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I saw myself on the big screen—the strong black woman that I am, and the stronger black woman I aspire to become.
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Anne Helen Petersen
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Transgressive and Unruly Women: Talking with Anne Helen Petersen
Anne Helen Peterson discusses her new book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, her writing process, and academia.
Notable NYC: 6/17–6/23
Sunday 6/18: Sherman Alexie presents his memoir You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me. WORD Jersey City, 5 p.m., free. Monday 6/19: Arundhati Roy presents The Ministry of Utmost…
Women’s Rage
[The Girl on the Train is] also the latest in a long line of texts that channel women’s rage at living under patriarchy. It offers an escapist fantasy, but unlike…
Scandals of Classic Hollywood by Anne Helen Petersen
Sasha Archibald reviews Scandals of Classic Hollywood by Anne Helen Petersen today in Rumpus Books.
Teen Reading
At BuzzFeed Books, Anne Helen Petersen expresses nostalgia for the reading she did as a teenager. It’s not so much that she misses the books themselves, though, but rather the “style…
Why Celebrity Gossip Is Actually Kind of Important
Here’s something to look forward to: Anne Helen Petersen’s “Scandals of Classic Hollywood” column, which we blogged about previously, is becoming a book! If you simply can’t wait for the…
Behind the Scenes of the Silver Screen
Anne Helen Petersen’s Scandals of Classic Hollywood column is consistently one of the best features at The Hairpin, even for those among us who have never heard of any of…