Anne Helen Petersen
Writer and journalist
Anne Helen Petersen is an American writer and journalist behind the Culture Study newsletter. She has written about work, burnout and celebrity.
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About Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen holds a doctorate in media studies from the University of Texas, with research on the history of the gossip industry. She worked as a senior culture writer at BuzzFeed until August 2020, then began writing full time for her newsletter Culture Study. She also writes, hosts and produces the Culture Study podcast, and her work has appeared in the opinion section of The New York Times. Her books include Scandals of Classic Hollywood and Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman. Can't Even and Out of Office are the titles of hers in our catalog.