Contextualizing Research into Prose w. ANNE HELEN PETERSEN

A former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed, Anne Helen Petersen now writes her newsletter, Culture Study, as a full-time venture on Substack. Her latest book is Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. (Bookshop) Anne received her PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, where she focused on the history of celebrity gossip. Her previous books, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud and Scandals of Classic Hollywood, were featured in NPR, Elle, and the Atlantic. She lives in Missoula, Montana.

Bonus Segment: Burnout and Writing

Anne talks about how writing helps her process burnout.

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