Kaila Philo
@kailanthropy.bsky.social
Research and writing fellow at the African American Policy Forum. Yogi, plant whisperer, bookworm. Bylines in Talking Points Memo, POLITICO, The Baffler, etc.
With His Sculptures Full of Natural Splendor, Artist Truman Lowe Could Make Wood Look Like Water www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
With His Sculptures Full of Natural Splendor, Artist Truman Lowe Could Make Wood Look Like Water
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is hosting the first major retrospective of the Ho-Chunk sculptor’s work
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December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
With His Sculptures Full of Natural Splendor, Artist Truman Lowe Could Make Wood Look Like Water www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...
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We designed a beautiful calendar to fundraise for Sojourners for Justice Press. Pre-orders end on Nov 16 so get yours soon. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/ - It will only be available through pre-orders cuz we're too broke to print it otherwise, lol.
Sojourners for Justice Press
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October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
We designed a beautiful calendar to fundraise for Sojourners for Justice Press. Pre-orders end on Nov 16 so get yours soon. sojourners4justice.press/calendar/ - It will only be available through pre-orders cuz we're too broke to print it otherwise, lol.
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Thank You D’Angelo 🕊️✨
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October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank You D’Angelo 🕊️✨
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Author Viet Thanh Nguyen responds to Donald Trump's threat to invade Chicago using the imagery of Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now" to evoke "the entire history of American troops ... cleansing the land [for] American conquest."
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen responds to Donald Trump's threat to invade Chicago using the imagery of Vietnam War film "Apocalypse Now" to evoke "the entire history of American troops ... cleansing the land [for] American conquest."
New from me: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay's Unsung Black History savingplaces.org/stories/ches...
Exploring the Chesapeake Bay’s Unsung Black History | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Elktonia-Carr's Beach Heritage Park was nearly lost to history, here's how the legacy of Black history in the Chesapeake is being saved.
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September 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
New from me: Exploring the Chesapeake Bay's Unsung Black History savingplaces.org/stories/ches...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Hi @kailanthropy.bsky.social, thanks for sharing! Just passed along to our writing job board to help you get some new pitches :) makewritingyourjob.com
Smol reminder that I'm always accepting feature pitches for full-stop.net at kaila@full-stop.net!
Full Stop | Reviews. Interviews. Marginalia.
Full Stop focuses on debuts, works in translation, and books published by small presses.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Smol reminder that I'm always accepting feature pitches for full-stop.net at kaila@full-stop.net!
Slowly but surely falling in love with historical research
July 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Slowly but surely falling in love with historical research
New from me: A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery
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A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Many curious descendants, like Yamona Pierce, have to carry out search expeditions for their ancestors, constructing retroactive family trees to trace lineages that weren’t carefully written down.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New from me: A Search for Ancestors Sheds New Light on Pierce Chapel African Cemetery
savingplaces.org/stories/pier...
savingplaces.org/stories/pier...
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Very excited to share this essay about the great German author Alexander Kluge whose unusual work is all about common human feelings and "happy endings that don't lie."
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/06/f...
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/06/f...
The Human Situation in the Work of Alexander Kluge
All of Kluge’s books contribute to one large, ongoing project to build up a toolkit of resistant feelings that readers can use to plot their own ways out.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Very excited to share this essay about the great German author Alexander Kluge whose unusual work is all about common human feelings and "happy endings that don't lie."
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/06/f...
www.full-stop.net/2025/03/06/f...
One day you’re wondering how much your fitness journey has changed you, the next you’re casually walking thru a snowstorm to get to the gym
February 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One day you’re wondering how much your fitness journey has changed you, the next you’re casually walking thru a snowstorm to get to the gym
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In the New Year, there will be supermoons, meteor showers and other exciting celestial events. via @chandelis.bsky.social
Look up! Here's what's to watch for in space in 2025
In the New Year, there will be supermoons, meteor showers and other exciting celestial events.
