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- Get to know the life of Mexican nun, poet and scholar, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, who was censored by the Church for her critical writings.
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Juana Ramírez de Asbaje sat before a panel of prestigious theologians, jurists, and mathematicians. They had been invited to test Juana’s knowledge with the most difficult questions they could muster. But she successfully answered every challenge, from complicated equations to philosophical queries. Who was this impressive woman? Theresa Yugar details the life of the Mexican poet and scholar.
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“I don’t study to know more, but to ignore less.” -Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
What is the meaning of this?
I didn't understood
@@aravindsooryakant8318 It's because knowledge allows you to know the value of things we take for granted or don't notice
Ahh, I never knew of such an angle.
@@aravindsooryakant8318 Totally understand. In other words, knowledge can help you open your eyes to other things that you may not have noticed before. Ahh, I see someone else has answered you.
Came here expecting a nun going on a murder spree.
Left pleasently surprised
Came here expecting the nun that seduced the pope and gave him AIDS (no condoms, amirite?), _but_ _I_ _didn't_ _expect_ _the_ _Spanish_ _Inquisition!_
@@MultiCappie this comment was perfect
Surprised? But she did go on a murder spree, killing the patriarchy of the church
You thought the video was about Sessyoin Kiara? She's not a real life nun, but your comment reminded me of her
Lol me too
Her traits makes her sound like a fictional character but she's not and it gives me goosebumps to know such kind of person actually exists. True queen material right there.
Nice
Well every single fictional character is inspired from something
women ☕
@@supe4701that something could be imagination though
@@DONTcareAnymore000 yeah your right, amazing, talented, etc.
How have I never heard of her!?
_“she was stripped of her prestige. Forced to sell her books and give up writing”_
Oh.
That's probably because you aren't Mexican.
She's a pretty big thing here.
Like, kids know her biography better than most of the president's big.
She should be big Everywhere historically.
True History is always not taught like it should in school
yea, its super big in México, and US people are not famous for being knowledgable on other countries' history, not even your closest neighbors'.
No, she is one of the biggest classics of latinoamericana barroque if not the biggest one, and a really prominent name in Hispanic literature. Also the whole situation with the archbishop has been simplified a lot.
I learned about her in the USA. In high school.
Writes “I the worst of all” in her own blood. The drama, the charisma, the uniqueness, the nerve, and the talent
IT WAS BRILLIANT BEAUTIFUL MESMERIZING INCREDIBLE AMAZING GREAT
Rupauls drag race lol
D'CUNT
IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE
I'm getting harry potter vibes
Here a piece of the poem shown in the video:
"You foolish men who lay
the guilt on women,
not seeing you're the cause
of the very thing you blame;
if you invite their disdain
with measureless desire
why wish they well behave
if you incite to ill.
You fight their stubbornness,
then, weightily,
you say it was their lightness
when it was your guile."
Wow, thank you!
This should be taught in schools no doubt
@@soledadluna7430 true lol
@@soledadluna7430 can you not? You're acting as if muslim people have misogyny as the rules in their religion😂 misogynists are everywhere, not just in one specific group of people.
@@soledadluna7430 I wish all people will read the Coran before speaking ill of Islam, but we can only wish...
As a fact, in Mexico City, there’s a university with her name, “Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana” (Sor Juana’s Cloister University). This institution is one of the best to study Art History and Gastronomy in all Mexico. This complex was a cloister, inaugurated in 1623, in here, Sor Juana stayed most of her life writing and learning, alongside other nuns. It was in 1971, when it was declared a national patrimony and eight years later it became a university, which is still in function.
This was a short version behind the history of this historical building, hope you liked it. Have a nice life. ♥️
That's pretty cool, would have been even better if it taught things she aspired to learn, what was it again? mathamatics being one of them?
Asides from Art History and Gastronomy, there is also Literature and Creative Writing, Theatre, Psychology, Law, Philosophy, and other varied human rights and culture grads. I would've loved to study there but it's a private institution and is rather costly.
I think there is an obvious reason this women isn't a Saint.....
@@TCM1231 And what might that be?
@TCM1231 No one is a saint, but in her own way she did so much for the women of that era without knowing
Judge: How do you know all of this?!
Juana: Nun of your business.
Love it 😂😂
i live for these random puns in the comments section 😂🤷♂
😳😂
PLEASE UPVOTE
Oh hey it’s you again. Still putting ur guns on?
