Na-bash sa social media ang X (formerly Twitter) user na si Amelia Mary Louks na may handle na Dr Ally Louks.
Ito ay dahil sa kanyang thesis tungkol sa body odor o “putok.”
Sa kanyang tweet last November 28, 2024, ibinahagi ni Amelia na natapos na niya ang kanyang thesis.
Isinumite niya ito noong June 25.
Nag-post pa siya ng photo habang yakap-yakap ang hard copy ng kanyang thesis.
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Ang titulo ng kanyang thesis: “Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose.”
Ang caption ng post (published as is): “Thrilled to say I passed my viva with no corrections and am officially PhDone.”
Ang olfactory ay may kaugnayan sa sense of smell.
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THESIS NAG-O-OFFER NG DISKURSO SA AMOY NG TAO
Sa kasalukuyan ay nagtuturo si Amelia sa Cambridge University.
Nagbigay naman siya ng paglilinaw sa kanyang tweet.
“To clarify for anyone unfamiliar with academia, I have a PhD in English Literature, not a PhD in Olfactory Ethics—that is the subject of my thesis that earned me the PhD.”
Ibinahagi rin niya ang abstract ng kanyang research para makapag-provide ng mas malawak na konsteksto sa sinumang magiging interesado sa kanyang thesis.
Aniya, "This thesis studies how literature registers the importance of olfactory discourse—the language of smell and the olfactory imagination it creates in structuring our social world.
"The broad aim of this thesis is to offer an intersectional and wide-ranging study of olfactory oppression by establishing the underlying logics that facilitate smell's application in creating and subverting gender, class, sexual, racial and species power structures."
Ang chapter one ng kanyang thesis ay nag-explore kung paanong ang amoy ng isang tao ay magagamit para matukoy ang “class antipathies, partly as they relate to homelessness" sa pamamagitan ng pagsusuri sa mga gawa ni George Orwell at iba pang popular media creations.
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ILANG NETIZENS, TINAWAG ANG THESIS NA “RACIST”
Pero sa halip na mga pagbati ang mga komento sa kanyang thesis, ang tweet ni Amelia ay sinalubong ng galit at mga tanong kung bakit naglaan siya ng mahabang panahon at pera upang magsaliksik sa isang paksa o topic na wala namang kahit anong maidudulot na maganda para sa pang-araw-araw na buhay ng mga tao.
Ayon sa isang nagkomento, "For those of you who can't translate this academic gobbledygook, let me be your guide: sis literally wrote a PhD thesis on why it's racist and/or classist to not like it when people stink."
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Sambit naman ng isa pa, "How did this dissertation get accepted? It provides nothing of value, and only sets this woman up to exploit students for their loans... or an email job somewhere.”
May nagkomento ring sana, sa halip na gumawa ng thesis, dapat ay nag-asawa na lang si Amelia at nagkaroon ng mga anak.
Sabi naman ng isa, “Imagine having a brain this diseased and rotted by leftism?”
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“INTERESTING” PARA SA IBANG NETIZENS ANG THESIS
Gayunpaman, may mga nagtanggol din kay Amelia.
Paliwanag ng isa, "People are being so mean to this woman for no reason. Some people just want to study books, that's not a crime."
Obserbasyon ng isa pa ay super interesting ang research ni Amelia.
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Dagdag naman ng isa pa, “I can see people being straight up cruel in replies and quotes and most of them are the usual suspects—racists, misogynists and people who would rather have all education be like trade school."
Pagtatanggol pa ng isa kay Amelia, “Large numbers of people are heaping abuse and mockery on a seemingly nice lady who's proud of earning a PhD, demonstrating that the worst thing you can be on social media is earnest and vulnerable, especially if you're a woman.”
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THESIS WRITER AYAW NA SA X
Ang tweet ni Amelia ay nakakuha na ng 153.K reactions at 9.3K replies.
Gayunpaman, dahil sa harshness na naranasan niya sa ibang X users, nag-iisip na ngayong umalis na si Amelia sa naturang social-media platform.
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May nagbanta rin sa kanya ng sexual assault—na inireklamo niya agad sa pulisya.
Ani Amelia, “To be clear, this is where I draw the line.
“This is abhorrent and illegal, and no one should ever have to deal with this.”
Plano niyang sa BlueSky na mag-post dahil mayroon aniya itong mas progressive slant kumpara sa X.
Biro pa niya, dahil sa kanyang tweet, “I just know I’m gonna be the talk of [our] English faculty this week.”
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