What Does this Mean?

I will be taking opinionated editorials from newspapers, major and local, and analyzing them from the viewpoint of a 19 year old female college student, which will come easily to me seeing as how I fit into that category. Like most wannabe scholars of today, I work my a** off to get a decent education while simultaneously laboring the days away for a hopefully decent paycheck, and I worry about more than just what outfit I'll be wearing to class today(Although that ranks high on my list). I have opinions on, well....everything, and I have a need to express aforementioned opinions. Enjoy! :]

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Made by Hand, or Handled by a Machine?

 
 
 
 
This article by Elizabeth Wayland Barber is about the credibility of some of the venders on the homemade product distribution website, Etsy.  Etsy was founded to sell handmade crafts online, connecting thousands of crafters to clientele.  They recently updated their policy to account for the booming business of some of their venders, allowing some manufacturing or machine made products, but they still have to be original work.
 
Some of the venders  are outraged; Why should the manufacturers have a place on this site? And what will it do for their business? In my opinion, every vender started out small, and if some of them have gotten to the point of contracts, machinery and larger scale manufacturing, why punish them by kicking them off the site?
 
 
 
 
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