The fact that this is the first time I heard about such an important icon disturbs me.
I hope they still teach about her... I grew up in Latin America in the 90's and she was still on the curriculum back then. But yeah, she should be better known.
@@keonie I'm brazilian and we never heard about her, guess it's only in mexico
@@ellen314 aee br
got the same thoughts
@@ellen314 sorry, I should have been more specific, I meant Central America. We didn't learn a lot about Brazil either... which is a shame, we should know more about each other.
I'm Mexican and read a lot of comments saying that they never heard about Sor Juana makes scense because nobody teach the historical persons of diferent countries. She is a really icon in México and everybody who works or study literature knows about her books and work even in school we know her and we read her poems, I loved this video this is a real pice of knowledge and art just forgot to mention a few things or curios facts like she was in a secret relationship with the queen of Spain and she send her a lot of beautiful poems.
Any good documentaries about her that you recommend?
Its so sad that no even all mexicans have heard enough of her story, most will have heard of her but only know her as a rebel nun, we need to do better teaching young girls about her, it makes me super proud of being Mexican ❤
lol there is a reason she isn't a Saint...
@@TCM1231and that is???
@@TCM1231 I can see you are just annoying people, you are making me laugh, youre in many comment sections XD
I remember learning about her in my AP Spanish Literature class and I absolutely loved her, her poem Foolish men "hombres necios" made me laugh and i wrote like 2 essays and a presentation. I wish I could've found this video sooner, it definitely would've made my research much easier. Thank you
I am doing a presentation on that poem too! Wish me luck
I love how one of the gentlemen tried proposing with a cupcake
EMoji Girl hahaha maybe she had a sweet tooth
In Malaysia they are starting not to allow women wearing tight jeans
Rosaura Díaz that’s how you can tempt me. I love food
@@takiyaazrin7562 das messed up
@Islamist Reactionary إرتجاج الإسلامي no, this is restricting freedom strictly to women. It's oppressive!
I, the worst of all. This is the kind of history kid should learn in school.
My mom attended a school named after her. They taught her Joanna's story and praised her (this was a mexican private catholic school for girls). So yeah, they do teach it.
In Mexico we have a whole unit based on her in Spanish class and History class.
Val Bed With all due respect naming a student is not the same as teaching, Mexico has one of the highest rates of levels of gender violence and misogyny.
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Dario Castaneda, the problem here is not about teaching or not Sor Juana's work (because they do teach it in a large scale in Mexico), it is about teaching values and how to find and incorporate in our lives the actual lessons that history leaves us. As someone who was raised in the Mexican educational system, I can tell that it is not designed for creating this kind of principles at all. Mexico has a misogynist and violent culture which causes go way beyond a failed education system; even if the education programes improved, teachers and guidance from the family play a major role in what children learn. Thus, a history class with essential lessons like gender equality is not enough to orient an entire generation towards a better and fairer world.
My mother quoted Sor Juana’s poetry throughout our life and read her poems, among others, to us at bedtime. May they both rest in peace.
Nobody:
The guy proposing with a cupcake: it ain't much, but its honest work🧁
LMAO-
he tried and i respect that
I lowkey thought she'd take the cupcake and run
@@nickoletteminajarae8136 LMAOOOOO nah fr tho
I would have held out for a cake ......
Just me ...
Just saying ... 😌
“I, the worst of all” is such a powerful thing to say, and written in her own blood, no less
"I, the worst of all" written in blood on a letter. If that's not a rebel and metal move, I don't know what is.
@Sl Mi offended by the word "his" now? Smh
@@-Me_ It's a pun. Nobody is offended
would have better if was written in the arch bishops blood
@@-Me_ I'm pretty sure that person is being sarcastic
She wanted "FREEDOM" to have knowledge and respect for who she is not because she "MARRIED" someone in the high society......
That’s a shame. She was an intellectual individual and a kind sister. Overall a great person, too bad the era wasn’t on her side. Damn.
The greatest minds often conflict with the societies in which they live. Galileo, Aristotle, her, the list goes on and on. Very rarely are they accepted and their intelligence recognized.
