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>Fashionable young woman pausing at door of circulating library, facing forward with arm on an umbrella. 30 December 1782

>Circulating libraries were newly fashionable and had a particular appeal to young women with what was seen as a daring taste for romantic novels.

>> No.14284426

reading is honestly such a feminine hobby
it's weird how people here act macho over hobby that requires no strength whatsoever, not even the hand strength and dexterity needed for knitting

>> No.14284490

>>14284426
>that requires no strength whatsoever

It requires internal strength--the power to concentrate and dwell in a mental world of your own making. Hardly feminine.

>> No.14284904

man id love to smell here asshole

>> No.14284913

>>14284904
nah, i'd rather have her throat taste my dick

>> No.14284920

>>14284426
Spoken like an undisciplined philistine.

>> No.14284925

>>14284426
>macho
in an intellectual sense, maybe

>> No.14284928

>>14284904
based
>>14284913
cringe

>> No.14285428

>>14284904
It'd probably smell much different from modern day brapper's.

>> No.14285465
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>>14284490
No one’s buying it