Sara Petersen is a sharp cultural critic whose writing on motherhood, feminism, and digital culture has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, The Cut, and more. She is the author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture. She also writes "In Pursuit of Clean Countertops" on Patreon, a newsletter about bad ideals of good womanhood, and cohosts the Clean Countertops podcast with Emily J. Smith. A Fascinating Woman is her debut novel.