Boundaries in Motion: Sisters, Citizens, and Consumers Get on the Bus

I arrive at the Qods Square bus stop in northeast Tehran at 7:00 a.m. and approach one of the drivers, who is sitting behind the wheel and cracking roasted watermelon seeds in his teeth as he waits for passengers to get on board. This is the beginning of the Qods-Resalat bus line, which runs from the northeast to the southeast of Tehran, and the bus will not take off until it is full. I say hello to the driver and get on board, at which point he stops cracking seeds and tells me that I have to use the back