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← Women's economic position, not their sex, is responsible for the ills blamed on them
15 connected korrents · 12 moments from 15 Nov 1844 to 21 Sept 2026.
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Read this korrent: Women's economic position, not their sex, is responsible for the ills blamed on them
Women's economic position, not their sex, is responsible for the ills blamed on them
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman — holds since c. 1898 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The workplace gender revolution was driven more by economic necessity than by feminism or female empowerment. — tap to centre the map on it
The workplace gender revolution was driven more by economic necessity than by feminism or female empowerment.
Last stated a year ago
2 Oct 2025
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Anne Helen Petersen — holds since 2025-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Women's economic dependence causes unhealthy motherhood and a falling birth-rate — tap to centre the map on it
Women's economic dependence causes unhealthy motherhood and a falling birth-rate
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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: The real misfortune is not inequality but dependence on others — tap to centre the map on it
The real misfortune is not inequality but dependence on others
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Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it. — tap to centre the map on it
A backlash against women's economic rise is not automatic; it happens only where politicians choose to mobilise it.
Last stated 2 years ago
1 Dec 2024
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Alice Evans — holds since 2024-12-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What women need is not to act or rule as women, but to grow, discern and live freely and unimpeded — tap to centre the map on it
What women need is not to act or rule as women, but to grow, discern and live freely and unimpeded
Last stated 182 years ago
15 Nov 1844
MF
Margaret Fuller — holds since 1844-11-15 — 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
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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
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly.
Last stated a month ago
21 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it
A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard
Last stated 16 years ago
14 Apr 2011
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Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it
A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget
Last stated 4 years ago
21 Mar 2023
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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
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Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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