Dr. Ally Louks

My thesis is titled Olfactory Ethics, the Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose. So I look at why certain authors of the past century use smell to indicate social hostilities. And I connect these literary examples with the real world understanding of smell and how we think about smell in society.

My thesis is titled Olfactory Ethics, the Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose. So I look at why certain authors of the past century use smell to indicate social hostilities. And I connect these literary examples with the real world understanding of smell and how we think about smell in society.

My thesis is titled Olfactory Ethics, the Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose. So I look at why certain authors of the past century use smell to indicate social hostilities. And I connect these literary examples with the real world understanding of smell and how we think about smell in society.

It didn't even occur to me, actually, that it could blow up in a negative way. After it was retweeted by a couple of right-wing accounts who had kind of mocked the idea of my thesis and actually the fact that I was doing a PhD in English literature.

It didn't even occur to me, actually, that it could blow up in a negative way. After it was retweeted by a couple of right-wing accounts who had kind of mocked the idea of my thesis and actually the fact that I was doing a PhD in English literature.

It didn't even occur to me, actually, that it could blow up in a negative way. After it was retweeted by a couple of right-wing accounts who had kind of mocked the idea of my thesis and actually the fact that I was doing a PhD in English literature.

Yeah, well, that's the thing. I mean, smell is a sense that almost all of us possess. But it largely goes unacknowledged and uncritiqued. And olfactory language is really pervasive too. It's just that we're not used to thinking about it critically. So it's not difficult for me, actually, to recognise these instances where my work is relevant in the world.

Yeah, well, that's the thing. I mean, smell is a sense that almost all of us possess. But it largely goes unacknowledged and uncritiqued. And olfactory language is really pervasive too. It's just that we're not used to thinking about it critically. So it's not difficult for me, actually, to recognise these instances where my work is relevant in the world.

Yeah, well, that's the thing. I mean, smell is a sense that almost all of us possess. But it largely goes unacknowledged and uncritiqued. And olfactory language is really pervasive too. It's just that we're not used to thinking about it critically. So it's not difficult for me, actually, to recognise these instances where my work is relevant in the world.

It's something that I've been doing for years. It's just that I haven't been posting about it on social media. I've been putting it in my thesis.

It's something that I've been doing for years. It's just that I haven't been posting about it on social media. I've been putting it in my thesis.

It's something that I've been doing for years. It's just that I haven't been posting about it on social media. I've been putting it in my thesis.

I liked your comparison to the notion of a romantic ick, because at least in a social context, smells are not going to harm us. Smells are harmless, even if they're uncomfortable. Whoa, wake it up. I'm sorry. That is true. There's a very real and distinct difference between harm and discomfort. And when we're talking about smell and using it to create prejudices, i.e.

I liked your comparison to the notion of a romantic ick, because at least in a social context, smells are not going to harm us. Smells are harmless, even if they're uncomfortable. Whoa, wake it up. I'm sorry. That is true. There's a very real and distinct difference between harm and discomfort. And when we're talking about smell and using it to create prejudices, i.e.

I liked your comparison to the notion of a romantic ick, because at least in a social context, smells are not going to harm us. Smells are harmless, even if they're uncomfortable. Whoa, wake it up. I'm sorry. That is true. There's a very real and distinct difference between harm and discomfort. And when we're talking about smell and using it to create prejudices, i.e.

to make prejudicial statements, what we're doing is we're mobilizing disgust. And disgust is a particular emotion that induces fear, even in instances when fear is not necessary. And smell is one of those instances.

to make prejudicial statements, what we're doing is we're mobilizing disgust. And disgust is a particular emotion that induces fear, even in instances when fear is not necessary. And smell is one of those instances.

to make prejudicial statements, what we're doing is we're mobilizing disgust. And disgust is a particular emotion that induces fear, even in instances when fear is not necessary. And smell is one of those instances.

I think the humanities study our social world, which is incredibly complex, at least as complex as the sciences, and requires research.

I think the humanities study our social world, which is incredibly complex, at least as complex as the sciences, and requires research.