The Etsy-sodes (part I): Children's Books About Fish + Crafting As A Political Expression

<p>Today we’ll dig into the early days of Etsy, with special attention on the very crafty, very political, very community-driven primordial soup that birthed Etsy.  This will be a majorly nostalgic moment for some of you, especially if you’ve ever subscribed to <a href="https://bust.com/">Bust</a> or attended a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitch_%27n_Bitch">Stitch 'n Bitch</a> night.  We are going to spend most of this episode in 2005, but we'll take a brief trip back to 1998 to learn about <a href="https://twitter.com/jrailla?lang=en">Jean Railla </a>and her website, <a href="http://www.getcrafty.com/articles/">Get Crafty,</a> which brought together a new generation of crafters.  <br> <br>Also: let's give a special, super grateful shout to our friend (and a previous guest), Christine of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ladyhoggvintage/feed/">Lady Hogg Vintage</a> for doing a bunch of research and sending us a ton of info! Thank you so much, Christine! She’s been selling on Etsy for a long time so she had a lot of experience and memories to share that really guided the process of writing this story!</p><p>Additional Reading/Listening:</p><p><a href="https://thedepartment.world/2000-s-Trends-Hipster-Scenes-Unicycles-Electroclash-Ye-Oldes-DIY-aka">The Department talks about DIY/hipsters in the aughts</a><br><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/get-crafty-hip-home-ec_jean-railla/808622/?resultid=199ba04c-fee5-4737-8f8b-f9e696cfd41c#edition=2481102&amp;idiq=3190868">Get Crafty : Hip Home Ec</a> by Jean Railla<br><a href="http://murketing.com/?p=997">"What Would Jesus Sell?" </a>by Jean Railla<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16Crafts-t.html?_r=2&amp;oref=slogin&amp;ref=magazine&amp;pagewanted=all">"Handmade 2.0"</a> by Rob Walker, The New York Times<br><a href="https://www.pdxmonthly.com/style-and-shopping/2014/05/portland-fashion-flashbacks-may-2014">"A Decade of Portland Fashion Flashbacks,"</a> by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/edendawn/?hl=en">Eden Dawn</a>, Port