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January 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In the New Year, there will be supermoons, meteor showers and other exciting celestial events. via @chandelis.bsky.social
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Albert Cleage Jr. spent his life advocating for all-Black economic and political organizations to build power without the distorting effects of self-hate. @kailanthropy.bsky.social writes on a new book that charts the history of his Black Christian Nationalist movement.
We Owe Each Other Everything | Kaila Philo
Albert Cleage Jr. rejected the Black American Dream to pursue something more transcendent: utopia. A new book tells the story of Black Christian Nationalism.
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December 18, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Albert Cleage Jr. spent his life advocating for all-Black economic and political organizations to build power without the distorting effects of self-hate. @kailanthropy.bsky.social writes on a new book that charts the history of his Black Christian Nationalist movement.
NEW: For @thebaffler.com, I reviewed Aaron Robertson’s excellent THE BLACK UTOPIANS within the context of Black utopian thinking, past and present: thebaffler.com/latest/we-ow...
We Owe Each Other Everything | Kaila Philo
Albert Cleage Jr. rejected the Black American Dream to pursue something more transcendent: utopia. A new book tells the story of Black Christian Nationalism.
thebaffler.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:26 PM
NEW: For @thebaffler.com, I reviewed Aaron Robertson’s excellent THE BLACK UTOPIANS within the context of Black utopian thinking, past and present: thebaffler.com/latest/we-ow...
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The process of reading any link to a New Yorker story is this weird Kafkaesque journey of “You must log in! But you’re already logged in. But no! You must log in. And wait, we don’t think you have a subscription!” And about 50% of the time they show me the story I want to read, possibly by mistake?
December 18, 2024 at 12:07 AM
The process of reading any link to a New Yorker story is this weird Kafkaesque journey of “You must log in! But you’re already logged in. But no! You must log in. And wait, we don’t think you have a subscription!” And about 50% of the time they show me the story I want to read, possibly by mistake?
Eating cookies and coffee for lunch
December 12, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Eating cookies and coffee for lunch
I now understand why the aunties and grandmas are always knitting
December 1, 2024 at 4:27 AM
I now understand why the aunties and grandmas are always knitting
Today's record open.spotify.com/track/4J95y5...
Sunday
Annahstasia · Surface Tension · Song · 2024
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November 26, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Today's record open.spotify.com/track/4J95y5...
Sad to report that an afternoon green tea actually did improve my mood, energy and focus by a lot
November 26, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Sad to report that an afternoon green tea actually did improve my mood, energy and focus by a lot
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Ugh. I hate myself. I hate life. Fuck this shit. Everything sucks. I hope I die. I hope somebody kills me.
[I take precisely one bite of food, after having been hungry and cranky all day]
Oh wow. Fantastic. I feel great. Now I have the energy to kill myself.
[I take precisely one bite of food, after having been hungry and cranky all day]
Oh wow. Fantastic. I feel great. Now I have the energy to kill myself.
November 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Ugh. I hate myself. I hate life. Fuck this shit. Everything sucks. I hope I die. I hope somebody kills me.
[I take precisely one bite of food, after having been hungry and cranky all day]
Oh wow. Fantastic. I feel great. Now I have the energy to kill myself.
[I take precisely one bite of food, after having been hungry and cranky all day]
Oh wow. Fantastic. I feel great. Now I have the energy to kill myself.
How do they measure the water temperature tho? Should I get hip to this
November 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
How do they measure the water temperature tho? Should I get hip to this
Doing manifestation work (life-planning, really) and realizing from the sheer amount of effort and struggle it’ll take to bring to fruition that this is indeed not a magic trick 🥴
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Doing manifestation work (life-planning, really) and realizing from the sheer amount of effort and struggle it’ll take to bring to fruition that this is indeed not a magic trick 🥴
Got an idea for a cool project at MIDNIGHT
November 20, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Got an idea for a cool project at MIDNIGHT
DC really has become my home, like my own big cozy house. It gives so much to me!
November 20, 2024 at 4:23 AM
DC really has become my home, like my own big cozy house. It gives so much to me!