I am by no means an expert on the Supreme Court, the legal history of abortion, or the experience of being pregnant. But here are a few things I’ve been thinking about that I think are worth you thinking about too…

I moved out of my apartment in New York City on July 1st. I haven’t been able to find the appropriate/suitable/proper words to express/articulate/encapsulate all the things I'm feeling. The city has done and defined so much for me and of me. Ultimately, the one undeniable truth I keep returning to is that my time in New York would have played out very differently if it weren’t for…

Some science to help in this time of confusion: “You can’t change someone’s mind, they have to change it for themselves” is a lie…

Growing up in Arizona, my parents were business owners. They made enough money to buy a decent amount of property (cars, homes, storefronts), and for one reason or another, that property was regularly vandalized during my childhood. I know how infuriating it is. I know how unfair it feels. I know how downright terrifying it can be…

After weeks, months, years, decades, ages of moving forward - we had to stop. For a moment. Not because we wanted to. Not because we were tired. And certainly not because we had nowhere left to go. We stopped because we didn’t see it coming.

There’s too much being said and not enough being considered - but because some part of me expects some other part of me to have an opinion about Iran and America because I am Iranian and American, I will share one quick thought…

When John McCain died, I expected to grieve him. What I did not expect was to be reprimanded for my grief. Having scrolled newsfeeds and weathered twitter storms, I’ve been informed many times over that my wanting to write a tribute to John McCain would be considered traitorous behavior by many friends whom I respect. I am, surprise surprise, a progressive. But here’s the thing: I don’t buy it. The oft-cited justifications seem dangerously close to imposing a zero tolerance policy on who we are allowed to mourn…

Donald Trump is not the first man to don rose colored glasses and employ this manipulative campaign slogan. Ronald Reagan famously used it, word for word, and Andrew Jackson ran on the exact same sentiment in an attempt to evoke the stability and fairness of George Washington's America. Both men became President…