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Author: Anne Helen Petersen

Anne Helen Petersen received her PhD in media studies from the University of Texas, where she studied the history of the gossip industry. Today, she writes about culture, celebrity, feminism and The West for BuzzFeed News. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
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Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud—and Going Too Far

Anne Helen Petersen

As I told audiences across the country during my book tour, the history of feminism is two steps forward, one step back—so how can we make that step back smaller?

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