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Great essay! I love Woolf’s “Street Haunting.” It reminds me that for many flaneuse, an excuse was required to justify the walking. Like needing a pencil (or going to buy the flowers yourself). Women so often had to invent a reason for wandering, which couldn’t be wandering itself.

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So true! We forget how confining these women's lives could be. Thanks for reading and commenting Haley :)

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