Psychology Today2d
Talking Politics at the Holidays Without Ruining Dinner
The usual advice for keeping the peace during the holidays is simple: Don’t talk politics. Experts suggest defusing tension ...
The Best Movies About Politics (According to You)
Movies skewer and satirize a political system that dearly deserves both. They can warn us of the dangers of hungering for ...
Exit interview: Adrienne Southworth on Trump’s appeal and how Kentucky GOP can improve
GOP Sen. Southworth said Trump “is not a normal” Republican, but he’s the “best and possibly the only person who can be ...
Researcher: My research on the politics of smell divided the internet—here's what it's actually about
I celebrated finishing my Ph.D. After three and a half years of writing and research, it was an occasion I wanted to share ...
The Georgetown Voice9d
D.C.’s independent bookstores are sites of local history, community, and culture
Indie bookstores in D.C. have weathered changes in the bookstore industry—in D.C. and nationally—and bring local charm to D.C ...
Death threats, phone tapping and stalking: The consequences academics can face from sharing their research
When she passed her Ph.D. viva, literature researcher Ally Louks posted a picture of herself and her thesis on X (formerly ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press15d
Nikki Giovanni, poet and literary celebrity, has died at 81
In poetry, prose and the spoken word, she told her story. She looked back on her childhood in Tennessee and Ohio, championed the Black Power movement, addressed her battles with lung cancer ...
Sydney Morning Herald16d
Tired tropes, purple prose: Murakami’s new novel is for diehard fans only
As are the flourishes of wonder. But the writing is so overwrought, the prose so purple, that I half expected Prince to come back from the dead to sing about it. It’s a strange juxtaposition ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education21d
Her Thesis on the ‘Politics of Smell’ Stirred the Online Masses. Here’s What She Thinks About It.
The photo featured Louks holding a copy of her thesis, titled “Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and ...
New York Post22d
Why this Cambridge grad’s PhD thesis on smelly people is dividing the internet: ‘Olfactory oppression’
The thesis, titled “Olfactory Ethics: The Politics of Smell in Modern and Contemporary Prose” examined how scent facilitates “smell’s application in creating and subverting gender ...