Anne Helen Petersen

Anne Helen Petersen is a writer of books, newsletters, and cultural criticism. From 2014 to 2020 she served as a senior culture writer at BuzzFeed News, and in 2020 she launched her newsletter, Culture Study. You can subscribe to Culture Study here and learn more about Anne on LinkedIn.

Her books include Out of the Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home and Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation. She has a PhD in media studies from the University of Texas and lives on a small island off the coast of Washington State.

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A Love Letter To Britney’s Chaotic-Good Instagram

Watching newly-pregnant Britney on Instagram feels like watching someone heal — in fits and starts, in ways that are by turns uncomfortable and blissful — from trauma.

By Anne Helen Petersen