The Theme Song of Your Interests With Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Petersen, freelance journalist and cultural critic with her biweekly newsletter, and author of nonfiction books Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema and Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, talks about her newest book, Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation.
Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode
- Anne’s Facebook group, Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style
- Anne’s series on The Hairpin, Classic Scandals of Hollywood
- “Confidentially Yours: The Banality of the Celebrity Profile, and How It Got That Way,” for The Believer
- “The Rules of the Game: A Century of Hollywood Publicity,” for Virginia Quarterly
- “Jennifer Lawrence And The History Of Cool Girls,” for Buzzfeed
- “How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation,” for Buzzfeed
- “How Do You Rebuild Your Life After Leaving A Polygamous Sect?,” for Buzzfeed
- Temp: The Real Story of What Happened to Your Salary, Benefits, and Job Security by Louis Hyman
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