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Anne Helen Petersen

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I write Culture Study & also books — most recently, OUT OF OFFICE. Speaking: @prhspeakers IG: annehelenpetersen // email: annehelenpetersen @ gmail

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  • 6 days ago | annehelen.substack.com | Anne Helen Petersen |Anne Petersen

    Did you miss the Culture Study Local Friendship Matchmaker? Or did you take a quick look and feel like there was no one near you and move on? Well, there are now 1500 posts asking for friendship connections from Malmö Sweden to Bentonville Arkansas and beyond. There’s hyper-local requests (walking distance on the Lower East Side) and “yes let’s drive to one another” in the wilds of Colorado.

  • 1 week ago | annehelen.substack.com | Anne Helen Petersen

    We did a version of this thread back in February and I loved the multiple valences of “working on”: it could be a garden project, detailing your car, a new quilting project (or an old one that’s been languishing), a piece of jewelry, refining your perfect version of a recipe, edits on a dissertation, a book draft…..or you could be working on letting go …

  • 1 week ago | annehelen.substack.com | Anne Helen Petersen |Anne Petersen

    I don’t know how the Friday Thread about little lies got so lovely and compelling and weird but it did. Come read all sorts of lies (and why we tell them).

  • 2 weeks ago | annehelen.substack.com | Anne Helen Petersen

    Thanks to a previous thread I’ve been watching The Residence, a screwballish Netflix mystery set in the White House after the death of the head usher. I love the way it treats the White House like a doll house, both aesthetically and narratively, and Uzo Aduba is flawless as a birdwatching master sleuth, but sometimes the bombast tilts over into slightl…

  • 2 weeks ago | annehelen.substack.com | Anne Helen Petersen |Anne Petersen

    If you love this newsletter and open it all the time but haven’t made the switch to paid, you’re missing out on half the content — and the very heart of Culture Study. Like Tuesday’s 1100+ comment discussion of what we’re all reading, loving, and quitting halfway through…..and Friday’s fascinating discussion of the family summer vacation.

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Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen
28 Jun 24

I haven't tweeted in *a year* but **we do not have to resign ourselves to this future.** We can, indeed, have an open convention. It seems wild but it is absolutely not, and anyone who doesn't want a Trump presidency should get on board: https://t.co/1Lek9N1ir0

Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen
30 Jun 23

RT @isalara: “Is It Too Late To Start Over?” ⁦@npratc⁩ host @ailsachang talked to ⁦@annehelen⁩ for ⁦@CrookedMedia⁩ “Work Appropriate” https…

Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen
30 Jun 23

RT @AudieCornish: I got so much out of this post by @annehelen. cutting through the noise of #QuietQuitting #QuietFiring #LoudHiring jargon…