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Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

the smell doctor who was 'too woke': dr. ally louks

Apr 8, 2025
01:18:47

After eight long years of research, Dr. Ally Louks posted to Twitter about completing her Ph. D : "Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose." The Elon-fueled right-wing internet freaked out. In an exclusive interview, Jamie speaks with Dr. Louks about the experience of reclaiming the narrative around a nasty online backlash to better educate anti-intellectuals on the sense we ignore the most.

 Follow Dr. Ally here: https://x.com/DrAllyLouks

Read Dr. Ally's original thread here: https://x.com/DrAllyLouks/status/1861872149373297078?lang=en

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