FIRST LINKS — 7.08.14

For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story
Taylor Swift, Wall Street Journal

The Worst Tree in the World
Casey N. Cep, PSMag

Enon Chapel: London’s Victorian Golgotha
Carla Valentine, Order of the Good Death

Kant Confusion
Michael Rosen, TLS

Why We Still Need “The Feminine Mystique”
Katelyn Beaty, Books & Culture

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