Archive - HEY BABE

How do we make sure the people we love know we love them?

And other questions I've been asking myself.

Nov 17, 2024 •

Vanessa Friedman

January 2024

I miss my friends

We’re not crashing into each other the way it felt as though we were in our youth and I find something is lost.

Jan 31, 2024 •

Vanessa Friedman

September 2023

Who do you intend to be?

How a person decides exactly which version of their life they want to live

Sep 8, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

March 2023

The Internal Logic of Us

Mar 7, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

February 2023

On community, kind of

a confusing mess of knots

Feb 20, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

Undoing the myths we believe about ourselves

"Honey, that's not relaxing. That's pooping."

Feb 13, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

What if I allowed How I Am to be… okay?

A story about pizza sauce, amongst other things

Feb 5, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

January 2023

The Planning and The Doing

Someone once told me the nicest thing you can wish for someone is that they have a boring life

Jan 30, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

Make Me a Diet Coke

Fill the cup to the brim with ice, trust me

Jan 24, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

Writing about writing

Brokeback Mountain, therapy, and other small things I've noticed

Jan 15, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

Pretend this is a blog post

It's 2023 and we're (I'm) bringing back blogging

Jan 9, 2023 •

Vanessa Friedman

November 2022

Today is my dead dad's birthday

Also, I had emergency surgery yesterday

Nov 2, 2022 •

Vanessa Friedman

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