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Get to Know Eleanor Brown

Eleanor Brown

Eleanor Brown is the New York Times and national-bestselling author of BlogHer Book Club pick The Weird Sisters, hailed by People magazine as “a delightful debut” and “creative and original” by Library Journal.  Read more >

(EXCERPT) The Weird Sisters

The Weird Sisters cover

Haven't had a chance to pick up a copy of the BlogHer Book Club pick, The Weird Sisters yet? Here's an excerpt to get you started.  Read more >

Breaking Down Proposed Don't Track Kids Online Bill

Kids Online

This afternoon I sat in on a conference call for bloggers hosted by Common Sense Media and attended by Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX), the co-sponsors of the bill H.R. 1895, Do Not Track Kids Online. I admit to not understanding exactly what was involved, so this call was really helpful. I remember living through the changes brought about by the Children’s Online Privacy Protect Act of 1998 (COPPA), which went into effect as I worked at my first Internet start-up job. As such, I face all online regulation suggestions with hope and concern -- the nature of the Internet can make even the smallest changes operational nightmares, even when we all agree they're a good idea.  Read more >

Stress & Why I Can't Deal, or Maybe I Can Learn

Stress Door

I began my stressing career early in life. My first clear memory of stress involved Little League softball. I played right field back when nobody ever, ever hit to right field. I thought it was my responsibility to pray over every pitch, that if I forgot to say a prayer for that pitch and we lost the game, that it would be all my fault. Perhaps this was stress, perhaps delusions of grandeur -- I'm sure we could all have a lot of fun with armchair psychology with this story, but my point is that when it comes to stress, I'm a black belt. (Don't worry, I've learned to stop wasting my prayers on minutiae.)  Read more >

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Full Name
Rita Arens
Member Since
February 2006
About Me: 

Rita Arens authors Surrender, Dorothy and Surrender, Dorothy: Reviews. She is BlogHer.com's senior editor. 

Her parenting anthology and BlogHer's first book, Sleep is for the Weak was published by Chicago Review Press in September 2008 and won a 2009 gold NAPPA.

She lives with her husband and daughter in Kansas City. She has a BA in communications studies from the University of Iowa and a MA in English/professional writing from the University of Missouri - Kansas City. Follow Rita on Twitter.

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