BLUE DRESS. It's my story, my life, my heart & soul. I still can't believe it. I'm enormously grateful to all of you that've been so kind and supportive. It will be out early 2026.
I'M FAT. HERE'S WHY I'M TAKING A WEIGHT LOSS DRUG.
For people like me, who have struggled for years with accepting our large bodies, the worship of the new GLP-1 weight loss drugs has been disheartening.
MY MOTHER’S DIETING AFFECTED ME, TOO
My mother’s obsession with weight is not unique. Researchers have studied how a mother’s restricted eating habits can affect her children, particularly daughters.
I WAS BORN IN IRAN, AND MISOGYNY PUSHED ME AWAY FROM MY CULTURE. NOW I HAVE HOPE FOR IRANIAN GIRLS
Protests led by brave women and girls in Iran raised feelings in me I thought I had buried deep
AN EXEC WANTED TO MEET ME BECAUSE OF MY NAME. EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN HE SAW ME.
HuffPost - #1 AppleNews trending story on pub & repub dates. Over 3 Million views.
April 8, 2022 (Republished September 7, 2023)
"Frozen, my mouth agape, I tried to process what had just happened. A fire rushed to my face and tears welled in my eyes. I wanted the ground to swallow me whole."
MY MOTHER JUDGED MY BODY AS A GIRL. YEARS LATER, WE FINALLY UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
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THE OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM SHOWS THE PAIN I'M STILL IN FROM LEAVING MY COUNTRY AND THE BOY I LOVED.
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'THE OSCARS SHOWED ME HOW FREE AMERICAN WOMEN CAN BE'
MY MOTHER SAYS I WAS AMERICAN BEFORE I KNEW WHAT AMERICA WAS.
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THE MOMENT MY KIDS SHATTERED MY CHRISTMAS ILLUSION
I thought the better I made Christmas, the more American I would feel. For many immigrant kids like me, the holiday often feels like a far-off magical thing that can make our otherness go away if we immerse ourselves in it.
I WASN’T ANXIOUS ABOUT BACK-TO-SCHOOL BECAUSE OF MY KIDS. IT WAS THE OTHER MOMS.
As the summer drew to a close, I felt the usual anxiety rise up inside me. And it wasn’t just because of the whirlwind of back-to-school duties I’d now have to complete. It was because I’d be around those have-it-all-together perfect mom types.
I FELT AT HOME IN AMERICA, UNTIL AN ANGRY CROWD HECKLED ME
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'I FLED IRAN AT 8-YEARS-OLD, THIS IS WHAT UKRAINIAN CHILDREN FACE'
In 1979, at 8-years-old, I left Iran in the midst of a full-fledged revolution. Strikes and demonstrations had paralyzed the country with protestors numbering in the millions. And violent government crackdowns had already resulted in the deaths and injury of hundreds of Iranians.
'MOMMY, IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME?'
AS OUR KIDS HEAD BACK TO SCHOOL, HOW DO WE PROTECT THEIR HEARTS — AND OURS?
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STEPHEN 'TWITCH' BOSS' DEATH AWAKENED
MY ANGER AT LOSING A BOY I LOVED
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THE POWER OF THIS IRANIAN PROTEST SONG AT THE GRAMMYS, ON MY FAMILY AND AROUND THE WORLD
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November 6, 2023
After losing my legal contracting job at the beginning of the pandemic, I put my fears aside and pursued my decades-long dream of writing a memoir. I’d been a lawyer for over twenty years and didn’t know much about creative nonfiction. So, I signed up for an online writing class hoping it would give me the push I needed to pursue this impossible seeming goal.
A MAN TRIED TO ABDUCT ME, TOO.
A man tried to abduct me, too. So why did I blame Eliza Fletcher for running at 4am? I’m embarrassed by how I reacted to the kindergarten teacher’s death.
NYT: TINY LOVE STORIES
"SHE SAW ME"
I moved into the neighborhood after my son’s birth. Struggling with the isolation of being a new mother, I tried finding friends. I walked the tree-lined streets with my son, who didn’t look like me: he fair like his Kansan father, and I with olive skin and curly Persian hair. I reached out for a connection. But nothing sparked. I was drowning. Then I met Terry with her bright smile and big heart. She saw me, saved me. We shared times of sorrow and joy. Now, with my son college-bound, she’s still by my side as I let him go.
NYT: TINY LOVE STORIES
"IMPERFECT WOMEN"
Imperfect Women
I wasn’t the thin daughter my Iranian mother wanted. The larger I got, the more disappointed she was. I hated her for that. One day, when I was 13, she seriously burned her hand. I was too broken to comfort her. I moved away, got married, had children and learned to love myself. Then I started to understand her. She was so young when she had me, so isolated and overwhelmed when she fled Iran. She thought her actions were love. We spent years talking about our regrets and grief, finding a way to love each other as imperfect women. — Rebecca Morrison
I LIVED WITH A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE SECRET FOR 30 YEARS. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TOLD.
"I’ve found I can only move forward when I stop struggling in silence and let go of the shame."
NO NOTE, NO EXPLANATION
Suicide rates are rising, and the pain of the pandemic put more people at risk. Talking about it matters.
BELONGING TO AMERICA
Spring break, 1991. It was one of the worst moments of my life. And also one of the best.
OPEN LETTER TO WEIGHT LOSS COMPANIES PURSUING ME LIKE AN EX-BOYFRIEND WHO WON’T ACCEPT OUR BREAKUP
Little Old Lady Comedy
April 10, 2023
A man tried to abduct me, too. So why Protests led by brave women and girls in Iran raised feelings in me I thought I had buried deep
I CONSIDER MYSELF AN LGBTQ ALLY, BUT MY FRIENDS CALLED ME OUT FOR MY BEHAVIOR.
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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.
INSIDER
November 10, 2022
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.
WHY I STARTED WATCHING PORN WHEN
I TURNED 50
I suspected my teens knew more about porn than me. I didn't want to talk to them about it
until I did some research
NEW YORK TIMES LETTER TO THE EDITOR
We’ve reached a place where most of us cannot bear the things this president utters. My skin crawls every time I hear President Trump declare to a chanting crowd “you have good genes!”
TWO MOTHERS
Chicken Soup for the Soul
2012
My parents left their country in the middle of a revolution...raising my two brothers and me in a foreign land wasn’t always easy for my mother but she never let it show.
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