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December 28, 2025

Welcome to the PI.FYI Spotlight, a column where we interview some of our favorite users.
For those of you who don't already know, Perfectly Imperfect isn't just a newsletter. We also have a social network where you can tell the world what you're into, theme your profile, and meet cool people.
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For our post holiday spotlight, we're featuring user @PRINCESS. Christina has one of my favorite profile pictures on PI.FYI & also happened to score the best usernames on this app. She's truly won. As we bring in the new year this weekend, share your responses to her ask: "What are your 2026 predictions?" Lucky for us, Christina is here to tell us about what she's been into.
Iām Christina aka princess fka forevercherry. My favorite colors are hot pink and baby pink. My dream in life is to be a writer on Degrassi and I am not making a joke. My other dream in life is to be 5ā8ā but I donāt think that one will happen.Ā
What does ātasteā mean to you?
Taste is something we start developing as soon as weāre cognizant and never stop developing, as new experiences and art and people will always appear in our lives to further shape our tastes. Yet, at the same time, I feel like your taste will always loop back around to where it started. My taste as an adult feels like itās in direct conversation with each phase of interests I experimented with growing up. If I try to visualize taste, itās like a messy teenager room that lives within my heart and I just keep wallpapering it with a million posters of everything I love.Ā
How do you choose an experience thatās worthy of recommendation (in your eyes)? Is it a recurring moment of joy, or based on a gut feeling?
I try to only recommend things that take up a substantial amount of my mental space in a positive way. If I post a song on PI, itās because Iāve been looping it for days, or if I post a film, itās because it evoked a lot of emotion within me while watching. Even when I post random thoughts, theyāve either been weighing on me or I just find my own joke really funny.Ā
When I first joined, Iād just post whatever came into my head, and I still do sometimes, but Iāve definitely grown more precious about my recs ever since this place became special to me and my main form of social media. Basically, whenever you visit my page, itās like youāre entering my house and I need to make sure the best of my inane thoughts are the ones on display. I think both methods are great.Ā
Which PI.FYI user should we feature next?
There are soooo many people I would love to hear from.. @MARXINISTA @GUYFAUX @SOFE @MARIAMARIA and @LUCIUS all come to mind, and of course I have to mention my angel friend @CAPYBARAREVERIEe!!
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Thereās an indescribable brand of excitement that comes with stumbling upon something you hadnāt realized was missing from your life until you encountered it - finding a film or song that deeply resonates with you, meeting a person that you instantly connect with. This episode of Joe Pera Talks With You puts that feeling to screen and, coincidentally, the first time I watched this, I fell into the exact emotional state Joe goes through in the episode. If youāve never seen this, save it for when you have ten minutes to spare on a particularly miserable day.
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Even if it feels unnatural, I really like to encourage people to try their hand at writing. Could be anything - a journal entry, a fictional story, some jokes. You could carry around a tiny notebook and break it out whenever you come up with a sentence that feels worth remembering. Sometimes I just type random shit I find funny into my notes app and forget about it for five years and I think that counts. Even if you think it sucks now, file it away and hold onto it. Itās nice to have a record of where you were at a certain point of your life, what was on your mind, all in your own words. Once you get into the habit, itās incredible to look back and see entire little worlds of ideas that would not exist without you being there first.Ā
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Vicks genuinely cures everything. No one accuse me of being a victim of South American mom propaganda. When Iām sick and slather this on myself, I feel like Jesse in that episode of Breaking Bad where he starts floating in bed but if he used Vicks and not other stuff. I keep a little jar of it on my bedside table for comfort like itās a teddy bear.
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If youāve followed me for any time at all, you know Iām a massive Julia Ducournau fan. Somehow Iāve never recommended Titane despite it being incredibly close to my heart. This is a film about a serial killer who is pregnant with a car baby and it is one of the most beautiful things Iāve ever seen. It makes me sob profusely and it makes me believe in love. Itās also disgusting and insane. I love disgusting and insane.Ā
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We cannot let Blingees or glitter text or dollz or blinkies be lost in the Meta war against online self-expression. So many teenage girls with swagged out souls were pouring their hearts into Gossip Girl and Fall Out Boy Blingees back in the 2000s and I am doing my part to maintain their legacy. I particularly love to stockpile old school glitter graphics that remind me of my friends and send them on their birthdays or literally just whenever.Ā