First Links — 4.30.14

Reclaiming “Homemaker”
Ester Bloom, Slate

Santa Claus as Rahe Hai
Srinath Perur, n+1

An Introduction to Evelyn Waugh’s Helena
Lawrence Dugan, Anamnesis

The Concrete Abyss
Lisa Guenther, Aeon

How Barack Obama Sold Out the Kale Crowd
Jason Zengerle, the New Republic

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