Why I Am Not a Maker (Deb Chachra) — The problem is the idea that the alternative to making is usually not doing nothing β itβs almost always doing things for and with other people, from the barista to the Facebook community moderator to the social worker to the surgeon. Describing oneself as a maker β regardless of what one actually or mostly does β is a way of accruing to oneself the gendered, capitalist benefits of being a person who makes products.