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Strolling Through the Future

Strolling Through the Future

Tumblr & the e-flaneur

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Aug 14, 2024
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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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