Why you should disappoint your parents | Desiree Akhavan

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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When filmmaker Desiree Akhavan told her Iranian immigrant parents she was in love with a woman, she knew they would object. She explains why it's worth the risk to let people get to know the real you.

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0:12.0	Today, a case for breaking the rules,
0:15.2	especially the ones that you learn from your parents
0:17.9	and could be limiting you.
0:19.7	In her 2023 talk at the TED Immigrant Diaspora Iranian event,
0:24.0	filmmaker Deseret Akavon challenges us to be a little less obedient
0:28.6	in order to truly find our voices.
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