Elahe Izadi - xoJane

"How Do You Spell It?" Life With A Name Nobody Knows How To Pronounce

Elahe Izadi — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:00 -0400

Having your name mispronounced is a cousin of being called the wrong name altogether. It carries with it a sense that you're somehow not worthwhile enough to be bothered with.

There's No Country For Hairy Women -- How Even My Iranian Sisters Aren't Impressed With My Body Hair

Elahe Izadi — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500

I’m an Iranian-American woman who grew up blessed with a genetic makeup that is the byproduct of thousands of years of evolution in which hairiness developed to somehow help my people better survive in their environment. I guess.

Living in the Shadow of Iran: I Just Learned My Grandmother's Name

Elahe Izadi — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:00:00 -0500

I’m at a weird place in history, as are many of my female peers; I am the first woman in my line who has such a dramatically free reign over her destiny and her place in the world.