From the Big House to the Trailer Park

By now we've all had time to adjust to the fact that Martha is out of prison. She will be spending the next 5 months under Estate Arrest at her "winter" home (on 150+ acres) in New York.

Talking Heads are chattering endlessly about the resurgence of the Martha Stewart brand since she entered prison. Of course they talked about how her demeanor prior to prison hurt her image, but they've talked more about her "transformation" in prison. She is even rumored to be concerned about (women's) prisoner's rights. Then it hit me! It's BRILLIANT!

Where can you buy Martha Stewart™ branded products? K-Mart. Who shops at K-Mart? The kind of people who would be pleased to know that Martha is concerned about the treatment of prisoners!

Martha was always an inspiration to the little people. Martha's "style" wasn't about purchasing expensive things, but about making them. From scratch. Rich people, if they watched her shows at all, used it for ideas to give to decorators and caterers. The rest of us thought, "I can do that." Of course it was a farce, because even Martha couldn't do that without the effort and expertise of an army of assistants, but that was hidden from us. We would look at Martha and all her riches and finery and pretend that she made it all from the same kinds of scraps that we throw away every day.

And while we may have been upset with the idea that Martha had gone all uppity on us with her insider trading and all, her stint in prison reaffirmed her connection to the little people. And now she's going to be helping us fight for better treatment for Bubba and Betty-Jo when they find themselves in the lock-up because of the basic injustice of the world run by the haves (who look just like Martha).