Sor Juana Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
nun · poet · Mexico City, New Spain · 1648–1695
A poet who could read at three and became a nun so that she could go on studying. She filled her convent cell with books, and wrote a long reply to a bishop who rebuked a woman for learning.
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late 17th century
Foolish men, who accuse woman without reason, not seeing that you are the cause of the very thing you blame.
Hombres necios, que acusais A la mujer, sin razon, Sin ver que sois la ocasion De lo mismo que culpais
The redondillas "Foolish Men" (Hombres necios)
1691 · After listing what she found out while frying eggs and boiling down syrup
But, my lady, what can we women know, if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo said it well: one can perfectly well philosophize and cook the supper. And I often say, seeing these little things: if Aristotle had cooked, he would have written a great deal more.
Pero, señora, ¿qué podemos saber las mujeres, sino filosofías de cocina? Bien dijo Supercio Leonardo: Que bien se puede filosofar y aderezar la cena. Y yo suelo decir, viendo estas cosillas: Si Aristóteles hubiera guisado, mucho mas hubiera escrito.
"Reply to Sor Filotea"
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