In the first part of the episode, they talked about Debbie being a feminist. Immediately my defenses went up, because I have found a number of feminists to be quite angry, which I don’t think achieves anything. I found Ms. Stoller to be quite different. Her personal definition of feminism has to do with valuing men and women the same. Simple and easy to understand!
She also talked a lot about work, including housekeeping or homemaking and crafts, in the home and their value in society, which I always think is an interesting discussion. She really talked about craftmaking in an intelligent way.
I think that there is more to quiltmaking (and other crafts, of course) than just buying and meeting to make. Those are great parts of any hobby, bu I find tha I also enjoy the study of the quiltmaking: studying the technical parts, learning about the history, researching old blocks. I feel like it gives me more depth when I go to work on a piece.
Ms. Stoller validated that in the way she talked about women’s work and its value.
This is an older podcast and I think it is still interesting.
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