Rebecca Eckler

Rebecca Eckler is a Canadian 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 National Post from 2000 to 2005, when she was among a number of staff let go by the CanWest newspaper chain.

From March–December 2006, Eckler wrote "Mommy Blogger", a weekly freelance piece in The Globe and Mail, appending to this set of blogs a departing blog in May 2007.[1] From 2003 until April 2008 she wrote Post City's Shopgirl column.

Eckler began writing bloc post appearing periodically in the Canadian periodical, Maclean's, in 2008, which has continued through 2016.[2]

Eckler's work also appeared in Mademoiselle.

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.[3]

In April 2007, Eckler publisher her second book, Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator, which chronicles her first two years of motherhood. Quill & Quire said the book was a "series of tired clichés about parenthood."[4] 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.[5] 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.[5][6]

Eckler's blog, NinePoundDictator, prompted the creation of a parody blog, NineGramBrain, which was noted in The Toronto Star, a site that appeared until December 2007.

In mid-2007, Eckler filed a lawsuit against Universal Studios, alleging copyright infringement for similarities between her book and the 2007 comedy film Knocked Up.[7][8] Judd Apatow, the movie's producer and director, said the book and movie were "very different."[7] 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.[9]

In 2007, Eckler participated in a charity auction for the magazine The Walrus, paying $7,000 for the right to have a character in Margaret Atwood's novel The Year of the Flood named after her.[10]

References
  1. "The Globe and Mail - Search". theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "search". macleans.ca. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. Meeker, Geoff. "Theft or inspiration?". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
  4. "Reviews: Wiped!: Life with a Pint-Size Dictator, by Rebecca Eckler". Quill and Quire. 2007. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  5. Silverthorne, Nadine (2012-08-24). "How Rebecca Eckler left her baby for a vacation". Today's Parent. Retrieved 2016-07-17. [Subtitle] ...Rebecca Eckler wrote a post about leaving her 10-week-old baby to go to Mexico and ignited a new debate.
  6. Fenn, Anne (2011-02-15). "If you can't tame 'em, emasculate 'em [Review of How to Raise a Boyfriend]". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  7. Lattman, Peter (2007-06-06). "Hit Movie "Knocked Up" With a Lawsuit" (major venue blog). The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  8. "'Knocked Up' was a rip-off, lawsuit says" (news report). Los Angeles Times. The Associated Press. 2007-06-08. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
  9. "Homeowner Thank You List". houseandhome.com. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  10. ECKLER, REBECCA. "I'm going to be in Atwood's book! | Maclean's | DEC. 10th 2007". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

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