Public Engagement

Media

Philosophy doesn't do its job if it can't be talked about in public. I engage beyond the academic paper through commentary, podcasts, public philosophy events, and online writing — including work on the politics and ethics of social media as a site of justice and harm.

Platforms as Public Health

A significant strand of my work examines social media platforms as sites of epistemic injustice and public health harm. I argue that content moderation failures — the arbitrary suspension of trans voices, algorithmic amplification of anti-LGBTQ+ content, and platforms' retreat from protecting marginalized users — are not mere policy disagreements but constitute real-world violence with measurable health consequences.

Essay · English

Content Moderation as a Public Health Concern: When LGBTQ+ People Are Harmed Online

Bioethics Today, 2025 — Argues that digital harms to LGBTQ+ users meet the threshold for public health emergencies, and that platforms must be held to bioethical standards of accountability.

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Forthcoming Paper

Content Bubbles: The Double Bind of Trust Erosion and Exclusion

Feminist Philosophy Quarterly — Develops the "content bubbles" concept: the epistemic and political trap created when marginalized voices are suppressed while harassment goes unmoderated.

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Public Philosophy

I am one of the co-organizers of Wonder Philosophy — a project dedicated to making philosophical thinking accessible and consequential beyond the academy.

I also participated in a theatrical work at the University of York exploring philosophical themes. Watch the video →

Writing for General Audiences

Blog · English

True Trans Bioethics Centers Trans Experience

Bioethics Today, 2024 — Argues that reactionary bioethics objectifies trans people and proposes a holistic framework centered on trans testimony.

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Blog · Farsi

آن‌چه باید در حوزه تحقیق و سلامت افراد ترنس‌جندر رعایت شود

"What Should Be Observed in the Field of Research and Health of Transgender People" — IranWire

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Blog · English

Five Steps to Expand Your Network

Greene Center, University of Rochester

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Conversations

Podcast · English

The Both/And of AI and Trans Health

PhilOcc Podcast — A conversation about the ethical challenges of AI tools in transgender healthcare, the tension between data collection and safety, and top-down vs. bottom-up approaches to ethical AI.

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Podcast · Farsi

کافه ناکجا — اخلاقیات کاربردی و حقوق افراد ترنس

"Cafe Nakoja — Applied Ethics and the Rights of Trans People"

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