And that's important. If everyone already knew that the Earth orbited the Sun and not the other way around, then Galileo would have just been another random person in history. The same case with all the scholars, artists, and other historical figures who gained their fame because of their conflict with society. This is because the reason that these people make these achievements in the first place is because they want to correct the wrongs of their society. Without the wrongs, there would be no one to create the rights.
@@hihehey5304 Make 1 amaze how much effort it took for one individuals to raise the voices to unite other thoughts to correct the wrong of their current social life. Sometimes though it make me think we got a chance s ourselves to view the full pictures to see if the actions of these individuals have help fixed or tried to fix the flaws of their current society then. Cause otherwise in those time, those who try to speak up was the odd 1 out.
Forgive my rambling lol. Just a thought.
It still looks the same to me, confident and intellectual women r still seen as a threat🤷
She helped shape today's era in the American continent, rather than say it was against her we should Thank her
Never heard of this person before but now I’m glad I have. She was one of the first steps to society today. May her soul find peace and may love and peace reign supreme
"¿O cuál es más de culpar,
aunque cualquiera mal haga:
la que peca por la paga,
o el que paga por pecar?"
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
"God would not have given women intellect if He did not want them to use it."
OH HECK, MAN DOWN MAN DOWN-
Only here because Why not yah, but no one is disagreeing with you
M'e'n. She showed us all. We accept this one with nothing but smiles.
@conan263 :( apparently not
Exactly the reason why Eve got tricked by snake to eat from Tree of Knowledge.
@@matheusedwin6144 Adam and Eve did not believe in Gods warning because they both reasoned inwardly that He could possibly be wrong. That's why they both blame God afterwards.
She was ahead of her time. They didn’t deserve her.
Whiteskinned Jewblamer She wasn’t white she was Hispanic...
@@Sweetumskitty1789 Given that her parents are Spaniards aka white. Makes her white..... and she's also not Hispanic she's a Spaniard/Spanish. Did you not pay attention!? 🤔🤨🤦♂️
@@Sweetumskitty1789 Spanish people arrived to Latin America at the time of 1492 .. (almost 1500) .. she was born in the mid 17th century ..around 1650
Which is 158 years after the discovery of Latin America .. back then they were Spanish people
@@Sweetumskitty1789 both her parents were spanish... watch the video all the way before you embarrass yourself
ChiWanders It sounds to me like she’s Mexico’s Hypatia. (A HUGE complement and achievement for sure!)
As a man, I have huge respect for her who stood against all men alone. She had a heart of lioness
She is one of the greatest American women to ever live.
@@horaciocapanelli-soto4710 she's mexican..
@@janhaviw1922 mexico is in the Americas. It's south America .............
There is a reason she isn't a Saint.....
@@unknownperson5848It is not South America, it is in North America (which isn't the same as anglo-saxon America)
This was my favorite ted-ed video ever I put it in a playlist and watch it nearly every day. and no matter how many times I do it still amazes me every single time.
i think "the worst nun" title she gave herself was just her way to provoke the church even more.
Not the church, the bishops
Maybe today isn't so easy to see, but a phrase like this would be a universal critique, not just to the Church's standards
Nope, you’ve got it exactly backwards. It was an act of humility, of her killing her pride, not reinforcing it as you imagine.
“Obedience. The most thrilling word in the world; a very thunderclap of a word. Why do all these fools fancy that the soul is only free when it disagrees with the common command? Why should mere disagreement make us feel free? I know you are fond of dancing; do you want to dance to a different tune from your partner’s? You are a fine horsewoman; do you want to think of walking northward all by yourself, when you and your horse are going southward together? You have called me a nun; I am not a nun, I am not good enough to be a nun. I do not . . . I have not set . . . (She breaks off the sentence.) But do you suppose that nuns are unhappy? I never see them pass, silent and hooded, through their quiet cloisters but I have a vision: a vast vision of Amazons, wilder than any heathen Valkyries, riders rushing into battle; a charge of chivalry going all one way, and every rider as free as Joan of Arc; galloping, galloping to God. That is the real vision of Obedience.”
The princess’ maid,
From “The Surprise” by G.K. Chesterton.
@@eldermillennial8330 thank you for sharing your thoughts.
“God would not have given women intellect if he did not want them to use it”- Sor Juana de la Cruz, my hero
I must be very intelligent then; I just haven’t find it. XD
Secretly, I want to study biochemistry but I will be a Registered Nurse. Chemistry is a field so long.. but I like it. (/_\~)
@@caribaez5711 Don't give up!! Good luck
Anu G thank you, 💗
Tactical truth bomb incoming!
