Title
Being a Feminist and Ironing One’s Sheets: Domesticity, Feminism and Martha Stewart
Publication Date
2013
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This study explores Martha Stewart fans' motivations for engaging domestic media. Contrary to the assumptions in textual analyses of Stewart's media products, participants primarily engage domestic media for its artistry, not escapism. Connecting cultural constructions of domesticity and feminism, this study also explores how feminism is contemporarily understood, as well as the connection between feminism and domesticity as it is manifested in popular responses to Martha Stewart. Overall, participants identified Stewart as feminist; fans were less willing to define Rachael Ray (Stewart's most direct American competition) as feminist.
Original Citation
McNaughton, M.J. (2013). Being a Feminist and Ironing One’s Sheets: Domesticity, Feminism and Martha Stewart. Ohio Communication Journal. 51, 237-255.
Virtual Commons Citation
McNaughton, Melanie J. (2013). Being a Feminist and Ironing One’s Sheets: Domesticity, Feminism and Martha Stewart. In Communication Studies Faculty Publications. Paper 40.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/commstud_fac/40