Martha

I liked the way this story was told. From her own commentary, I think we get an honest glimpse of who Martha really is, positives and negatives.

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If she were a man, Martha's personalty traits of hyper focus on her goals, the lack of caring about other people’s feelings, her need to be in control of every element of her success, etc. would be celebrated. If she were a man, nobody would have tried to stand in her way or take her down, as the men in the overtly-misogynistic 90s did. What Martha did with the selling of her stocks is something most wealthy people do day in and day out.

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At the time, when she was getting busted by the Feds for insider trading, everyone knew she was being singled out and punished not for what she did, but because she is a smart, head-strong woman. I was glad to see that truth shown plainly, for posterity.

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Even in prison, Martha didn't stop living by her motto of seeing what is missing and doing her best to fill the gap. Helping other women get their business ideas off the ground, she made the best of her situation.

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I’m glad that Martha has been brought back into the mainstream again. She has been offering her knowledge for decades, real knowledge, and doing so with her very elegant sensibility. Her magazines, in the 90s, were like nothing else: thick, jam-packed with great ideas in well-designed spreads that were not just eye candy, they made the average person feel like they too could create a beautiful focal piece for the holiday table or decorate their mantlepiece well with items they already had.

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Martha Stewart has been nothing but practically helpful for nearly 40 years. It's great that she is being celebrated nowadays. She deserves it.