"Martha Stewart may be one of the most compelling and evocative brands of the last few decades. She created a hunger in a whole generation of women, a hunger for a pristine, well-organized, hopelessly tasteful but still down-to-earth home, a sunny, immaculate place filled with fresh tulips and big bowls of sea glass and refinished vintage furniture and bright shades of robin's egg blue splashed across spotless walls, a place where elaborate brunches are held, at which attractive professionals give eloquent toasts, and beautiful children scamper about noiselessly, dressed in shades of iris and ultra blue that match the table linens."
I hate all that waxing about Martha as a brand (see above), but I love Martha Stewart. Who knew home design could be infused with real and enduring genius? The attacks on her always seemed to the usual slings and arrows of misogyny, with each falling to the side, blunted. Until, of course, she got railroaded by the SEC. That was a damn shame. Reason magazine had some amazing coverage of the trial, a trial I followed pretty closely. They should have won a Pulitizer for the reporting and she should have been acquitted.
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