@@caribaez5711 don't listen to them, listen to the ones who want to see you grow just do what you want to do and go as far as you can.
Oh my gosh! She’s the real deal. A QUEEN 👸🏼
Sor Juana is my inspiration to finish my thesis. Feminism is a great thing. The part from that video that says “She received many proposals but chose to seek education instead of getting married” 🫶🏻
That hit me hard. Respect ✊🏻
My Muse, the only one in her time. One of a kind in the middle a world of men. Her written work still speaks for women and her freedom. Multi talented, ahead of her time. I went to Mexico City to her university, University of the Cloister of Sor Juana to visit. It was an amazing experience. I love her!
“God wouldn’t have given women intellect if He didn’t want them to use them” what a Queen
god is male?
@@falcon6329 his gender is nothing or in between but when you say God , u write "he" because thats grammar-correct.. and if u say Godess then its a "she"
Falcon
The Triune God is only Completely a Male in the Person of Jesus Christ. God the Father is “Male” in relation to Christ and to His relationship to Israel, but from the Ages of Ages was fundamentally without any essential gender. The Person of the Holy Spirit is also essentially genderless, but also manifests on occasion as femininely in the form of divine Wisdom, and Wisdom personified is always a “She”.
ok
@@lele-jt5xc in English, due to the absence of gender it is not that obvious as it is in other languages. Dio in italian is masculine, Dieu in french is masculine, Deus in portuguese is masculine, Dios in spanish is masculine, Bog in slav languages is masculine, Allah is masculine, Zoti in Albanian is masculine. I can safely say it is masculine in every culture. Despite the difference of religions they all agree on God being a he. That's what happens when you let men write the history.
She signed her vows in her blood. Now that's hardcore.
Her own blood at that, I’ve never quite understood how people can even cut themselves without any second thoughts.
Hardcore would be using somebody else's blood. Without permission.
If you signed or write with Blood, that's mean you're already to sold your soul
@@faleilham8334 not necessarily, it means whatever you intend it to mean
@@faleilham8334 ironic for a church vow haha
“Juana was more interested in knowledge, than marriage”
Damn are we related?!
she did not enter the order b/c she wanted to be go to school. She entered the order because she wanted to serve God. All else came and she was able to do all she did because she was allowed. She had to ask for permission and this she knew when she entered the Carmelite order. She was obedient. if the church would have denied her what she asked for she would definitely would obey. So she was not a rebel. this is false. innacurate. go an learn what the order of the carmelite's was all about. this is misinformation
This isn't news to anyone in the Spanish-speaking world. Sor Juana is quite literally the most celebrated literary figure of the Spanish colonial era and has been for centuries. This brilliant lady was never lost to history: she was immediately recognized for her enormous gifts and has been celebrated ever since.
2:12 hats off to the man who proposed with a cupcake
imo thats better than any jewel
Lol, thank you for noticing this. I would have just taken the cupcake and ran off. 😁
At this point the picture is probably historically wrong, cuz cupcakes are not a spanish invention but one from the british colonists further north east of Mexico...
@@fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867 so the cake is a lie?
@@cherrybansx7398 Well, depends on how you define a lie... ;-) In the form of a cupcake like in the film I would rather call it an error, but that doesn't mean that the Spanish didn’t bake cakes, as I know they have fine andalusian recipes, only I wouldn't believe it to be this type called currently cupcake, see what I mean?
I came here thinking she actually was the *worst* nun. But she is, in fact, the best one.
Same tho
Hildegard von Bingen was pretty amazing too by 11th century standards.
She was the worst in the eyes of the patriarchal oppressive church...
"Best one" Lol you needa do your research.
True lol
She is one of the historical figures I admire the most, and inspired me to begin writing when I was younger
Thank you TED ED for your wonderful videos, I am really grateful for it.
“The worst nun”
Valak: *Allow me to introduce myself*
Is that a mf Conjuring reference?
"Worst"
more like Genius
Valak is actually a demon tho literally a demon one of the 72 goetia to be exact that just possesed or took a form of a nun
Bruh moment
Lol!
Well she might have been bad as a nun, but she was a good theologian.
What should I read by her?
yes, as sdfaf had previously said, is there any recommendable works of hers of which we can use?
