בלוג - מתבגרים על זה #feminism

She was a "chuneh mondeh". At age 14 (eighth grade) she was not yet married. In terms of Iran, in an era when chauvinism ruled, it was a kind of shame on the family. At that age, in the parental culture, the child was the property of the authority holder in the family... Their voice was not heard, their opinion was not considered and they were not defined as a "subject", their rights, their vulnerability were in possession of their master (usually the father of the family)

The movie of my life ran before my eyes, I heard the movie soundtrack of my life with the right accent, I smelled the scents of the period And I felt my heart go back there, to the place where I was a girl, to the place from which I nursed the culture, the habits, the frustration and the joy, myself basically, and who I am. I went back for a moment to the girl I was, "Lily Shmentuza" (Lily the fatty) - That was my nickname.