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Vanessa Friedman

Portland

Community Editor at Autostraddle

Deputy Managing Editor at Hey Alma

queer jewish dyke writer. deputy managing editor @hey_alma. in love with my friends. hot, fun, weird, stressed!!! she/her.

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  • 1 week ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here. Hey, Hey Alma,I live in a New York apartment building with a Chabad right next door. I find that the Chabad rabbi, though generally nice, can be very pushy. I try to be a good, respectful neighbor. If I’m passing by and I’m not in a rush, I will do a tefillin wrap for him.

  • 4 weeks ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here.

  • 1 month ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here.Hey Hey Alma, I’m currently very happily engaged to an NJB. He has two brothers and both of them are in long term relationships […]

  • 2 months ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Anyone who knows me knows that in general, I love to host. Feeding my friends and family is one of my passions, and planning and executing a function is another one. This makes hosting an ideal activity for me.

  • 2 months ago | heyalma.com | Vanessa Friedman

    Hello and welcome back to Hey Alma’s advice column on all things Jewish life. Read on for advice from our resident deputy managing editor/bossy Capricorn Jew, and submit your own dilemmas anonymously here. Hey, Hey Alma,My husband and I live in the same city as his grandmother and her three kids (including his mom). Naturally, his mom, aunt and grandmother worked out holiday hosting years ago.

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vanessa ✨ @vanessapamela
2 Oct 23

if you are able to help my dear friend @alaraemnts with $$ for food, that would mean a lot to me. if you can’t give money, please share! 💜 https://t.co/8UGqAWG78h

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vanessa ✨ @vanessapamela
27 Sep 23

my brother and i used to make fun of our mom for texting us anytime she found anything remotely concerning in the news, but as i text every person who owns a dog in pdx to warn them about a canine virus that's going around, i must simply accept... i have become My Jewish Mother

vanessa ✨
vanessa ✨ @vanessapamela
25 Sep 23

it was such a joy to talk about literary friendship & community with @isle_mcelroy! special shoutout to @AEOsworth who i was able to gush about in this piece, but i would honestly not be a writer without the many, many friends who have been writing beside me along the way 💕

Isle McElroy
Isle McElroy @isle_mcelroy

For @esquire, I wrote about the hottest new trend in literature: Friendship. https://t.co/TE0zI1vIS9