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Cambridge University@Cambridge_Uni · Dec 6, 2024

Dr Louks, we support you. Last week, Cambridge PhD student @DrAllyLouks published this photo on X to celebrate passing…

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Cambridge PhD student Dr Ally Louks celebrated passing her viva with no corrections, but faced online harassment and misogyny despite the post receiving 100 million views. Her achievement in her thesis on olfactory ethics in literature has been supported by thousands of encouraging messages from the academic community.

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    Dr Louks, we support you. Last week, Cambridge PhD student @DrAllyLouks published this photo on X to celebrate passing her viva with no corrections. Her tweet went viral, attracting over 100 million views 🧵

  2. #2

    But the attention that Ally's achievement received turned to harassment and misogyny when trolls attacked Ally's PhD topic, her education, her achievement, and her gender.

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    In the days afterwards, thousands of commenters - including from Cambridge's own student, staff and alumni communities - have added their supportive messages for Ally.

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    Ally has told us that the majority of the 11,000 comments and 20,000 retweets are from people showing "generosity, intellectual curiosity, and kindness".

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    Curious about Dr Louks' topic? 'Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose' studies how literature registers the importance of olfactory discourse - the language of smell and the olfactory imagination it creates - in structuring our social world.

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    Congratulations, Dr Louks, on passing your viva with no corrections! Dr Louks is part of @Peterhouse_Cam.