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17 connected korrents · 7 moments from 4 Nov 2022 to 20 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Housewives are kept busy by house service, not by caring for children
Housewives are kept busy by house service, not by caring for children
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Framing childcare as unpaid labour, and a mother who stays home as a failure of feminist ambition, is a complete dead end. — tap to centre the map on it
Framing childcare as unpaid labour, and a mother who stays home as a failure of feminist ambition, is a complete dead end.
Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Women's exclusion from other occupations is probably kept up only to maintain their subordination at home — tap to centre the map on it
Women's exclusion from other occupations is probably kept up only to maintain their subordination at home
JM
John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Women should be trained for motherhood rather than girls for catching a husband — tap to centre the map on it
Women should be trained for motherhood rather than girls for catching a husband
CG
Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Families keep domestic servants mainly from a mistaken belief it guards family sanctity — tap to centre the map on it
Families keep domestic servants mainly from a mistaken belief it guards family sanctity
JA
Jane Addams — holds since c. 1902 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Marriage is flawed when women enter it for food and clothes and men for cooks and housekeepers — tap to centre the map on it
Marriage is flawed when women enter it for food and clothes and men for cooks and housekeepers
CG
Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A house is built by many workers, not by its owner — tap to centre the map on it
A house is built by many workers, not by its owner
PK
Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Many women must support themselves without access to varied work or education, so they are raised to see marriage as their one object — tap to centre the map on it
Many women must support themselves without access to varied work or education, so they are raised to see marriage as their one object
HM
Harriet Martineau — holds since c. 1838 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no need to forbid women from doing what by nature they cannot do — tap to centre the map on it
There is no need to forbid women from doing what by nature they cannot do
JM
John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1861–1869 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A liberal divorce law is wise — tap to centre the map on it
A liberal divorce law is wise
ES
Elizabeth Cady Stanton — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it
A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects.
Last stated a month ago
20 Sept 2026
HN
Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises — tap to centre the map on it
A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises
FB
Francis Bacon — holds since c. 1597–1625 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone who holds the claim — tap it for who they are