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Monday, December 29, 2014

Selections From My Virtual Library: December 2014

Well, this is my very last Virtual Library post as it's now December. I've read lots, but never enough. Here's this month's picks.

The Atlantic
For the Love of Stuff
How Sexism Stifles Creativity
When Helping Rape Victims Hurts a College’s Reputation
When Chicago Tortured
What's Tylenol Doing to Our Minds?
Coming to Terms With My Father's Racism
'Shipping' and the Enduring Appeal of Rooting for Love
Adjusting College Rankings for Rape

NPR
Mexican Megafarms Supplying U.S. Market Are Rife With Labor Abuses
5 Interrogation Methods The CIA Used On Terrorism Suspects
WWII By The Books: The Pocket-Size Editions That Kept Soldiers Reading
Bound By A Plantation, Two Georgians Remember A Special Christmas
Serial Host Sarah Koenig Says She Set Out To Report, Not Exonerate
Preserving American Roots Music Begins With Keeping The Lights On
After Year Of Atheism, Former Pastor: 'I Don't Think God Exists'

Rookie
How to Write About Real People
Whatever You Like

McSweeney's
Product Review: The Invisible Backpack of White Privilege From L.L. Bean
A Farewell to Hemnes: Ernest Hemingway Assembles an Ikea Daybed Frame with Three Drawers

The New Yorker
The Unidentified Queen of Torture

The New York Times
Why Colleges Haven't Stopped Binge Drinking

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