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Rebecca Eckler is a
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writer of columns and blogs about motherhood, and is author of two books on the same subject, ''Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be'' (2004), and ''Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator,'' (2007). As of 2016, she has authored five further, the latest of which is ''The Mommy Mob: Inside the Outrageous World of Mommy Blogging'' (2014).


Career


As columnist and blogger

Eckler was employed by the ''
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'' from 2000 to 2005, when she was among a number of staff let go by the
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newspaper chain. From March–December 2006, Eckler wrote "Mommy Blogger", a weekly freelance piece in ''
The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
,'' appending to this set of blogs a departing blog in May 2007. From 2003 until April 2008 she wrote Post City's Shopgirl column. Eckler began writing bloc post appearing periodically in the Canadian periodical, ''
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'', in 2008, which has continued through 2016. Eckler's work also appeared in ''
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''. Eckler was the host of the short-lived television show ''Modern Manners'', and has appeared on CTV and CBC television. She has also worked for Global television as a reporter.


As book author

Eckler became pregnant with her daughter, Rowan Joely, on the night of her engagement party, and published the 2004 book ''Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be'' about her first pregnancy. The book received mostly negative reviews. In April 2007, Eckler publisher her second book, ''Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator,'' which chronicles her first two years of motherhood. ''
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'' said the book was a "series of tired clichés about parenthood." ''Wiped!'' has otherwise received negative reviews in Canadian dailies. Eckler published ''Blissfully Blended Bullshit'' with Dundurn Press in 2019, on managing life with a blended family.


Controversies

Eckler's writing has elicited controversy. For instance, there was international coverage of the responses to her blogging about her decision to leave her 10-month old infant to join her fiancé for the duration of a celebrity golf tournament in Mexico. Responses to her book and blog content have frequently included assessments of writing from privilege, shallowness and immaturity, and self-justification of non-traditional decisions. Eckler's blog, NinePoundDictator, prompted the creation of a parody blog, NineGramBrain, which was noted in ''
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,'' a site that appeared until December 2007. In mid-2007, Eckler filed a lawsuit against
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, alleging
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for similarities between her book and the 2007 comedy film ''
Knocked Up ''Knocked Up'' is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a sl ...
''.
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, the movie's producer and director, said the book and movie were "very different." As of this date, the lawsuit had not settled.


Personal life

Eckler's home was referenced in the April 2007 edition of ''Canadian House and Home''. In 2007, Eckler participated in a charity auction for the magazine ''
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'', paying $7,000 for the right to have a character in
Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...
's novel ''
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'' named after her.


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External links


NinePoundDictator
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