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oldwinesoul · 1 year

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Love opened a mortal wound. In agony, I worked the blade to make it deeper. Please, I begged, let death come quick.

—Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Love Opened a Mortal Wound - (1651 to 1695)

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women-throughout-history · 2 months

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Born in 1648, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz demonstrated a remarkable aptitude from a young age, displaying an insatiable curiosity for learning. By the age of fifteen, Sor Juana had already distinguished herself as a prodigy, captivating the court with her profound understanding of diverse subjects ranging from physics to philosophy, theology, and mathematics. Her family’s influential status gave her the position of lady-in-waiting at the colonial viceroy’s court.

Despite societal expectations for women of her time to pursue marriage along with numerous proposals, Sor Juana opted for a different path, choosing instead to dedicate herself to a life of religious contemplation and intellectual pursuit. In 1667, she entered the Carmelite convent, seeking a space where she could explore her passion for learning freely. However, it was not until she joined the Jeronymite order in 1669 that Sor Juana found the intellectual freedom she craved. Within the confines of the convent, she was able to host intellectual gatherings and engage in scholarly pursuits without constraint.

Sor Juana's commitment to learning did not go unnoticed, and she soon found herself entangled in ministerial debate and discussions. In 1690, she became involved in a dispute between bishops, defending her right as a woman writer to engage in intellectual discourse through her famous work "The Answer." Despite her eloquent defence, the Church, influenced by patriarchal norms of the time, ultimately forced Sor Juana to relinquish her literary pursuits and renounce her extensive library. Her decision to sell her cherished books and instruments and sign a document in her own blood, writing "Yo, la Peor de Todas" ("I, the worst of all women"), which stands as a poignant symbol of her defiance in the face of censorship and oppression.

Even in the midst of adversity, Sor Juana remained committed to her principles and to serving others. During an epidemic, she cared for the sick and infirm, demonstrating compassion and selflessness until her own health deteriorated. Sor Juana's legacy as "The Nun of Mexico" and "The Tenth Muse" endures through her extensive body of work, which encompasses classical drama, comedy, satirical poetry, and sacred and profane verse. Her writings continue to inspire generations of scholars, artists, and feminists, embodying the enduring power of intellect, courage, and resilience in the pursuit of knowledge and truth.

https://public.websites.umich.edu/~dfrye/SORJUANA.html https://www.philamuseum.org/collection/object/39031

#sor juana inés de la cruz #sor juana #mexico #spanish golden age #women in history #colonialism #history #jeronymite #sor juana ines de la cruz

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nickysfacts · 11 months

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Sor Juana, understood that education is a major key to empowering women!📖

📚🇲🇽📚

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inksplashgirl · 1 year

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Words Live

From the second I started

to really read

I breathed words

and stories

and I wanted to weave

my own

And I read about

a nun who’s pen

sang with truth

as she told the world

the brilliance of women

and they forced her

to leave her paper

and never write her

beautiful words

again.

But

her words live

still

and so

will mine.

And that’s why I write.

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levtolstoiz · 3 months

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#joan d'arc #sor juana inés de la cruz

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thesobsister · 5 months

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It's Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's 375th birthday, y'all! Here, The Tenth Muse is depicted at 15 giving off a strong proto-Hermione Granger vibe ("¡Es levioSA, no levioSAR!").

In "Hombres Necios" (foolish men), she reads men rather accurately and mercilessly:

Hombres necios que acusáis a la mujer sin razón, sin ver que sois la ocasión de lo mismo que culpáis:

si con ansia sin igual solicitáis su desdén, ¿por qué queréis que obren bien si las incitáis al mal?

(Foolish men who accuse women without cause and don't see themselves as the cause for the same thing you fault:

If your frantic desire courts their disdain, why do you wish them to behave well when you draw them to shame?)

Also the author of the world's longest feminist "fuck you" (Respuesta a Sor Filotea) made all the more potent by the faux-servile and humble voice in which she wrote it.

A superstar. I won't say you need to learn Spanish to read her in the original (a number of translations exist), but if you can read Spanish, read her in the original.

