They’ve introduced the acronym SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts for People and the Economy) due to the success of STEM and it doesn’t really work because “women in SHAPE” sounds like a comment on our bodies.

Calling all olfactory artists, perfumers, designers, choreographers, and makers - submissions for the Creative Works section of the Smell Studies Journal are open until 1 August. Please email smellstudiesjournal@gmail.com with a 250-word abstract and short bio.

Super excited to announce that my upcoming book, Under Your Nose, will be translated into Korean by Gimm-Young Publishers 🇰🇷

Pictured: my plants and I attempting to survive malevolent levels of heat because governments refuse to face the reality of climate change and hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the harm they’re doing to the planet.

I’ve started work on my next book proposal and, get this, it’s not even about smell! 👀

The gleeful face of a girl who has finished editing her book!

The brilliant international editorial board for our new Smell Studies Journal 👃🏻

Smell Studies Journal@smellstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

General editors: @willtullett.bsky.social & @manonraffard.bsky.social Editorial board: @drallylouks.bsky.social, @sandrabarre.bsky.social, Jayanthan Sriram, Chanelle Dupuis, Hsuan Hsu, Andrew Kettler

We're starting a journal! We're looking for ideas for pieces that we can fold into the proposal that will go to an interested press, with the hope that if the press take the journal on we'll starting publishing in 2028. #smellstudies #sensorystudies #smellhistory #smells

Smell Studies Journal@smellstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call for Papers for the Smell Studies Journal

We’re starting a journal! It’s a privilege to be on the editorial board and to be in charge of communications. Have a look at our Call for Papers here! 👃🏻

Smell Studies Journal@smellstudies.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call for Papers for the Smell Studies Journal

LOLITA IS NOT A LOVE STORY feat. me, @drallylouks.bsky.social, a word that rhymes with schmedophile, and a truly manic energy the pod has never before experienced. Available now @thisguysucked.com

I’m giving one of those quintessentially Cambridge post-dinner talks on Tuesday 24th at 8:45pm in the Peterhouse parlour. It’s open to everyone at Cambridge and I’d love to see you there and talk your ear off about smell’s myths and marvels 👃🏻✨

Step into my office 📚

Ekaterina Zadirko talks with @drallylouks.bsky.social about diaries revealing love, heartbreak, and everyday life under Stalin – hopes and anxieties that may feel surprisingly familiar. Watch the full video via the link below👇 https://youtu.be/vTwsuBC1mCw #Cambridge #History #ValentinesDay #Learn

Maple is on the therapist’s couch today and she says she would like a full refund for January 2026 as it has been full of horrors

All the studies on canine olfaction are like “Dogs can detect bombs! drugs! tumors! and they MIGHT even smell what you’re thinking” and the studies on cats are like “Your cat can distinguish your scent from some stranger’s, but that doesn’t mean they like you”

Have been working absurdly long hours lately, but still making time to get outside. Today’s walk was straight out of Pride and Prejudice.

I wrote an article for @theconversation.com on how philosophy can help us understand the deep harms of AI-generated sexual images, e.g by Grok on X, as well as other digital misogyny like assault in virtual reality. #philsky #philtech theconversation.com/how-ai-gener...

How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’

Publicly bombarding women with these images exerts control over how they present themselves online.

theconversation.com

Enshittification this, enshittification that – nobody talks about the process of unshittification that is editing.

Hello, friends! I am back and will be making a concerted effort to post regularly on here, because the other place is truly hideous. I have a huge platform there and will continue to use it for good, but it will be nice to spend more time in sunnier climes if you’ll have me!

LBC@lbc.co.uk · 7mo ago

'It creates a sense of alienation between you and your body.' @allylouks.bsky.social shares her experience with having Grok generate sexaulized images of her.

Should anyone want to read my reflections on causing a stink and going viral, my article with The New Statesman is linked below: t.co/Hnqmzhz2DE

Hi all. I couldn’t be more delighted that so many people have showed enthusiasm towards my work and I would love to share more with you as soon as I’m able, but right now my first priority is my students. I also need to get some sleep 😅

A couple of answers to commonly asked questions: 1. No, my thesis is not currently available to read - it’s under embargo while I publish its content in various forms. I’ll share more as and when I can :)

Hi all! I’m going to try to keep up with the discourse on here as best I can, but it’s no longer the weekend so I have real life stuff to do! Thank you to anyone who has followed me, expressed interest in my thesis or offered stabilising thoughts!