Martha is a woman who gets things done, which is what all power icons of the gay movement have in common. The item that most exemplifies what Martha wants to destroy is the white plastic flower pot. Why, Martha did. Martha is about to become the object of a media blitz, since Canadian journalists, always the last to know what's going on, have suddenly woken up to her. They will probably peg her as an anti-feminist, back to the '50s nightmare, which she most definitely is not.
Some women are good at it - talented chefs, decorators, seamstresses and builders.
Others are slobs. Martha isn't calling out to women but to all esthetically minded people. She is at the centre of three important cultural trends. Instead, we buy one beautifully designed expensive thing like President's Choice Memories of Key Largo sauce or a bread machine or a sock lamp. But it went too far.