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Martha Stewart's Instagram is mesmerizing.đŸ˜”â€đŸ’«

Dec 15, 2023
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Hello friend, Liz here.

#1 Today’s top of the fold story is Martha Stewart—that is, the strange unaffected and off-brand persona that Martha presents on her personal instagram account is part-grandma, part-Musk-style-Mogul, and part-gentlewoman farmer.


And I dig it.

“For the last decade, the @MarthaStewart48 Instagram account has shared freewheeling, typo-ridden posts about Martha Stewart’s personal life in chaotic, mesmerizing detail.”

(BTW this week I’ve been sick, so you’re getting a less detailed evaluation than usual. (My brain is foggy.) Enjoy this fun one! 😉)

Read the story: “Inside Martha Stewart’s ‘Finsta’ of 1.9 Million Followers” by Rachel Sugar at Bon Appetit Magazine

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The lifestyle guru is busy writing an autobiography, filming a documentary and encouraging people to drink more tea — all with a smile and recognizable twinkle in her eye. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; Getty Images)
Illustration by Yahoo! News

The Highlights:

Martha is entirely herself online. Which is, frankly, refreshing for the namesake of everything house and home.

She seems fearless. She is matter-of-fact about the life she lives, whether or not you like it. “As for punctuation and grammar And spelling Please!!! I write o


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