"I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff"
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Invoking Martha Stewart is shorthand with cultural baggage. Stewart isn’t just “crafts”; she’s the brand of aspirational competence, the patron saint of the perfectly iced cookie and the perfectly managed life. Name-dropping her turns “I like hosting” into “I have taste, systems, and standards.” There’s also a wink of self-awareness in “stuff,” which deflates the potential preciousness. It signals, I’m not auditioning for sainthood; I’m just into it.
The context matters: for women in pop culture, domestic interest can read as either regression (back to the kitchen) or reclamation (choosing the kitchen). Prepon steers it toward choice and pleasure, not obligation. She positions traditional femininity as a hobby with agency - something you can pick up, stylize, and even monetize - rather than a role you get trapped in. It’s a line that humanizes celebrity while quietly aligning her with a lucrative, lifestyle-adjacent lane.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Prepon, Laura. (2026, January 17). I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-entertaining-and-doing-martha-stewart-stuff-60932/
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Prepon, Laura. "I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-entertaining-and-doing-martha-stewart-stuff-60932/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I love entertaining and doing Martha Stewart stuff." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-love-entertaining-and-doing-martha-stewart-stuff-60932/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.



