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On Resil Mojares

My FB feed was an endless stream of tribute posts on the day Resil Mojares died, both from institutions and from my personal connections.

Sep 8 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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Neo-Animism: Why it is True, Unscientific, and Possibly Dangerous

Psychofauna Studies Part II: Life as Antifragile Information and Profiles on Science, Jesus, and Satan

Sep 4 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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August 2026

Can Writing a Historical Novel Be a Method of Anthropology?

Interview with the Robot Vampire

Aug 31 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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Threads

On Filial Love, Cringe, and Mild Sociopathy

Published on Explorations.ph 🧭 • Aug 19

Psychofauna Studies: A Neo-Animist Manifesto

First, you must see them. Only then can you defend yourself from them and, if you dare, ride them.

Published on Seeds of Science • Aug 7

Decolonization is a distraction from the real enemy

I just made my first post in a Philippine history FB group.

Aug 4 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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July 2026

Rizal Wrote the Playbook for Diaspora Identity Politics

1. I’ll admit it: as a history nut, I sometimes find these “decolonialist” Filipino Americans of Instagram a bit annoying.

Jul 30 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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The Dirty Secret of the Richest Political Families in the Philippines

I once had merienda with a visiting business professor.

Jul 29 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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"What is Art?" after the AI monkey wrench

“How did it feel to get lynched by the Reddit mob?” my writing coach, Mitya, asked.

Jul 3 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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June 2026

May 2026

Quezon Through the Three Epistemologies: What the Film Knows About the Man of Power

This is the first draft of my contribution to a collection on “Bayaniverse as Philosophy.” As always, I work in public hoping to get the benefit of live…

May 8 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

April 2026

Scapegoats: Why Female Monsters are Found Across Southeast Asia

The manananggal splits herself at the waist each night, her upper torso sprouting bat wings to hunt pregnant women in their sleep.

Apr 24 • Kahlil Corazo 🇵🇭

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