Maria Niles

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  1. Taye Diggs' Message to the Ladies: You're Allowed a Purse

    7/15/11 8:44pm by Maria Niles
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    Taye Diggs

    I love Taye Diggs. Which is why I was so disappointed when I saw a tweet from him today and clicked over to his blog.  Read more >

  2. Hop on the Green Smoothie Love Train for Breakfast

    3/29/11 5:03pm by Maria Niles
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    Green smoothie via Flickr

    Green smoothies are all the rage these days. And I, being a fan of rages, have fallen in love with the green smoothie. I was first inspired by the Healthy Librarian at her blog, Happy Healthy Long Life. Then, after some illnesses in my family and pleas from my sister for us to all eat well and stay healthy, I was primed to impulse buy a fancy blender on sale at Whole Foods while on my way to visit my mother in the hospital. I have been making the most of my impulse buy, however, and have been making green smoothies on the regular ever since.  Read more >

  3. BlogHer | bet '11 Business: The Brand

    3/25/11 9:09am by Maria Niles
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    Welcome to the BlogHer | bet ’11 liveblog of the Business Panel: The Brand. Moderator: Gina Garrubbo (GG), EVP of BlogHer Panelists: Liz Dolan (LD), EVP/Chief Marketing Officer of Fox International Channels and National Geographic Channel Analisa Barales (AB), CEO and Founder of Womensphere Janet Riccio (JR), EVP of Omnicom and Founder of their G23 subsidiary GG: What are the key elements that go into building a great brand?  Read more >

  4. BlogHer | bet '11 Lunch Keynote: What Conveys Leadership in a Crowded Market?

    3/25/11 8:56am by Maria Niles
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    Welcome to the BlogHer | bet ’11 liveblog of the Lunch Keynote: What Conveys Leadership in a Crowded Market? Moderator: Moira Forbes (MF), Publisher of ForbesWoman Panelists: Laurie Yoler (LY), Managing Partner of Growth Point Technology Partners Dana Mauriello (DM), Co-Founder and President of ProFounder Megan Smith (MS), VP of New Business Development and GM of Google.org MF:Purpose of today's panel how to develop the best pitch that represents you, who you are and to learn and grow from panel.  Read more >

  5. Black History Month: Why I Identify as Black

    2/28/11 9:40pm by Maria Niles
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    Maria Niles and family

    Undercover Black Woman* is one of several potential names for my autobiography. It refers to the fact that I look white but identify as black. I say identify because race is not a fact of biology but a construct that varies across cultures, societies and nations.  Read more >

  6. Black History Month: Living American History Through My Family Tree

    2/8/11 11:00am by Maria Niles
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    Ellen Craft

    Like many, I grew up hearing stories about my family's history. I have a few ancestors whose stories live in history books and who are studied by scholars to this day. There are institutions and organizations named for them. These family stories provide a perfect example of how African American history is American history and another reason why Black History Month still matters.  Read more >

  7. Choosing Surgery: Processing the End of My Reproductive Years

    2/2/11 1:13pm by Maria Niles
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    Surgery

    Like so many women I know, my insides are troubled. This week I'm having surgery to fix my bad lady plumbing. After years of controlling my heavy monthly bleeding with birth control pills, my gynecologist feels the risks are too high and it's time to stop the hormones and take another approach. Women in my family have landed in the emergency room and have had to have surgery as a result. I want to be proactive and chose what I will do before the decision is forced upon me.  Read more >

  8. A Month of Side Dishes: My Easy, Guaranteed-to-Please Sausage and Rice

    12/24/10 1:27pm by Maria Niles
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    Rice

    To the best of my knowledge, my mother concocted this dish years ago. Now it is possible that the recipe exists on a package somewhere but I doubt it. It's simply too simple. Despite the simplicity (or perhaps because of it), generations of my family members have fallen in love with this dish and it now makes regular appearances on menus in households across the country. This is a party, crowd, kid and all but the most ardent vegetarian, foodie, Kosher/Halal or otherwise dietary-restricted or non-pork-eating person pleaser. I guarantee!  Read more >

  9. A Month of Side Dishes: Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good

    12/7/10 10:00am by Maria Niles
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    Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good

    One day a recipe from one the widgets on my home page caught my eye because the name was too intriguing to ignore. I immediately clicked on Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good. Impressed with not only the story that accompanied the recipe from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table but also with the dozens of reader comments with variations on the basic recipe, I tucked it away as an idea to try with the cute tiny pie pumpkins I recently spotted at the grocery. (Be sure to use sugar or pie pumpkins, not decorative pumpkins meant for jack-o-lanterns.)  Read more >

  10. Sons of Anarchy: Where the Old Ladies Rule (Spoilers)

    11/30/10 8:39pm by Maria Niles
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    Henry Rollins

    I love Sons of Anarchy. Even Season 3. And I will be watching the finale tonight.  Read more >

Maria Niles

Full Name
Maria Niles
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 

Hi - I'm Maria, nice to meet you! I've been a Contributing Editor here at BlogHer.com since 2006. I joined BlogHer as a full-time staff member after running my own consulting firm called ConsumerPop for five years. I am now working as Director of Project Management, Product Marketing, Client Services. I've written about a wide variety of topics from business to politics to pop culture for BlogHer and occasionally do the same at my personal blog PopConsumer. You can also find me and links to my various online homes at MariaNiles.com.

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