Anne Helen Petersen

Anne Helen Petersen

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Anne Helen Petersen is a senior culture writer for BuzzFeed. A former academic, Petersen 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.

Books by Anne Helen Petersen
Can't Even
Anne Helen Petersen

An incendiary examination of burnout in millennials – the cultural shifts that got us here, the pressures that sustain it and the need for drastic change

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Scandals of Classic Hollywood
Anne Helen Petersen

Based on Petersen's column on the Hairpin, Scandals of Classic Hollywood is a collection of shocking clashes and controversies from Hollywood's Golden Age, featuring notorious personalities including Judy Garland, James Dean, Jean Harlow, and more.

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