I have done fucked it up y'all LOL

[lunabee34]

So, my World Lit 1 textbook went to a new edition, and a couple of the things I had been teaching are no longer present in this new edition. As is not uncommon, I had to pick something to replace those texts without actually studying them and preparing lessons on them because our syllabi are due at the very beginning of the semester.

I decided to replace Medea with Lysistrata to keep a female protagonist. I've never read Lysistrata, but I know the general plot--Greek women refuse to have sex with their husbands to stop the Peloponnesian War. I thought, this will be fun for the students; it'll be slightly raunchy and they'll have a good time with it.

I started reading it yesterday, and y'all. OMG! This is the most explicit translation. I mean, I'm sure it's much more in keeping with how Aristophanes actually wrote it, but it's so so so explicit. So much fuck and dildoes and we want dick and look at that old lady's pubes and I am going to die teaching this. Thank god I don't actually have any dual enrollment (high school) students in this class whose parents can kick up a fuss. LOL

I will teach this on Monday and then replace it with Sappho's poetry going forward. OMG

Comments

[rydra_wong]

OH NO

[lunabee34]

INORITE? I will report back after I teach it on Monday.

[rydra_wong]

On the plus side, your class will definitely be paying attention.

[lunabee34]

There is that.

[umadoshi]

INORITE? I will report back after I teach it on Monday.

PLEASE DO. (And/or, y'know, record your lecture for us. ^_-)

[lunabee34]

Oh, don't worry. I'll report back. LOL

[lokifan]

AHAHA please do!!!

[lunabee34]

For sure. :D

[sheafrotherdon]

This is going to be so much fun!

[lunabee34]

Well, it's going to be something. LOL

[teaotter]

Those students will remember you forever for this.

[minoanmiss]

bee hee hee, yes!

[teaotter]

My partner still talks about the undergrad Antiquities professor who spent a lecture on pornographic Grecian urns. All these decades, and that lecture still lingers. :D

[minoanmiss]

Awww yes classical erotica. I was SO Proud of myself when I successfully translated a rude poem of Martial's, one of the ones the Loeb Classical Library translated into Italian instead of English. I still remember that accomplishment decades later, bwee.

[lunabee34]

You should. That's awesome.

[lunabee34]

I bet that was such a great lecture. LOL

[lunabee34]

<3 <3

:D

[lunabee34]

Oh, lord. They will. *dies*

Ripped from the Headlines of Your Newspaper

[executrix]

You can link it to the current Korean 4B movement (no dating men, no marrying men, no sex with men, not having kids).

Re: Ripped from the Headlines of Your Newspaper

[lunabee34]

That's a good point!

[trobadora]

LOL!

[lunabee34]

INORITE?

[annofowlshire]

Well, it'll be something to remember!

[lunabee34]

Indeed. LOL

[beed]

LOL this is great XDDD

[lunabee34]

I am going to die of embarrassment. LOL

[spikedluv]

o_O I definitely want to know how they react to it, lol!

[lunabee34]

I'll let y'all know!

[princessofgeeks]

YIKES

[lunabee34]

INORITE?

[anagrrl]

Haha, omg. This is hilarious and mortifying. I hope that it all goes smoothly.

I wonder if there's much fanfic for Lysistrata. And how much the numbers might increase after you teach it ;)

[lunabee34]

Oh lordy. All the dedications to Dr. D. in author's notes. Ha!!

[anagrrl]

OMG.

"We read this in class, and it awakened something in me. Thanks, Dr. D!!"

[lunabee34]

Snort.

[amejisuto]

Well. Your blush bulb is going to break, that's for sure. Wow. Good luck!

[lunabee34]

I am going to be so embarrassed. LOL

[amejisuto]

Or, you know, go with it. Describe what kind of dildos they would have had at that period in time. Like a little history lesson. LOL!

Plushies

[executrix]

I believe stuffed leather was the, as it were, gold standard in olisboi.

Re: Plushies

[amejisuto]

Well, that's better than using your pestle or a darning tool. Or, you know, having something hand carved in wood for yourself. LOL!

Re: Plushies

[lunabee34]

OMG that sounds so uncomfortable. And unhygenic. LOL

Re: Plushies

[executrix]

Considering hygiene standards for the body parts it replaced...

Re: Plushies

[lunabee34]

Oh dear. Yes.

[lunabee34]

Nope. Not doing that. No way. LOL

*dies laughing*

[amejisuto]

You'd be the most popular teacher that week!

[lunabee34]

OMG your icon. Love it!

[amejisuto]

Thanks! I got it from stargater_icon. I'm just not sure where, if it was on Live Journal or what. It's an old one of mine.

[corvidology]

...Acted in it once a long time ago...

[lunabee34]

I bet that was a lot of fun!

[corvidology]

It was!

We were doing gender neutral casting even back then which just added to the fun if you were in the know. ;D

[lunabee34]

Oh that would add an extra layer of interesting to the play.

[cathexys]

OMG. I'm so sorry!!!!

e all have assigned stuff without reading and then suffered the consequences, but that's in another class. LOL

Here's hoping that it'll be a good class nonetheless and I await your summary next week!!!

[lunabee34]

Yeah, usually it's just this is kinda boring or doesn't lend itself to good discussion, not I am teaching a filthy, filthy porno. Ha!

I'll report back next week.

[chanter1944]

Oh fuck, said the longhair, utterly deadpan for about two seconds, before an enormous wink utterly ruins the bit. XD Ooooops!

[lunabee34]

*snerk*

I am going to die of embarrassment.

[independence1776]

Oops!

[lunabee34]

Indeed. Lol

[lyr]

May I suggest following it up with Chaucer's Miller's Tale for extra fun? I'm doing that one this semester, but I started my teaching career teaching sex ed.

[lunabee34]

Oh that's a good one. Or the one from the Decameron about putting the devil back in hell. I never taught that one but always made sure to tell the students what page it was on. LOL

[lyr]

If I ever get around to teaching the early world lit survey, I'm putting that on the syllabus.

[lunabee34]

You should. You'd do it more justice than I will.

[timespirt]

Oops, LOL

Let us know how they react, can't wait to hear.

[lunabee34]

Oh I will. Don't worry. Lol

[kaleecat]

LOL
my world lit classes didn’t have anything half as fun as that in the text. I think. 🤔

Your blush may combust but you are a pro. You’ll be fine. Plus it will be even more clear who didn’t do the reading with details like that.

[lunabee34]

I am just going to have to hide that I'm dying of embarrassment. LOL

Maybe they'll actually read for once.

[kore]

OH MY. Which translation is it??

[lunabee34]

It's Aaron Poochigian's 2021 translation. Utterly filthy. LOL

[scintilla10]

Oh my gosh!! This will certainly be memorable, haha. Good luck! ;D

[lunabee34]

Forever engraved . . .

[archersangel]

well....at least they will pay attention to the subject matter?

[lunabee34]

It's either going to be a very engaging or totally silent class period. Lol

[garnigal]

I graduated in 2000, and still remember reading Lysistra in university. Enjoy the class discussion?

[lunabee34]

I'm just hoping not to die of embarrassment. LOL I've got no problem talking about sex; I assign works with lots of sex. They just don't depict the sex so pornographically.

[kat_lair]

This made me laugh, how did it go?

[lunabee34]

I'll let y'all know on Wednesday. LOL