Show Notes
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a 17th-century Mexican nun, poet, playwright, composer, and all-around intellectual menace to the patriarchy.
In this episode of Queens Podcast, we trace Sor Juana’s rise from hacienda library goblin to celebrated court intellectual and how she used wit, logic, and theology to argue that women deserved education because women are people. Radical stuff.
Paired with a twist on the Paloma cocktail, we explore her poems like You Foolish Men and essays such as Respuesta a Sor Filotea, works that helped shape modern feminist thought centuries before feminism had a name.
Sor Juana did not just challenge misogyny. She out-argued it, and history is still taking notes.
Time stamps:
00:00 Introduction and Content Warning
00:36 Meet the Hosts: Katy & Nathan
01:36 Introducing Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
02:56 Patreon Shoutouts and Mocktail Recipe
05:31 Sor Juana's Early Life and Education
14:43 Juana's Move to Mexico City
16:45 Life with the viceroy's court
18:28 Juana's Intellectual Challenge
20:55 Becoming a nun
24:59 Juana's Writing Career Begins
26:08 A Close Relationship with Maria Louisa
30:23 You Foolish Men: A Poem of Hypocrisy
37:57 Juana's Feminist Manifesto
43:59 Juana's Downfall and Final Years
47:00 Legacy of a Feminist Icon
Sources:
Dr. Peyton Cristina Del Toro's YouTube
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Biography.com
Poets.org
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