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    Jessica Samakow

    Jessica Samakow

    Managing Editor, HuffPost Voices

  • Women Who Get Abortions Are Already Punished

    Let us count the ways.

  • How Cosby's Accusers Are Fighting To Fix The Legal System That Shut Them Out

    These women are changing the path to justice for future rape victims.

  • Call For Kids Born On May 9, 2005!

    HuffPost Wants To Celebrate Its Birthday With Fellow 10-Year-Olds!

  • Inspiring 8-Year-Old Won't Let A Tragic Accident Stop Her From Dancing

    Alissa Sizemore was playing outside with her siblings one night in May 2014 when a UPS truck ran over her right leg. According to KSL.com, the 7-year-old's foot couldn't be saved. At the time, Alissa's dance teacher told the local news outlet, "She'll dance again." Mom Heather Sizemore recalls Alissa's determination to do so. When the mom took Alissa's sisters to their dance studio last summer for dance team placements, the little girl handed her mom her crutches and started to dance.

  • Single Dad's Viral Hairstyles Spark A Ponytail-Tastic Movement

    In February, HuffPost Parents featured the story of Greg Wickherst, a newly single dad who went to cosmetology school to learn how to do his daughter's hair, and the photos of his adorable hair creations went viral. Soon after, Wickherst and 3-year-old Izzy became Internet celebrities. Dads all over the country asked Wickherst to create hair tutorials, and thus his website Dads Guide To Surviving Hair was born.

  • Study Finds Sexism Doesn't Exist Anymore

    True, but the 2016 election cycle has been completely woman-friendly, and the woman candidate hasn't at all been scrutinized in gender-specific ways. In fact, many say this recent surge in gender equality really has trickled down from the government. “Ever since Tina Fey was elected to congress, there’s been a total shift,” said Katie, a 23-year-old PR account manager.

  • Beloved Dad Blogger Oren Miller Leaves Lasting Reminder To Parents Everywhere

    Oren Miller, a stay-at-home dad who chronicled his life with his family on the blog A Blogger And A Father, and founded a Facebook community for his fellow dad bloggers, died of lung cancer on Saturday, February 28, 2015. In a blog post that ran here on HuffPost Parents last year, Miller wrote about receiving his diagnosis in May 2014, and finding "Heaven on Earth," as he called it, as a parent to his children, Liam and Madeline. Miller "found heaven" in long car rides with his kids, on the floor of a basketball court where he played with his daughter, and in buying his dream house with his wife Beth just three months before he was diagnosed, he wrote.

  • 17 Gorgeous Photos That Show Breastfeeding Is Nothing To Hide

    Earlier this month, Virginia passed a bill that will make the state the 48th to legally protect mothers' rights to breastfeed wherever and whenever they want. Around the country, moms can nurse (almost) everywhere, but despite their right to do so, we often hear stories of mothers who are shamed or gawked at when they feed their babies.

  • What Oscar Movies Would Look Like Without All The White Dudes

    This year marks the whitest Oscars since 1998, with all 20 acting nominations given to white folks. Equally awesome: Zero female directors, screenwriters, or cinematographers were nominated, and according to Women’s Media Center, among the 184 nominees across 19 non-acting categories, only 35 are women. This stark imbalance in both racial and gender diversity in Hollywood is manifested visually on the posters that represent the biggest films of the year.

  • That Time Mickey Rourke Shushed Anna Faris' Baby For Crying On A Plane

    Anna Faris knows firsthand the struggles of flying with a baby. In a Tuesday appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actress recalls traveling to London to visit her husband Chris Pratt while he was shooting "Guardians of the Galaxy" with their then-infant, Jack. "I look over and it's Mickey Rourke," Faris told Kimmel. Note to passengers and Mickey Rourke's everywhere: Leave the parents alone.

  • 31 Real-Life Photos That Show What Romance Really Looks Like After Kids

    31 Real-Life Photos That Show What Romance Really Looks Like After Kids

  • This Single Dad Couldn't Do His Daughter's Ponytail, So He Went To Cosmetology School

    This Single Dad Couldn't Do His Daughter's Ponytail, So He Went To Cosmetology School

  • 55 Personal Photos That Capture Both The Challenges And The Joy Of Single Motherhood

    Single mom Tara Nash told us about some of the obstacles, and how she overcomes them. "Overcompensating by coaching sports you have never played, going on every field trip, taking them to endless activities, saving up for a year so they can have a birthday party and attempting to make it all look natural to them. At the same time, single parenting brings unparalleled joy.

  • 13 Names For The Babies Inevitably Conceived During The Snowpocalypse

    13 Names For The Babies Inevitably Conceived During Snowpocalypse 2015

  • 16 Bedrooms From Classic Movies That Define Teenagehood

    "If you were to fold time and space you’d always recognize a teenager’s room," says editor and film writer Luke Goodsell. Since 2011, Goodsell has collected thousands of images for his Tumblr, Teenage Bedrooms on Screen, which he hopes to turn into an exhibition some day. Goodsell's interest in the portrayal of teen bedrooms sparked when he noticed how much "over" design had gone into the set for the movie "Disturbia," which implied that suburban '00s teens were really into the Clash and the Ramones, he explains.

  • 15 Things Parents Should Stop Stressing About In 2015

    15 Things Parents Should Stop Stressing About In 2015

  • Mom Whose Reaction To Her Ultrasound Went Viral Gives Birth To Quadruplets

    Utah parents Ashley and Tyson Gardner welcomed four babies, Indie, Esme, Scarlett and Evangeline -- a crew they're calling the Gardner Quad Squad -- on Sunday. All four newborns weighed in at about 2 lbs, according to the family's Facebook post. The Gardners found out they were expecting quadruplets earlier this year and promptly became Internet celebrities.

  • Mom's Lullaby Version Of Whitney Houston Classic Is Absolutely Breathtaking

    Kimberly Henderson's 1-year-old has quite a sophisticated ear. As the mom told her local South Carolina news station, WLTX, the baby will only fall asleep to Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey songs. One sleepless night, Kimberly sang Sam Smith's version of Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" to her daughter and recorded the sweet, tear-inducing moment with her cell phone. She uploaded the video to YouTube and Facebook and became an overnight sensation -- her performance reached 20 million people on Facebook alone.

  • Parents Living On Less Than $700 A Month Are Thankful For What They Have This Holiday

    Julianne's daughter spent the first few months of her life in a homeless shelter. Now Julianne and her husband are doing all they can to ensure their daughter doesn't end up there again. Back in the mid-'90s, Julianne moved from Nevada to San Francisco to pursue an education, with the ambition of becoming a 3D animator. After all, as she explains on her Handup.us profile, "Toy Story was all the rage." One year in, her astronomical tuition fees became too much to handle, and she was forced to drop out of school.

  • 14 Snapshots That Summed Up Parenthood In 2014

    14 Snapshots That Summed Up Parenthood In 2014