She is the unrivaled goddess of domesticity, desserts and difficult handicrafts and as such, Martha Stewart poses a conundrum for many women. Is she a role model or the ultimate in unrealistic expectations? Fortunately, Marthable, our blog of the week, helps make sense of the love-hate relationship that exists with Ms. Stewart. The authors aptly sum up the problem, “Martha makes us hate ourselves while loving homemade pasta. It’s weird!”

Whether lamenting the fact that Martha’s cookie recipes never yield as many cookies as they claim while calling for the most expensive and hard-to-find ingredients, decrying Martha Living magazine layout changes, or recapping successful dinner parties (and less successful washing up efforts), Marthable documents the lives of women who recognise the Martha livestyle is unattainable, but are willing to try anyway.

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