Author: Nora Panahi

Nora is an Iranian-American, Buddhist-Muslim, Boston-based stand-up comic with great hair and a 2011 white Toyota Yaris with crank windows. She has been called the c-word by at least three men and she totally deserved it.
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Oral Surgery and Other Things I Miss From Life Before the Pandemic

Life today sure looks different than life just a few months ago. The ways in which we work, socialize, and view the world around us…

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I Don’t Have Impostor Syndrome, I’m Just Bad at My Job

Over the past year or so, there’s been an uptick in people talking about Impostor Syndrome, a condition defined by Google dot com as “the…

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Men Make Movies About War So They Don’t Have to Cast Women

Let me preface this by saying I haven’t seen 1917, and I don’t want to.  A tweet by comedian Joel Kim Booster summarizes what I…

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Wikipedia Adds “Problematic Shit” Section to All Celebrity Bios

In the age of cancel culture and the #MeToo movement, it can be hard to keep track of which celebrities you’re allowed to like on…

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Stop Writing Movies About Gay Singers and Just Come up with Some Gay Characters Already!

Dear Hollywood,  I really liked both of your big gay movies this year.  Bohemian Rhapsody spoke to me specifically as a bisexual Persian with a…

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