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1 week ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
All of us are trying to balance the shit of the world right now with the demands of our daily lives — a demand that feels less tenable every day. So as I’m putting together this summer reading list, I’m also reading stories of immigrants taken from their workplaces, from community fairs, from public spaces. We feel helpless, but we’re not.
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1 week ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
Welcome to the Culture Study Classifieds, one of my favorite recurring features in the newsletter. People love reading the classifieds, but they also love offering their esoteric (or not so esoteric) services, offering to provide connections between readers, and so many other purposes.
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2 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
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2 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
The summer edition of the Culture Study Cookbook Club is here!! We’re cooking from Priya Krishna’s Indian-ishand it’s going to be SO GOOD. If you want to sign up to cook a recipe, I’ve put together a Google Spreadsheet here — just put some version of your name in there to claim it. On July 20th, we’ll come together and talk about what we cooked, how it went, and vote on our Fall cookbook pick.
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2 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
Today’s Tuesday Thread prompt comes from Culture Study reader Andrew, who wants to know: What was your favorite class in high school or college? What did you like about it, and can you bring an aspect of it to a part of your life right now? With a secondary question from Joy: Do any of us work in the field we studied or most enjoyed? Or just use the sk…
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2 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
Did you miss this week’s threads? They’re above-average excellent, particularly if you need an idea for a movie night with a kid this summer (and want to pick something ‘old’ that they’ll actually like) or want ideas on how to get into a hobby, area of study, sport, craft, whatever with a high barrier to entry.
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3 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
Today’s Friday Thread prompt comes from Anjali, who wants us to talk about: How to get into things that seem to have a relatively high barrier to entry. I say this because I want to get into video games beyond Legend of Zelda/Stardew Valley/Super Smash/Mario Kart, but don't know where to start and it's a very intimidating space. I also feel this way abo…
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3 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
First Off: You voted and Priya Krishna’s INDIAN-ISH is our summer pick for the Culture Study Cookbook Club —I’ll post a link to specific recipe sign-ups in the next week, but for now, this is your sign to buy, borrow, or reserve a copy from your local library. And if you want to see how this worked last time around, here’s the post on the easy connection of a cookbook club and here’s what it looked like when hundreds of people cooked from Tenderheart.
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3 weeks ago | 
annehelen.substack.com | Anne Petersen
One thing I’ve learned from watching a fair amount of older stuff with kids: you cannot predict what they’re gonna like and dislike. Stuff you absolutely loved as a kid feels weird & old to them; stuff you’re sure won’t translate somehow delights. The kids of one of my friends here on the island are obsessed with Gilligan’s Island, and no it’s not becau…
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3 weeks 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.
