Strolling Through the Future
Tumblr & the e-flaneur
Originally published in ID magazine back in 2011 when Tumblr was all the rage, this is, somewhat ironically, the first time this essay has been published online - now that we are in the future. A future where Tumblr, after banning 'adult content' in 2018 - and being overhauled by other, less whimsical social media - is mostly a museum.
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