Philosophy Fic?

[amalnahurriyeh]

I spent the weekend curled up with a number of my favorite books of social and political theory.  I mean "favorite" when I say it; I love my job, I love my field of research, I love the fact that I get to think and find things out and argue for a living.  But, somewhere around hour ten billion of hashing over the same texts in search of a new way

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[scullyseviltwin]

As a sociologist, reading a Max "fic" would probably make my life. Just saying. JUST SAYING.

But yes, it may be that you've been reading too much! :P

[amalnahurriyeh]

I totally was teaching the Max 'n' Karl show Tuesday morning. My students were sooooooo boring; I set them up for a cagematch on the relationship between ideas and material life and nobody bit! Grr, students.

I have had a headache for weeks now. I think this is my brain shorting out.

It practically writes itself

[penumbra23]

Who knows; might be fun.

It sounds like great fun! Although you're giving me weird ideas about my copy of 'The Philosophy of the X-Files'...

Arguing is definitely sexy; Mulder and Scully are my personal philosophers, and I realize now I've been attempting to write 'philosophy porn' from the beginning, but never had a name to put to it, until now.

Mmm, you've given me a lot to think about. Thanks.

Re: It practically writes itself

[amalnahurriyeh]

Although you're giving me weird ideas about my copy of 'The Philosophy of the X-Files'...

Um...I've actually been emailing with one of the editors about something unrelated...and now I may burst out laughing next time I do. Thanks a lot. :)

[dashakay]

Marx was a terrible husband and father, because you know Engels was getting all of his attention...

As a former Russian language and history major (even though they weren't Russians, I certainly had to read them), that made me laugh an indecent amount.

[amalnahurriyeh]

Glad to amuse. :)

[wendelah1]

Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir? Having hot sex? Wait, wrong ficathon.

I don't know if you gave this a look when it was posted but you might get a kick out it. Anyway, it's short.

[amalnahurriyeh]

Oh! How could I forget Sartre/de Beauvoir! Again, among the classic theoretical OTPs.

Your story? Is amazing. :)

Yeah, I'm thinking I need to start a great theorists ficathon. It would be HILARIOUS.

[wendelah1]

I would try to write it. It would require some research. Well, for me it would. My philosophy is rusty, to say the least.

And, thank you. I enjoyed making my little contribution to-- philosophical pornography? Is that what Penumbra called it? Brilliant.

[anonymous]

Hi - sorry, this was linked off the Guardian and I couldn't resist it! Here's a couple of other random starting-points for your philosophyslash pleasure:

I just wrote a chapter for a book called Derrida and Antiquity reading Socrates/Plato as lesbian daddy/boy slash;

Deleuze talks about his relationship with previous philosophers as 'ass-fucking' (and in fact mpreg - the quote's here);

a friend of mine requested Roman Philosophers slash on Yuletide (mainly Cicero and Pliny, I think);

and of course there's the famous Foucault/Lucius Malfoy story (which obviously I can't find now, drats)

Good luck in your quest! Next year - Yuletide?

- Ika Willis (http://nowandrome.blogspot.com)