have been watching some Joanne Woodward movies lately and my current theory on Woodward’s appeal is that she’s what it looks like when a female dork is secure in her own body, which is inspiring to me personally

I used to think the thought “I don’t think I would like me if I met me.” I think you have to address this on two levels: you have to make yourself into a person you would like, and you also have to make yourself into a person who would like you. if that makes any sense

cultivating enthusiasm for the thing itself is an antidote to the anxiety that you’re not doing it well enough. If you can teach yourself to care about stuff for its own sake you can shed the fear that others are going to watch you trying

@philipchristman.bsky.social I didn’t really want to be here but I saw your twitter account is gone… what the fuck!

if I start posting over here I do not want to do a lot of metacommentary about what it means to be on a different platform. I truly just want to carry on posting