Leilani Leila Riahi

May 10, 2016

Learning to Love My Mom

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Leila RIahi wants you to meet the unique individual that is your mother.

May 5, 2016

Deactivate to Reactivate

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Leila Riahi shares her two month journey without social media.

February 17, 2016

The Diary of an Abusive Relationship Between University and Student

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Riahi tells all about the messy break up between college and student after a relationship lasting nearly four years.

February 9, 2016

Identity Crisis: The Confusions of Being an Iranian-American Woman

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Riahi addresses her different identities as an Iranian-American woman.

January 20, 2016

No Hump, No Problem: Why I Stopped Having Sex at the Peak of My Sexuality

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Riahi takes a fresh approach to sex and rediscovers a love for people.

December 4, 2015

In Solidarity, In Strength: Planned Parenthood

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Leila Riahi explains her love for Planned Parenthood, and why not protecting Planned Parenthood means not protecting women.

November 19, 2015

Not Suicidal Anymore

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Leila Riahi wants to live now, because there's always hope.

November 3, 2015

How to Be a Loving Friend to Someone With Depression

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani details the ways in which you can care for friends and yourself in the midst of a depressive episode.

October 19, 2015

Mother Nature, Cramps and Dark Chocolate: Why I Want to Talk About My Period Publicly

By Leilani Leila Riahi

When was the last time you felt comfortable to moan in public? Did you moan UP and OUT with fierce energy you’ve been suppressing for the past hour? Have you exclaimed to the being next to you in a PUBLIC SPACE that th...

September 17, 2015

Respectability Politics: How ‘Activism’ Hurts ‘Professionalism’

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Is professionalism incompatible with voicing your convictions?

June 27, 2015

How I Rediscovered Love at a Wedding

By Leilani Leila Riahi

“Without freedom and trust, there is no intimacy”– quote from THE wedding               There were many joyous speeches exclaimed under the sweltering sun memorial day weekend, but this line was spe...

May 12, 2015

Seeking the Safe Space

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Leilani Riahi warns agains depending on "safe spaces" for complete comfort

May 5, 2015

Why it’s Hard for Me to Walk into CAPS: Mental Health Stigma and Leadership Credibility

By Leilani Leila Riahi

              I hope no one I know sees me entering this pink building, because I can’t have them lose respect for me in the classroom, the workplace or any community space I may be looked to as a relia...

April 30, 2015

When the Independent Takes the Gold

By Leilani Leila Riahi

An independent candidate just won the position of external vice president of statewide affairs, over a candidate who had an “undefeated” party backing him up. I repeat. An INDEPENDENT, PROGRESSIVE, RADICAL man has ju...

April 20, 2015

Elections and the Ever-Growing Ego

By Leilani Leila Riahi

  Your face is everywhere. Your voice rings throughout cramped lecture halls. You don’t even know how many people you’ve commodified yourself toward — how many hands you’ve shaken with or without feeling, ho...

April 16, 2015

The Whiteness of Lucidity: Everything But Inclusive

By Leilani Leila Riahi

Why did he start dancing like a ‘gypsy’ Disney character right when I sat down? UGH. This was one of the many uncomfortable questions I had to ask myself this past Sunday while attending the Lucidity Festival: Kindre...