@@stfnknbb The poem regarding men that is mentioned in this video can be found by searching 'Hombres Necios'. Additionally, her short play, "El Divino Narciso", makes an allegory of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.
Probably wasnt even a bad nun
I don't think she was bad as a nun either, she stood for what Is just and right.
I've seen this video several times already but I love to come back to it every now and then because she's a freaking badass.
Beautiful art, great commentary, powerful story. My three favourite things to come of a youtube video. Good job! ❤
“God wouldn’t have given women intellect if he didn’t want them to use it.” DESTRUCTION 100
@Real Communism if god wanted to be taken seriously, he would have made something better than the bible wit les nonsense in it.
@Real Communism Perhaps the men who ran the institutions shouldn't have banned women from higher education. You can't break someone's leg and then get mad at them for not coming first in a race.
Real Communism the main reason why women usually didn’t get Nobel peace prizes was because they normally couldn’t do anything to get one. They were often forced to stay at home to take care of children, or be nurses or nuns. Only lucky few were able to go to college to get a higher education. Plus, a lot of women did make amazing discoveries that could have been Nobel peace prize awarded. But, their work was often taken and men would claim it as their own. All humans are intelligent, gender has nothing to do with it. Opportunity and oppression is what stops people from proving their intellect
If god wanted anything, he should've existed
@Real Communism thats sexist.
"I don't study to know more, but to ignore less."
SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ
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this is extremely beautifully done, thank you.
The animation is so gorgeous the drawing is amazing ❤
*I, the worst of all*
what an icon
The true worst nun is Mother Theresa.
@@reinebautistamercado4286 I've heard some people say this, I'm curious to know the reasons. What according to you makes her the worst nun?
@@sunilrampuria7906 Same
sunil rampuria same
What a shame that you hate her, she seem's pretty cool..
She's not the worst nun she's a *savage queen*
Victor Richardson angry?
yassss
SAVAGE
@@erik2839 yes
She called herself the worst nun, not because she actually believed it, but because her beliefs and behaviour were going against society’s beliefs during that time, so in their eyes, she may have been the worst nun. Which is a good thing, kind of, because it shows that she refused to conform
Shoutout to the dude that tried proposing with a cupcake.
This lady is ICONIC. If only I could meet her, what a great honor it would be.
She wasn't the worst nun, she was THE BADDEST NUN in herstory.
Admin Krist 😂😂😂
> herstory
🙄
@@Mayhamsdead eh.... You get it... Right?
@@dot.6164
I'm not 100% sure what you mean. It looks like you missed / left out a word, or something else.
@@dot.6164 it means history but from a female prespective
There’s a show in Netflix about her called, “Juana Inez”.
She was so intelligent that she realized she could only expand her knowledge and fight for woman’s rights if she joined the church.
Lily Magana That was a good show. Was going to mention it myself.
Just watched an episode. Thanks!
Mgl Shows no problem:)
Except the church shut her down in the end...
loner1878 one would say she won anyway because we know about her work and what she did.
These animations are so beautiful and well-done, even the soundtrack / background music is awesome, like a harp melody 3:20
don't you know the name of the music by the way?
Her poetry remains among the best of Mexico and is still studied.
nice to hear that
Signing something in your name with a pen:
- boring
- predictable
Signing something as "I, the worst of all" in your own *blood*:
- metal af
- asserting your dominance
- leaves everyone shook
She forgot to T-Pose
-edgy
*shooketh
thank u for coming to my ted talk
Hahaha
She’s now added to the list of people I most admire.
what?-
For real.
So true
666th like
She was a great catholic too
Even when the bishop took her things
She never left the church
I live in Mexico. I looked at the 200 peso bill and there she was! With a verse of her poetry
"You foolish men who lay
the guilt on women,
not seeing you're the cause
of the thing you blame. "
Can't wait to show the family : ) She's extraordinary!
My favourite TED-Ed video i watch this every month its so good.
Sor Juana De La Cruz: My enemies are many, my equals are nun.
👏👏👏👏👏 Nun can equal this pun.
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Puns. So much puns. Nice.
@@weneedmoreconsideratepeopl4006 And this reply actually rhymes.
I clicked on this video thinking that she'd literally be the worst nun.
But she turned out to be the most badass and iconic nun in history.
Eeey WoW what about mother Teresa?
