Anne Helen Petersen

author of “Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home”

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Features writer at BuzzFeed and the author of Scandals in Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema

Anne Helen Petersen on KCRW

The authors of “Out of Office” discuss how telecommuting can make people feel an unhealthy need to constantly work, and why it’s problematic to tie so much of your identity to your…

‘Out of Office’ authors on reevaluating our (toxic) relationships with our jobs

The authors of “Out of Office” discuss how telecommuting can make people feel an unhealthy need to constantly work, and why it’s problematic to tie so much of your identity to your…

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Millennials always seem to be ruining something: the 9 to 5 work week, the diamond industry, dinner dates, napkins (they’d rather use paper towels).

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