Meet: Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695)! A nun considered to be a the first proto-feminist writer of literary in the Americas to explore the double standards of men while also accusing men of trying to diminish a woman’s honor. While also being early advocate for women’s right to a formal education!
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i love sor juana! i still remember learning about her/reading her poems in high school spanish class
An icon, she has been is so many pesos bills lol
Tbh, probably the second most prolific Mexican woman after Frida Kahlo.
it’s kind of funny seeing her here of all places lmao. one of my favorite gay movies is I worst of all even though the second half is devastatingly gory
“i, the worst of all” signed in her own blood. AN ICON
Obsessed with her. I wrote many papers on her while in grad school for an MA in Spanish! I still re-read her best poem (imo) all the time.
Here is a post with it in English for anyone who wants to read it (the original Spanish goes SO hard): [https://www.reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/ixovpf/poem_of_the_day_you_foolish_men/](https://www.reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/ixovpf/poem_of_the_day_you_foolish_men/)
Posts like these are so fascinating.
The whole subgenre of Sor Juana memes that happened between 2017 and 2022 in Spanish speaking social media is one of the best things that came out of the internet.
Anyway, meme tax.
https://preview.redd.it/kkqh8t4vyrvg1.png?width=610&format=png&auto=webp&s=e6e41b36613d58d004f68b53eac5f833ce544a4c