First Links — 5.14.14

Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the Double-Bind of Muslim Women’s Rights
Rochelle Terman, the Feminist Wire

What Marilynne Robinson Could Learn from Herself
Marybeth Davis Baggett, Christ and Pop Culture

Could Drive You to Drink
Nicole Gelinas, City Journal

World War I History Divides Balkan Schoolchildren
Denis Dzidic, Marija Ristic, Milka Domanovic, Josip Ivanovic, Edona Peci, Sinisa Jakov Marusic, Balkan Transitional Justice

Dressing for Failure: How the Death of Home Ec Unraveled American Fashion
Linda Przybyszewski, Time

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