#sor juana inés de la cruz #sor juana #birthday #poet #the tenth muse #women writers #mexicana #latina

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aperint · 6 days

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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #aperturaintelectual #palabrasbajollave @tmoralesgarcia1 Thelma Morales García

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#AperturaIntelectual #palabrasbajollaveAI #17 de abril de 1995 #Amado Nervo #Arte #Cultura #Ferrocarril Interoceánico #Inauguración del Centro Cultural Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #Isidro Fabela Alfaro #Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana #La Décima Musa #Nepantla #Personajes #Poesía #Sitios Históricos #Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #Tepetlixpa #Thelma Morales García

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burninglilys · 1 year

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Mon & Sam from Gap the Series + poems of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

#gap the series #gap yuri #monsam #sammon #CONSTANTLY THINKING OF THE LINE:#NO GOD IS EVER SECURE AGAINST THE LOFTY FLIGHT OF HUMAN THOUGHT 😭😭😭😭😭😭#Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #sapphic poets x monsam #may.ww

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leer-reading-lire · 11 months

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || May || 21 || Read For School

#jompbpc #justonemorepage #book photo challenge #sor juana #sor juana ines de la cruz #poetry #mexican poetry #sor juana inés de la cruz #books and poetry #books and flowers #books and plants #booklr #bookblr #leerreadinglire

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oldwinesoul · 4 months

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Love opened a mortal wound. In agony, I worked the blade to make it deeper.

// Love Opened a Mortal Wound, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - (1651-1695),

#sor juana inés de la cruz #poets on tumblr #aesthetic #dark academia #spilled thoughts #spilled ink

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scifigirl · 3 months

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Idk if he picked this reading just for me but this reading is just for me

#sor juana inés de la cruz

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carloskaplan · 1 year

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José Luis Bueno: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

#josé luis bueno #sor juana inés de la cruz #versións

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gabriel-argenis · 1 year

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🔼 "las Pirámides fueron materiales

tipos sólo, señales exteriores

de las que, dimensiones interiores,

especies son del alma intencionales:

que como sube en piramidal punta

al cielo la ambiciosa llama ardiente,

así la humana mente

su figura trasunta"

✍️ Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz

📷 Maison Bonfils [1867-1899]

#Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz #Maison Bonfils #pirámide #poesía

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mary-1-like · 1 year

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En perseguirme mundo,

Que interesas?

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

#poesía #sor juana inés de la cruz

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julyposts · 9 months

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Juana Inés de Asbaje Ramírez de Santillana, más conocida como sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o Juana de Asbaje, fue una religiosa jerónima y escritora novohispana, exponente del Siglo de Oro de la literatura en español. También incorporó el náhuatl clásico a su creación poética.

Fue una defensora de la Libertad Femenina.

Léanla ⬆️.

#sor juana inés de la cruz #citas de libros #citas para pensar #citas para conocer #citas #mujeres en el arte #mujeres que escriben #religiosa

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thesobsister · 10 months

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Soneto 5

Al que ingrato me deja busco amante; al que amante me sigue dejo ingrata; constante adoro a quien mi amor maltrata, maltrato a quien mi amor busca constante.

Al que trato de amor hallo diamante y soy diamante al que de amor me trata, triunfante quiero ver al que me mata y mato al que me quiere ver triunfante.

Si a éste pago, padece mi deseo; si ruego a aquel, mi pundonor enojo; de entre ambos modos infeliz me veo. Pero yo por mejor partido escojo de quien no quiero ser violento empleo que de quien no me quiere vil despojo.

("Who leaves me thankless, I want to love; who loves me, I leave thankless; I, constant, love him who mistreats my love; I mistreat him who, constant, seeks my love.

He whom I love, diamond-hard is toward me, while he who loves me finds me a diamond; I want to see triumph he who kills me, and I kill who wants to see me triumph.

If I favor this one, my desire weakens; if I plead to that one, I wound my self-respect; both paths lead to my unhappiness.

But I prefer he whom I do not desire, loving me violently, than he who would treat me like common trash.")

(sobsister trans.)

Man, Sor Juana was centuries ahead of Sondheim in capturing that particular flavor of ambivalence:

The God Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues

I've got those "God-why-don't-you-love-me-oh-you-do-I'll-see-you-later" Blues That "Long-as-you-ignore-me-you're-the-only-thing-that-matters" Feeling That "If-I'm-good-enough-for-you-you're-not-good-enough," And "Thank-you-for-the-present-but-what's-wrong-with-it" stuff Those "Don't-come-any-closer-cause-you-know-how-much-I-love-you" Feelings Those "Tell-me-that-you-love-me-oh-you-did-I-gotta-run-now" Blues

#the tenth muse #sondheim #sor juana inés de la cruz #forget dickinson #there needs to be a show about emo teenage sor juana #writing diss poetry and having sapphic flirtations with her patronesses

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