Yeah I expected her to be a murderer or something😂
Mother Theresa was actually against LGBT+ rights, and was pro-life. Trust me, she did a lot of good, but also a lot of bad. Sor Juana de la Cruz is far better.
@@michellewu6689 Given the times and the milieu, Juana's position on those issues was undoubtedly the same as Mother Teresa's. In fact they weren't even issues yet. She may have been ahead of her time but she couldn't have been totally OUTSIDE her time.
@@veenarani5413 me too !
Thank you for this video. I never heard about the lady until now.
As a Muslim married man and a father born and educated in the UK/London I found her story to be sheer bliss even though she had a different faith from mine. She had everything at her feet if she ever wanted but choose the righteous path. Peace and blessings unto her, Amen/Ameen !
perfectly put
I’ll tell you something that will surprise you: most like, if she had lived in our times I don’t think she would’ve been a nun and even further, I don’t think she would’ve been Catholic.
Juana de Asbaje wanted academic education. She was an intellectual.
She knew she was capable of geniality, just as men. But in her times women did not have the right for education and, the only way for her get it would be if she became a nun.
Knowing the fierceful passion she had for defending women rights, I don’t think she would’ve have supported Catholicismeither
Honestly I was expecting some cold-blooded serial killer level nun and the comment section flooded with enlightened fedora-tipping atheists going "But that's all nuns". I was wrong
Same
me too! :D
Same. And... Honestly... Iam not disappointed
Nun is human, religion is not. Just because I don’t like the concept, it doesn’t mean ppl who practise the concept are bad. Atheist here.
Me too
saw the title: History's worst nun. clicked it, thinking about the content. i thought the nun killed her fellow people but instead it's way better than i expected. feminism at its finest.
Feminists have ruined the definition of it now.
@@zuhayrah seems to be like it. Has become more to do with power than with equal rights.
@@savioalmeida1103 to be fair, having equal rights was always about power. Inherently the two are linked.
I hate how us men get treated so horribly, we are not all the same, so stop assuming
Example of how Feminism should be
This is one of my favorite TED-Ed videos! ❣️✨
I was so worried this was about a murderous nun. But she is an ICON and needs to be remembered!
My grandmother was from a small village, but she loved reading and read all the books in the school's library and even borrowed books from her teachers. She wanted to become a teacher or a librarian, but her parents didn't allow her and sent her to study trade. Even now at 72 years old, she has a bitter smile when she talks about it. Never limit your children, regardless of gender
underrated.
@@Ratigan2 transformice players always know the best ✌️
@@dontletcoronabite4245 Its unbelievable how our ancestors (and unfortunately some today) discriminated based on gender like this on such idiotic basis.
Trade isn't necessarily a bad thing, but okay.
Society (read men) limits it to control
*Juana was more interested in knowledge than marriage*
I think I just found my spirit guide
Go into physics or mathematics. You'll get all the knowledge your little heart will ever desire.
she said, while watching youtube all day long.
@@TheConqueror009 bruh i love math
@@VoodooD0g lol prob true
@@rebeccaluis1223 ok you love math. What are your qualifications bruh?
Love this story, thanks for the video
Thanks so _very_ much for sharing this.
Growing up in the Catholic Church I never knew why she was consider a saint. Knowing this wow she was an amazing women.
aotero u why?
She is not a saint
djazheel94 How?
How is she not a saint?
@@YahYou813
She was discovered to be laying with many women.
"God would not have given women intellect if He did not want them to use it."
*SHOTS FIRED*
Edit: I'd like to thank the academy... (for the likes)
therealGod is typing...
Yes
pew pew! perioddd
Wait I don’t get it
Hayubas2 did you not watch the video?
What a wonderful person. I admire her intelligence, courage and passion.
Whenever my school/work gets to be too much, I remember how much Sor Juana fought and how much I admire her for it. She is my inspiration and my idol 💜
They forgot to mention that when the bishop told her to focus on prayer he wrote it under a female pen name to make it sound like it was coming from another nun and after it all went down they also made her get rid of all her books and musical instruments :(
That is right. I couldn't say everything in a four minute Ted Ed.
That is so messed up.
@@TheresaAYugar thanks for this amazing report
@@TheresaAYugar oh my god hi
Insecure pigs
Women in ancient time: _breathe_
Everyone: *hush*
Men in ancient times: Had to fight for their country or get killed by their own kings/queens, had to do all the hazardous jobs, had to protect their women, and even sacrifice their lives for them.
Modern feminazi: So you have chosen privilege.
@@Amilakasun1 imagine being allowed to do any of those things and being shocked when people consider that a privilege.
@@Amilakasun1 Maybe women would choose to do it if they could also have everything else men could have/do? Just a thought... Women also sacrificed lives for men to give them the most prized possession: their children. They got killed by authority and BY THEM if they misbehaved/did something their husbands and all men could do freely. Yet you men choose that same argument over and over to deny the whole history where you've been ruling as higher beings. Also, you still call the women who behave similar to those men bitches and worse.
@@Amilakasun1 what are you? A teenager who failed history?
@@seasaltrocksalt What are you? A cat lady who failed to get a man to like you?
I been watching your channel for 3 hours, and the fact I'm learning more stuff then I do at school :'>
Off to find a bio to read now, what an admirable and fascinating person.
She wrote "I, the worst of all."
Title of the video: History's "worst" nun ...
I understand now 😎
We should be the worst of ours. Its almost the best.
@@ddoomsday7313lol I saw u comment on another comment
She says worst in every video
LoL
?imnotsureicanunderstanditclearly?
3:14 Bishop: I want you to pray more and stop pursuing intellect.
Juana: God wouldn't have given women intellect if he didn't want them to use it.
Top 10 clapbacks in real history.
Presumably there was someone in the background saying HEY-OH when the bishop heard that.
Bishop: ::shocked Pikachu face::
She destroyed those bishops with facts and logic
Thats pretty tame, which it had to be so no one gets offended to the point of burning witches. It could also be countered with punishment from the garden of eden, men and women fighting with eachother because of this, a gift of Satan,... or simply that women have intellect to get around the house and make sandwiches.
If theres only photo comment in youtube *pikachu shookt face*
Thank you for this video. I particularly loved the style of the animation and the subject BUT ! I must say that there is a mistake in it. You said that the fact that she sold her books and stopped writing was attributed to a constraint coming from the clergy, but it was recently recognized that Sor Juana found in this retreat a kind of compromise allowing her to continue studying away from the multiple solicitations caused by his celebrity.
I was expecting a much darker story but this is just amazing to know
Juana is amazing, but let’s give some credit to Dõna Isabel. Managed two estates successfully despite being illiterate in this time period while being a single mom of 3? No wonder Juana ended up so amazing, her mom was a queen
she did not enter the order b/c she wanted to be go to school. She entered the order because she wanted to serve God. All else came and she was able to do all she did because she was allowed. She had to ask for permission and this she knew when she entered the Carmelite order. She was obedient. if the church would have denied her what she asked for she would definitely would obey. So she was not a rebel. this is false. innacurate. go and learn what the order of the carmelite's was all about. this is misinformation. Trying to re-write history again eh
@@vanessas1494 why are you commenting this under comments that aren't even related to what you're saying?
You're not educating people; you're annoying them and making them less likely to want to learn more
@@vanessas1494 She entered the Church to remain unmarried and maintain her independence.
She was in the upper class, it's likely she had servants do most of the work. As is what management entails. Taught enough by the husband and loyal workers you don't need to know writing to tell the maids to clean. They're just lucky this was during an age of chivalry otherwise they'd have been exploited as weak links.
@@genericscout5408 plss you think management is just sitting around and telling people to clean??😭
"history is also a product of her work" that gave me goosebumps
I didn't get this line!! Can u explain...
@@nawalelahi9029 it means she made history by the things she did. (her knowledge, wit, creations, fierce personality)
Same here
She didnt only walk through the history but also made it. Her works changed the history
Lmao
I love the artwork of these videos!
Needed this!
If y’all are interested, there’s a Netflix tv show about her. It’s called “Juana Inés”
Gracias, Maria!
Gracias! :)
Why am I only now learning this?!
I cant find it :(
Is it not in the U.S.?
@@pizzatime9196 Sorry, I think its in Spain
As they say, well-behaved women seldom made history.
@Hernando Malinche care to share what they're all about
@Hernando Malinche were they well behaved women?
You really missed a top comment there, the playlist about women in history on Ted-ed's channel is called "Well-behaved women seldom make history"
Is it bad to be well behaved now? You could be a hoose wife with 4 kids and make things like clothing and a good business. Many other things.
@@zuhayrah that's not the context in which "well-behaved" is used here. Well-behaved women of the past weren't simply women with proper etiquette, they were women who were forced to submit to and confined by societal norms of their time. They had to go against the accepted ways of life back then, hence making history by not being "well-behaved."
There is more of Sor Juana's work and life, than the portraited here. She was so ironical in many texts, mocking of the lacking of intellect of the "most representative philosophers and poets" of her days.
She criticized all men philosophical and poetry traditions, and challenged their doble moral.
There is a writting, Respuesta a Sor Filotea, where she basically meanted this "ups ...excuse respectable Sirs, I took you for a well learned men, but your lacking make me unable to debate properly".
It was a shame that the only way she could deliver her mastery were under the oppresive wing of church.
And It is a Shame that no many people understands the true and deep value of her figure, not even in here, México.
Great video, thank you!
How much more advanced would humanity be if men hadn't been like this? So many geniuses were not allowed to contribute just because they were women
That is true. But I would like to add that it's not just the men who stop women from achieving their potential. Us women also contribute to it, by putting up with such behaviour, or many a times, pulling other women down. If all women stood together, no man would dare threaten us.
True that.....
PrettyMoonLady why you acting it’s all men’s fault.....and how all men are like this.
ok boomer
It is us, the worst men’s fault
"I, the worst of all" i love how sarcastic this is
Because that's how everyone saw her so she just said it out loud
sorry i dont get the sarcacm can you explain
TENGIS Murunbaatar She is actually a really good nun and she knows it.
my great grandma begged her parents to let her go to school but they refused because she's a girl, so she climbed a tree and stayed there until they let her study. she's 93 now and is a retired principal with lots of achievements to her name, she's also pretty popular in our village for being one of the first to own land in it
Awesome!
I bet she has some awesome stories.
Liked the animation and presentation 👌🏻
Really, how come she isn't a disney princess yet??? That's the kind of role models we need!
Indeed
I haven't kept up with Disney the last several decades but are they even doing princess movies without a love interest? A heroine as serious as Juana would be pretty hard to trivialize. I don't think Disney would be interested.
STOP, DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR!
@@dontaylor7315 they have Brave. And the heroine did not have love interest in that movie. Although her parents tried to arrange her into a marriage to other tribe.
@@dontaylor7315 oh, and Moana too. Elsa of Frozen also did not have any love interest.
"She was more interested in knowledge than marriage" my aromantic self relates too much.
Tho she had female emotional lovers.
@smelly paws suuuuuuuuuuuuuure. I'm sure you would know.
EYYYY I FOUND ANOTHER ONE
@@zaraboon8500 We are everywhere
We are, indeed!
She was intelligent, she was rebel, she was a great poet and mathematic, and she never leave the church.
I guess she is somebody we should appreciate.
Is it because she loves Jesus that she never leaves the Church?
The part of the church doesn't need appreciation.
We don't need the church to learn now
@@mochi8632 lol, the nuns in Europe in medieval ages are more educated and can get jobs. This only happened on New Spain. Nuns in Europe and Asia are mathematicians and governors. Spanish society is just sexist.
@@mochi8632 look at St. Catherine of Sienna- she lived in Medieval Italy and she never get backlash but St. Teresa of Avila in "Spain" she just got the same treatment like Sor Juana.
@@deokspatch8458 I am talking about religion, and what you are saying is imposible since Spain has been a very religious country for a long time.
So again, she shouldn't be praised just for be part of the church.
What an incredible and inspiring story.
I'm mexican and she is a very important historical figure here, we study her and her work in literature and history classes
XxGabexX excellente
Hola
I know just a little spanish cuz im filipino
And im also just a kid
@@josephinedavid2391 hi
“God would not have given women intellect if he did not intend for them to use it”
DAAAAAAAAMN!
"God would not have given women intellect if he did not intend for them to use it"
The Men: *You weren't suppose to do that*
Well, THAT'S an insult if I ever heard one! The irony is that He DID, and WE WILL use it!
@@kaytlinjustis5643 : The real irony is that god is still supposed to be a he
Kei Mah The Men : But we are The God
apply a cold water to the burning area XDD
Wow, a great vid, I stumbled on by accident but what a surprise.
Much Gratitude .