Culture Study Think more about the culture that surrounds you
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Your Next Procrastination Read...
by Anne Helen Petersen on November 17, 2025Everything You Missed at Culture Study This Week
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Did You Miss Something in Your Sunday Routine?
by Anne Helen Petersen on November 10, 2025
The Broken Logic of The Best Place to Retire
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On Patreon: FIFTH ANNUAL CULTURE STUDY SOUP EXTRAVAGANZA
by Anne Helen Petersen on November 4, 2025
Good morning to everyone still reading on Substack!
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A Soggy Post-Halloween Expanse of Links & Recs
by Anne Helen Petersen on November 2, 2025Come over to Patreon!
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Friday Thread [OVER AT PATREON]: Where Do You Live and Why Do You Love it?
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 31, 2025Hi Substack Readers — if you haven’t heard yet…..Culture Study is now on Patreon!
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BIG NO-KIDS ENERGY
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 30, 2025Making a Different Way of Life Visible
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Big News: Culture Study is Moving to Patreon!
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 28, 2025You asked for it: we're moving somewhere more sustainable
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What Kin-Building Actually Looks Like
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 26, 2025The Future of Family
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Friday Thread: What Do You Accidentally Know a Lot About?
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 24, 2025
Today’s Friday Thread prompt comes from Culture Study reader Jordan, who asks:
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That's a Rich Text (2025 Edition)
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 22, 2025Peak Grazing Table, Rivian-Core, Luxury Advent Calendars
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Definitive Media Texts of Your Micro-Generation
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 21, 2025Drew Barrymore's eyebrows in MAD LOVE
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Ballerina Farm Goes Full Wellness Brand
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 19, 2025wtf is "HYDRATION THE WAY NATURE INTENDED"
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What's Hitting You Where It Hurts?
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 17, 2025
On Tuesday night, I was putting finishing touches on the Interview with a Hospital Librarian. I saw an email in my inbox from Substack: my account had been flagged for bot activity, and no emails would go out until I confirmed that there was no bot activity. Oh
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How a Hospital Librarian Spends Their Days
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 15, 2025Undoing the Shoddy Work of AI Bots
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Tuesday Thread: Soundtrack to Autumn
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 14, 2025Fall as shit around here
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Know Your Dads
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 12, 2025Baseball Dads, Bad Car Dads, and the Dads of One Battle After Another
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Friday Thread: Your First Memory of Beauty
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 10, 2025Take some time with this one
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Shape the Future of Culture Study!
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 9, 2025I’ve been writing Culture Study for five years — and doing the Culture Study pod for two.
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What's Really Going on With Those Elaborate (Parent-Decorated) College Dorm Rooms?
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 8, 2025Oh no another florescent name sign
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What Are You Cooking/Assembling for Weeknight Dinner?
by Anne Helen Petersen on October 7, 2025BEFORE DINNERS, HERE’S TWO FUN THINGS:
