History's "worst" nun - Theresa A. Yugar

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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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  • @datemasamune2904
    @datemasamune2904 4 роки тому +7835

    Judge: How do you know all of this?!
    Juana: Nun of your business.

    • @athensk.4720
      @athensk.4720 4 роки тому +43

      Love it 😂😂

    • @tarangrathi5864
      @tarangrathi5864 4 роки тому +110

      i live for these random puns in the comments section 😂🤷‍♂

    • @nellymalone2802
      @nellymalone2802 4 роки тому +5

      😳😂

    • @coffeebeanB
      @coffeebeanB 4 роки тому +3

      PLEASE UPVOTE

    • @justs_
      @justs_ 4 роки тому +1

      Oh hey it’s you again. Still putting ur guns on?

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 4 роки тому +3243

    How have I never heard of her!?
    _“she was stripped of her prestige. Forced to sell her books and give up writing”_
    Oh.

    • @marce8509
      @marce8509 4 роки тому +235

      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.

    • @kitbina1925
      @kitbina1925 4 роки тому +123

      She should be big Everywhere historically.
      True History is always not taught like it should in school

    • @dinoelsaurio
      @dinoelsaurio 4 роки тому +64

      yea, its super big in México, and US people are not famous for being knowledgable on other countries' history, not even your closest neighbors'.

    • @salomerodriguez5145
      @salomerodriguez5145 4 роки тому +34

      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.

    • @1javixD
      @1javixD 4 роки тому +1

      I learned about her in the USA. In high school.

  • @Lisa-op6ri
    @Lisa-op6ri 2 роки тому +7110

    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."

    • @bangtanwings4854
      @bangtanwings4854 2 роки тому +117

      Wow, thank you!

    • @fluffycloudz3085
      @fluffycloudz3085 2 роки тому +243

      This should be taught in schools no doubt

    • @oldcartoons7094
      @oldcartoons7094 2 роки тому +16

      @@soledadluna7430 true lol

    • @Idkwhattowritehere123
      @Idkwhattowritehere123 2 роки тому +209

      @@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.

    • @derederekat9051
      @derederekat9051 2 роки тому +66

      @@soledadluna7430 I wish all people will read the Coran before speaking ill of Islam, but we can only wish...

  • @judgement-kazzy
    @judgement-kazzy 4 роки тому +12089

    "God would not have given women intellect if He did not want them to use it."
    OH HECK, MAN DOWN MAN DOWN-

    • @waspoppin4784
      @waspoppin4784 4 роки тому +79

      Only here because Why not yah, but no one is disagreeing with you

    • @wiseverse7681
      @wiseverse7681 4 роки тому +23

      M'e'n. She showed us all. We accept this one with nothing but smiles.

    • @whatif3271
      @whatif3271 4 роки тому +5

      @conan263 :( apparently not

    • @matheusedwin6144
      @matheusedwin6144 4 роки тому

      Exactly the reason why Eve got tricked by snake to eat from Tree of Knowledge.

    • @vaneilysweet920
      @vaneilysweet920 4 роки тому +34

      @@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.

  • @Lenemations
    @Lenemations 4 роки тому +14520

    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

  • @namelessking111
    @namelessking111 Рік тому +3636

    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.

    • @bluedragon4168
      @bluedragon4168 Рік тому +9

      Nice

    • @supe4701
      @supe4701 Рік тому +45

      Well every single fictional character is inspired from something

    • @DONTcareAnymore000
      @DONTcareAnymore000 10 місяців тому +5

      women ☕

    • @johnnytwotimes7854
      @johnnytwotimes7854 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@supe4701that something could be imagination though

    • @user-lv4dh3ry1n
      @user-lv4dh3ry1n 10 місяців тому +17

      @@DONTcareAnymore000 yeah your right, amazing, talented, etc.

  • @alejandrasanchezcatalan3383
    @alejandrasanchezcatalan3383 2 роки тому +571

    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. ♥️

    • @genericscout5408
      @genericscout5408 2 роки тому +5

      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?

    • @azua4489
      @azua4489 9 місяців тому +6

      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.

    • @TCM1231
      @TCM1231 9 місяців тому +1

      I think there is an obvious reason this women isn't a Saint.....

    • @ennui9745
      @ennui9745 5 місяців тому +3

      @@TCM1231 And what might that be?

    • @lilliesinthegard32
      @lilliesinthegard32 Місяць тому

      ​@TCM1231 No one is a saint, but in her own way she did so much for the women of that era without knowing

  • @ChBrahm
    @ChBrahm 4 роки тому +5691

    Came here expecting a nun going on a murder spree.
    Left pleasently surprised

    • @MultiCappie
      @MultiCappie 4 роки тому +112

      Came here expecting the nun that seduced the pope and gave him AIDS (no condoms, amirite?), _but_ _I_ _didn't_ _expect_ _the_ _Spanish_ _Inquisition!_

    • @awtm7456
      @awtm7456 4 роки тому +31

      @@MultiCappie this comment was perfect

    • @internetperson3436
      @internetperson3436 4 роки тому +28

      Surprised? But she did go on a murder spree, killing the patriarchy of the church

    • @cristhianfernandez4993
      @cristhianfernandez4993 3 роки тому +3

      You thought the video was about Sessyoin Kiara? She's not a real life nun, but your comment reminded me of her

    • @NbaYoungBoyWithABeard
      @NbaYoungBoyWithABeard 3 роки тому +3

      Lol me too

  • @d.c.2775
    @d.c.2775 4 роки тому +5777

    I, the worst of all. This is the kind of history kid should learn in school.

    • @quebnormalmm
      @quebnormalmm 4 роки тому +80

      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.

    • @mikevillegas9416
      @mikevillegas9416 4 роки тому +46

      In Mexico we have a whole unit based on her in Spanish class and History class.

    • @d.c.2775
      @d.c.2775 4 роки тому +6

      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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    • @d.c.2775
      @d.c.2775 4 роки тому +2

      Miguel Angel Villegas With all due respect the “unit” you say it’s been teaching in Mexico is definitely not working since it has one of the highest rates of levels of gender violence and misogyny.
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    • @isabellazarate2524
      @isabellazarate2524 4 роки тому +22

      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.

  • @edithalanis173
    @edithalanis173 Рік тому +201

    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.

    • @omarsoto1986
      @omarsoto1986 Рік тому +1

      Any good documentaries about her that you recommend?

    • @vlalelrlila
      @vlalelrlila 11 місяців тому +5

      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 ❤

    • @TCM1231
      @TCM1231 9 місяців тому

      lol there is a reason she isn't a Saint...

    • @Nick-dx2pt
      @Nick-dx2pt 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@@TCM1231and that is???

    • @hanniaedithmartinezadame794
      @hanniaedithmartinezadame794 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@TCM1231 I can see you are just annoying people, you are making me laugh, youre in many comment sections XD

  • @darlingp5212
    @darlingp5212 3 роки тому +253

    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

    • @dhruvkhanduri1299
      @dhruvkhanduri1299 2 роки тому +8

      I am doing a presentation on that poem too! Wish me luck

  • @nicoleanh3784
    @nicoleanh3784 4 роки тому +8118

    “I don’t study to know more, but to ignore less.” -Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

    • @aravindsooryakant8318
      @aravindsooryakant8318 4 роки тому +12

      What is the meaning of this?

    • @aravindsooryakant8318
      @aravindsooryakant8318 4 роки тому +5

      I didn't understood

    • @werh227
      @werh227 4 роки тому +254

      @@aravindsooryakant8318 It's because knowledge allows you to know the value of things we take for granted or don't notice

    • @adrianghandtchi1562
      @adrianghandtchi1562 4 роки тому +12

      Ahh, I never knew of such an angle.

    • @buttarain27
      @buttarain27 4 роки тому +82

      @@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.

  • @LPempty
    @LPempty 4 роки тому +39193

    Writes “I the worst of all” in her own blood. The drama, the charisma, the uniqueness, the nerve, and the talent

    • @carwynt
      @carwynt 4 роки тому +886

      IT WAS BRILLIANT BEAUTIFUL MESMERIZING INCREDIBLE AMAZING GREAT

    • @cowimmabitch93
      @cowimmabitch93 4 роки тому +353

      Rupauls drag race lol

    • @AQUAMARiNEraito
      @AQUAMARiNEraito 4 роки тому +113

      D'CUNT

    • @bzknorthstar
      @bzknorthstar 4 роки тому +162

      IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

    • @SpaceyJacey89
      @SpaceyJacey89 4 роки тому +52

      I'm getting harry potter vibes

  • @hea9165
    @hea9165 Рік тому +43

    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.

  • @deansworld2047
    @deansworld2047 3 роки тому +4083

    Nobody:
    The guy proposing with a cupcake: it ain't much, but its honest work🧁

  • @isabelamoncada5927
    @isabelamoncada5927 2 роки тому +36

    "¿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

  • @euuutopia
    @euuutopia 4 роки тому +22667

    “God would not have given women intellect if he did not want them to use it”- Sor Juana de la Cruz, my hero

    • @caribaez5711
      @caribaez5711 4 роки тому +208

      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. (/_\~)

    • @wakaran4419
      @wakaran4419 4 роки тому +117

      @@caribaez5711 Don't give up!! Good luck

    • @caribaez5711
      @caribaez5711 4 роки тому +21

      Anu G thank you, 💗

    • @juanmanuelpenaloza9264
      @juanmanuelpenaloza9264 4 роки тому +4

      Tactical truth bomb incoming!

    • @LFjuniorful
      @LFjuniorful 4 роки тому +41

      @@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.

  • @illuminutty9723
    @illuminutty9723 4 роки тому +17817

    The fact that this is the first time I heard about such an important icon disturbs me.

    • @keonie
      @keonie 4 роки тому +541

      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.

    • @ellen314
      @ellen314 4 роки тому +174

      @@keonie I'm brazilian and we never heard about her, guess it's only in mexico

    • @torugho
      @torugho 4 роки тому +6

      @@ellen314 aee br

    • @iryanivlogs
      @iryanivlogs 4 роки тому +4

      got the same thoughts

    • @keonie
      @keonie 4 роки тому +92

      @@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.

  • @gautamgopal8545
    @gautamgopal8545 2 роки тому +198

    As a man, I have huge respect for her who stood against all men alone. She had a heart of lioness

    • @horaciocapanelli-soto4710
      @horaciocapanelli-soto4710 Рік тому +7

      She is one of the greatest American women to ever live.

    • @janhaviw1922
      @janhaviw1922 11 місяців тому +2

      @@horaciocapanelli-soto4710 she's mexican..

    • @unknownperson5848
      @unknownperson5848 10 місяців тому +4

      @@janhaviw1922 mexico is in the Americas. It's south America .............

    • @TCM1231
      @TCM1231 9 місяців тому

      There is a reason she isn't a Saint.....

    • @igorlopes7589
      @igorlopes7589 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@unknownperson5848It is not South America, it is in North America (which isn't the same as anglo-saxon America)

  • @andrefromelpasotexas3236
    @andrefromelpasotexas3236 2 роки тому +18

    “I, the worst of all” is such a powerful thing to say, and written in her own blood, no less

  • @KarishmaChanglani
    @KarishmaChanglani 3 роки тому +14554

    "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.

    • @-Me_
      @-Me_ 3 роки тому +10

      @Sl Mi offended by the word "his" now? Smh

    • @ethanpartida9059
      @ethanpartida9059 3 роки тому +66

      @@-Me_ It's a pun. Nobody is offended

    • @puddles20mike31
      @puddles20mike31 3 роки тому +51

      would have better if was written in the arch bishops blood

    • @Nick-dx2pt
      @Nick-dx2pt 3 роки тому +9

      @@-Me_ I'm pretty sure that person is being sarcastic

    • @jemarseannyabut8519
      @jemarseannyabut8519 3 роки тому +18

      She wanted "FREEDOM" to have knowledge and respect for who she is not because she "MARRIED" someone in the high society......

  • @mrflip-flop3198
    @mrflip-flop3198 4 роки тому +61067

    I came here thinking she actually was the *worst* nun. But she is, in fact, the best one.

    • @hrf6548
      @hrf6548 4 роки тому +469

      Same tho

    • @spastikman
      @spastikman 4 роки тому +424

      Hildegard von Bingen was pretty amazing too by 11th century standards.

    • @AllwynPhilip
      @AllwynPhilip 4 роки тому +1047

      She was the worst in the eyes of the patriarchal oppressive church...

    • @fallenafterling4128
      @fallenafterling4128 4 роки тому +97

      "Best one" Lol you needa do your research.

    • @jobz9150
      @jobz9150 4 роки тому +39

      True lol

  • @purpledandolions123-lb9tj
    @purpledandolions123-lb9tj 10 місяців тому +13

    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.

  • @chrystalriver570
    @chrystalriver570 2 роки тому +21

    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

  • @animalbliss3713
    @animalbliss3713 4 роки тому +1978

    i think "the worst nun" title she gave herself was just her way to provoke the church even more.

    • @DenawizoVinylRein
      @DenawizoVinylRein 4 роки тому +77

      Not the church, the bishops

    • @I400s
      @I400s 4 роки тому +16

      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

    • @eldermillennial8330
      @eldermillennial8330 4 роки тому +30

      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.

    • @animalbliss3713
      @animalbliss3713 4 роки тому +1

      @@eldermillennial8330 thank you for sharing your thoughts.

  • @user-ur2ft4kq3j
    @user-ur2ft4kq3j 4 роки тому +17618

    “God wouldn’t have given women intellect if He didn’t want them to use them” what a Queen

    • @falcon6329
      @falcon6329 4 роки тому +24

      god is male?

    • @lele-jt5xc
      @lele-jt5xc 4 роки тому +521

      @@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"

    • @eldermillennial8330
      @eldermillennial8330 4 роки тому +194

      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”.

    • @falcon6329
      @falcon6329 4 роки тому +3

      ok

    • @freespiritable
      @freespiritable 4 роки тому +137

      @@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.

  • @farihamohamedhilmy4700
    @farihamohamedhilmy4700 9 місяців тому +8

    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 ✊🏻

  • @eltigredesantajulia9009
    @eltigredesantajulia9009 Рік тому +9

    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!

  • @emojigirl2733
    @emojigirl2733 4 роки тому +25760

    I love how one of the gentlemen tried proposing with a cupcake

    • @rosauradiaz9842
      @rosauradiaz9842 4 роки тому +588

      EMoji Girl hahaha maybe she had a sweet tooth

    • @takiyaazrin7562
      @takiyaazrin7562 4 роки тому +242

      In Malaysia they are starting not to allow women wearing tight jeans

    • @screaminberries9046
      @screaminberries9046 4 роки тому +237

      Rosaura Díaz that’s how you can tempt me. I love food

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 4 роки тому +275

      @@takiyaazrin7562 das messed up

    • @meepmorp7142
      @meepmorp7142 4 роки тому +121

      @Islamist Reactionary إرتجاج الإسلامي no, this is restricting freedom strictly to women. It's oppressive!

  • @ChiniWanders
    @ChiniWanders 4 роки тому +17195

    She was ahead of her time. They didn’t deserve her.

    • @Sweetumskitty1789
      @Sweetumskitty1789 4 роки тому +53

      Whiteskinned Jewblamer She wasn’t white she was Hispanic...

    • @dairysmoreta6108
      @dairysmoreta6108 4 роки тому +145

      @@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!? 🤔🤨🤦‍♂️

    • @0.5views79
      @0.5views79 4 роки тому +53

      @@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

    • @cerbzzz7147
      @cerbzzz7147 4 роки тому +40

      @@Sweetumskitty1789 both her parents were spanish... watch the video all the way before you embarrass yourself

    • @lunartears6761
      @lunartears6761 4 роки тому +7

      ChiWanders It sounds to me like she’s Mexico’s Hypatia. (A HUGE complement and achievement for sure!)

  • @AaryaGhuge
    @AaryaGhuge 2 роки тому +67

    “Juana was more interested in knowledge, than marriage”
    Damn are we related?!

    • @vanessas1494
      @vanessas1494 2 роки тому +1

      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

  • @WOWOWAOUUU
    @WOWOWAOUUU 2 роки тому +17

    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.

  • @reallaurenmiller
    @reallaurenmiller 4 роки тому +16583

    “God wouldn’t have given women intellect if he didn’t want them to use it.” DESTRUCTION 100

    • @MouseGoat
      @MouseGoat 4 роки тому +261

      @Real Communism if god wanted to be taken seriously, he would have made something better than the bible wit les nonsense in it.

    • @ButterflyScarlet
      @ButterflyScarlet 4 роки тому +501

      @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.

    • @froggygod2973
      @froggygod2973 4 роки тому +377

      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

    • @TheEscapeDiary9th
      @TheEscapeDiary9th 4 роки тому +61

      If god wanted anything, he should've existed

    • @GabrielaPerez-tj9sb
      @GabrielaPerez-tj9sb 4 роки тому +43

      @Real Communism thats sexist.

  • @coralbibi
    @coralbibi 4 роки тому +13401

    She's not the worst nun she's a *savage queen*

    • @erik2839
      @erik2839 4 роки тому +76

      Victor Richardson angry?

    • @zack7122
      @zack7122 4 роки тому +30

      yassss

    • @aerobruce
      @aerobruce 4 роки тому +31

      SAVAGE

    • @superboygamer9095
      @superboygamer9095 4 роки тому +2

      @@erik2839 yes

    • @ana-maria8350
      @ana-maria8350 4 роки тому +163

      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

  • @marymccluer1630
    @marymccluer1630 10 місяців тому +10

    Her poetry remains among the best of Mexico and is still studied.

  • @annahexen9014
    @annahexen9014 Рік тому +3

    She is one of the historical figures I admire the most, and inspired me to begin writing when I was younger

  • @yuricahere
    @yuricahere 4 роки тому +1594

    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.

    • @merrittanimation7721
      @merrittanimation7721 4 роки тому +63

      Presumably there was someone in the background saying HEY-OH when the bishop heard that.

    • @erraticonteuse
      @erraticonteuse 4 роки тому +49

      Bishop: ::shocked Pikachu face::

    • @ucnguyen6375
      @ucnguyen6375 4 роки тому +34

      She destroyed those bishops with facts and logic

    • @ABW941
      @ABW941 4 роки тому +5

      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.

    • @ralphreyes6049
      @ralphreyes6049 4 роки тому

      If theres only photo comment in youtube *pikachu shookt face*

  • @abbyc4779
    @abbyc4779 4 роки тому +6556

    "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)

  • @avn1514
    @avn1514 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you TED ED for your wonderful videos, I am really grateful for it.

  • @luanasam1215
    @luanasam1215 Рік тому +6

    The animation is so gorgeous the drawing is amazing ❤

  • @PhilomenaPhilominnie
    @PhilomenaPhilominnie 4 роки тому +5101

    She wasn't the worst nun, she was THE BADDEST NUN in herstory.

    • @biscottiog8273
      @biscottiog8273 4 роки тому +1

      Admin Krist 😂😂😂

    • @Mayhamsdead
      @Mayhamsdead 4 роки тому +21

      > herstory
      🙄

    • @thesleeplessone6971
      @thesleeplessone6971 4 роки тому +19

      @@Mayhamsdead eh.... You get it... Right?

    • @Mayhamsdead
      @Mayhamsdead 4 роки тому +2

      @@dot.6164
      I'm not 100% sure what you mean. It looks like you missed / left out a word, or something else.

    • @thesleeplessone6971
      @thesleeplessone6971 4 роки тому +19

      @@dot.6164 it means history but from a female prespective

  • @_oatcookies
    @_oatcookies 4 роки тому +5627

    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.

    • @zuhayrah
      @zuhayrah 4 роки тому +131

      Feminists have ruined the definition of it now.

    • @savioalmeida1103
      @savioalmeida1103 4 роки тому +76

      @@zuhayrah seems to be like it. Has become more to do with power than with equal rights.

    • @almosthumanjessi9799
      @almosthumanjessi9799 4 роки тому +41

      @@savioalmeida1103 to be fair, having equal rights was always about power. Inherently the two are linked.

    • @TheColdGrizzly
      @TheColdGrizzly 4 роки тому +26

      I hate how us men get treated so horribly, we are not all the same, so stop assuming

    • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014
      @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 4 роки тому +9

      Example of how Feminism should be

  • @johnathanbruce8227
    @johnathanbruce8227 2 роки тому +9

    Shoutout to the dude that tried proposing with a cupcake.

  • @Dee-jp7ek
    @Dee-jp7ek 2 роки тому +2

    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.

  • @tokugeeky2931
    @tokugeeky2931 4 роки тому +7673

    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.

    • @bulldozer8950
      @bulldozer8950 4 роки тому +54

      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.

    • @hihehey5304
      @hihehey5304 4 роки тому +18

      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.

    • @tokugeeky2931
      @tokugeeky2931 4 роки тому +2

      @@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.

    • @destaabigael9004
      @destaabigael9004 4 роки тому +14

      It still looks the same to me, confident and intellectual women r still seen as a threat🤷

    • @ximec.r.2643
      @ximec.r.2643 4 роки тому +1

      She helped shape today's era in the American continent, rather than say it was against her we should Thank her

  • @ihateeveryoneandeverything242
    @ihateeveryoneandeverything242 4 роки тому +21260

    *I, the worst of all*
    what an icon

    • @reinebautistamercado4286
      @reinebautistamercado4286 4 роки тому +90

      The true worst nun is Mother Theresa.

    • @sunilrampuria7906
      @sunilrampuria7906 4 роки тому +111

      @@reinebautistamercado4286 I've heard some people say this, I'm curious to know the reasons. What according to you makes her the worst nun?

    • @yiumyoumsan6997
      @yiumyoumsan6997 4 роки тому +17

      @@sunilrampuria7906 Same

    • @yong8664
      @yong8664 4 роки тому +15

      sunil rampuria same

    • @pepinillorick5741
      @pepinillorick5741 4 роки тому +16

      What a shame that you hate her, she seem's pretty cool..

  • @henriquealmeida8511
    @henriquealmeida8511 2 роки тому +5

    These animations are so beautiful and well-done, even the soundtrack / background music is awesome, like a harp melody 3:20

  • @tikaepixwhom666
    @tikaepixwhom666 2 роки тому +2

    Beautiful art, great commentary, powerful story. My three favourite things to come of a youtube video. Good job! ❤

  • @ghostcat8399
    @ghostcat8399 4 роки тому +3305

    2:12 hats off to the man who proposed with a cupcake

    • @cherrybansx7398
      @cherrybansx7398 4 роки тому +149

      imo thats better than any jewel

    • @sadtitties222
      @sadtitties222 3 роки тому +118

      Lol, thank you for noticing this. I would have just taken the cupcake and ran off. 😁

    • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867
      @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867 3 роки тому +23

      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...

    • @cherrybansx7398
      @cherrybansx7398 3 роки тому +75

      @@fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867 so the cake is a lie?

    • @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867
      @fennecabumukallalabdulmasi3867 3 роки тому +8

      @@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?

  • @DreadBirate
    @DreadBirate 4 роки тому +2587

    Well she might have been bad as a nun, but she was a good theologian.

    • @stfnknbb
      @stfnknbb 4 роки тому +11

      What should I read by her?

    • @__Hanasei__Levinus__
      @__Hanasei__Levinus__ 4 роки тому +13

      yes, as sdfaf had previously said, is there any recommendable works of hers of which we can use?

    • @KitKat-di2vd
      @KitKat-di2vd 4 роки тому +8

      @@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.

    • @zerishkamal279
      @zerishkamal279 4 роки тому +8

      Probably wasnt even a bad nun

    • @mozartpereira1239
      @mozartpereira1239 4 роки тому +9

      I don't think she was bad as a nun either, she stood for what Is just and right.

  • @cherijoe
    @cherijoe 2 роки тому +1

    this is extremely beautifully done, thank you.

  • @beanzthelittlefrogfriend7633
    @beanzthelittlefrogfriend7633 2 роки тому +2

    This lady is ICONIC. If only I could meet her, what a great honor it would be.

  • @lylyluvda916
    @lylyluvda916 4 роки тому +2648

    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.

    • @eyeofhorus99
      @eyeofhorus99 4 роки тому +17

      Lily Magana That was a good show. Was going to mention it myself.

    • @mglshows8616
      @mglshows8616 4 роки тому +4

      Just watched an episode. Thanks!

    • @lylyluvda916
      @lylyluvda916 4 роки тому

      Mgl Shows no problem:)

    • @loner1878
      @loner1878 4 роки тому +5

      Except the church shut her down in the end...

    • @lylyluvda916
      @lylyluvda916 4 роки тому +24

      loner1878 one would say she won anyway because we know about her work and what she did.

  • @ananyamanvi5360
    @ananyamanvi5360 3 роки тому +8460

    She signed her vows in her blood. Now that's hardcore.

    • @fmjjjjn7510
      @fmjjjjn7510 3 роки тому +177

      Her own blood at that, I’ve never quite understood how people can even cut themselves without any second thoughts.

    • @karldavis7392
      @karldavis7392 3 роки тому +73

      Hardcore would be using somebody else's blood. Without permission.

    • @faleilham8334
      @faleilham8334 3 роки тому +21

      If you signed or write with Blood, that's mean you're already to sold your soul

    • @karldavis7392
      @karldavis7392 3 роки тому +78

      @@faleilham8334 not necessarily, it means whatever you intend it to mean

    • @-Me_
      @-Me_ 3 роки тому +19

      @@faleilham8334 ironic for a church vow haha

  • @kubotwostringz7040
    @kubotwostringz7040 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for this video. I never heard about the lady until now.

  • @alessandro.calzavara
    @alessandro.calzavara 2 роки тому +2

    Love this story, thanks for the video

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +3607

    “The worst nun”
    Valak: *Allow me to introduce myself*

    • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
      @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +58

      Is that a mf Conjuring reference?

    • @Aura96968
      @Aura96968 4 роки тому +33

      "Worst"
      more like Genius

    • @jackiedim7028
      @jackiedim7028 4 роки тому +39

      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

    • @orekihoutarou9553
      @orekihoutarou9553 4 роки тому +4

      Bruh moment

    • @Crispy_pata
      @Crispy_pata 4 роки тому +1

      Lol!

  • @andresmora5192
    @andresmora5192 4 роки тому +1305

    "I don't study to know more, but to ignore less."
    SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ

  • @user-ib5tj1qn3p
    @user-ib5tj1qn3p 2 роки тому +2

    What a wonderful person. I admire her intelligence, courage and passion.

  • @sksksksksksk1891
    @sksksksksksk1891 2 роки тому +17

    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

  • @pizzaandpastaboi549
    @pizzaandpastaboi549 4 роки тому +3446

    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

    • @blackrabbit2282
      @blackrabbit2282 4 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @VioletJabayevapurpl3v
      @VioletJabayevapurpl3v 4 роки тому +4

      me too! :D

    • @yuyusion4577
      @yuyusion4577 4 роки тому +23

      Same. And... Honestly... Iam not disappointed

    • @rewer
      @rewer 4 роки тому +68

      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.

    • @casualvlogger2097
      @casualvlogger2097 4 роки тому +2

      Me too

  • @DesertRose808
    @DesertRose808 4 роки тому +2786

    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

    • @prateekshyaayushi4155
      @prateekshyaayushi4155 4 роки тому +386

      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.

    • @sonu-wu7kq
      @sonu-wu7kq 4 роки тому +18

      True that.....

    • @aceshadowins1310
      @aceshadowins1310 4 роки тому +29

      PrettyMoonLady why you acting it’s all men’s fault.....and how all men are like this.

    • @temsational9941
      @temsational9941 4 роки тому +18

      ok boomer

    • @jasonwilbert
      @jasonwilbert 4 роки тому +8

      It is us, the worst men’s fault

  • @carlkaufman2429
    @carlkaufman2429 2 роки тому +21

    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!

  • @Catseye189
    @Catseye189 2 роки тому +1

    Great video, thank you!

  • @milleliza1490
    @milleliza1490 4 роки тому +6241

    *Juana was more interested in knowledge than marriage*
    I think I just found my spirit guide

    • @TheConqueror009
      @TheConqueror009 4 роки тому +56

      Go into physics or mathematics. You'll get all the knowledge your little heart will ever desire.

    • @VoodooD0g
      @VoodooD0g 4 роки тому +87

      she said, while watching youtube all day long.

    • @rebeccaluis1223
      @rebeccaluis1223 4 роки тому +6

      @@TheConqueror009 bruh i love math

    • @rebeccaluis1223
      @rebeccaluis1223 4 роки тому +8

      @@VoodooD0g lol prob true

    • @darthvader6072
      @darthvader6072 4 роки тому +2

      @@rebeccaluis1223 ok you love math. What are your qualifications bruh?

  • @platonian2421
    @platonian2421 4 роки тому +1303

    Sor Juana De La Cruz: My enemies are many, my equals are nun.

  • @radishdocx
    @radishdocx 2 роки тому +3

    I was so worried this was about a murderous nun. But she is an ICON and needs to be remembered!

  • @SanAndreasy
    @SanAndreasy 2 роки тому

    This is one of my favorite TED-Ed videos! ❣️✨

  • @krim2004
    @krim2004 4 роки тому +622

    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.

    • @eryes2000
      @eryes2000 4 роки тому +1

      Eeey WoW what about mother Teresa?

    • @veenarani5413
      @veenarani5413 4 роки тому +11

      Yeah I expected her to be a murderer or something😂

    • @michellewu6689
      @michellewu6689 4 роки тому +6

      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.

    • @dontaylor7315
      @dontaylor7315 4 роки тому +6

      @@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.

    • @fairymairah
      @fairymairah 4 роки тому +1

      @@veenarani5413 me too !

  • @abrahamsantamaria458
    @abrahamsantamaria458 4 роки тому +7630

    Growing up in the Catholic Church I never knew why she was consider a saint. Knowing this wow she was an amazing women.

    • @oreo2740
      @oreo2740 4 роки тому +8

      aotero u why?

    • @djazheel94
      @djazheel94 3 роки тому +64

      She is not a saint

    • @mistresschaos
      @mistresschaos 3 роки тому +5

      djazheel94 How?

    • @YahYou813
      @YahYou813 3 роки тому +23

      How is she not a saint?

    • @tryhardf844
      @tryhardf844 3 роки тому +12

      @@YahYou813
      She was discovered to be laying with many women.

  • @crysis4real
    @crysis4real 2 роки тому +9

    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 !

    • @bushra5186
      @bushra5186 2 роки тому +1

      perfectly put

    • @horaciocapanelli-soto4710
      @horaciocapanelli-soto4710 Рік тому +1

      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

  • @felixandersson2473
    @felixandersson2473 2 роки тому

    My favourite TED-Ed video i watch this every month its so good.

  • @Mr_Jester980
    @Mr_Jester980 3 роки тому +6341

    Women in ancient time: _breathe_
    Everyone: *hush*

    • @Amilakasun1
      @Amilakasun1 3 роки тому +60

      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.

    • @mkg2124
      @mkg2124 3 роки тому +461

      @@Amilakasun1 imagine being allowed to do any of those things and being shocked when people consider that a privilege.

    • @ninaj6051
      @ninaj6051 3 роки тому +348

      @@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.

    • @seasaltrocksalt
      @seasaltrocksalt 3 роки тому +344

      @@Amilakasun1 what are you? A teenager who failed history?

    • @Amilakasun1
      @Amilakasun1 3 роки тому +23

      @@seasaltrocksalt What are you? A cat lady who failed to get a man to like you?

  • @Yduenes1213
    @Yduenes1213 4 роки тому +5083

    She wrote "I, the worst of all."
    Title of the video: History's "worst" nun ...
    I understand now 😎

  • @jessicajovel7162
    @jessicajovel7162 Місяць тому +1

    The titled fooled me, I thought it would be a horror story about some serial killer nun, lol, instead, this inspired me to work on my thesis, thanks!!!!!!!!!

  • @sillysmiley4712
    @sillysmiley4712 2 роки тому +7

    She isn’t JUST the worst nun, she’s the most badass queen 😌 she knew everything

  • @Jenny-vm1lo
    @Jenny-vm1lo 4 роки тому +13578

    She’s now added to the list of people I most admire.

  • @vyloznik
    @vyloznik 4 роки тому +3778

    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 :(

    • @TheresaAYugar
      @TheresaAYugar 3 роки тому +239

      That is right. I couldn't say everything in a four minute Ted Ed.

    • @partydean17
      @partydean17 3 роки тому +76

      That is so messed up.

    • @saharattai6120
      @saharattai6120 3 роки тому +46

      @@TheresaAYugar thanks for this amazing report

    • @Chirp-chirp
      @Chirp-chirp 3 роки тому +8

      @@TheresaAYugar oh my god hi

    • @Horologica
      @Horologica 3 роки тому +2

      Insecure pigs

  • @69shakti69
    @69shakti69 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the education.

  • @miguelespenaes
    @miguelespenaes 2 роки тому +8

    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.

  • @jclnnnnn_2
    @jclnnnnn_2 3 роки тому +5403

    "God would not have given women intellect if he didn't want them to use it."
    "I, the worst of all" when she's literally the best one
    she is a queen, who's just ahead of her time, I stan!

    • @mooo_447
      @mooo_447 3 роки тому +15

      What does Stan mean

    • @jclnnnnn_2
      @jclnnnnn_2 3 роки тому +107

      @@mooo_447 it's like you're an enthusiastic fan of someone/you support and love them :]

    • @cookit6647
      @cookit6647 3 роки тому +3

      Yea agreed

    • @sometimessomee3535
      @sometimessomee3535 3 роки тому

      @@jclnnnnn_2 your username

    • @jclnnnnn_2
      @jclnnnnn_2 3 роки тому +2

      @@sometimessomee3535 why ㅋㅋㅋ

  • @dontletcoronabite4245
    @dontletcoronabite4245 3 роки тому +12607

    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

    • @Ratigan2
      @Ratigan2 3 роки тому +127

      underrated.

    • @dontletcoronabite4245
      @dontletcoronabite4245 3 роки тому +30

      @@Ratigan2 transformice players always know the best ✌️

    • @dinglesworld
      @dinglesworld 3 роки тому +286

      @@dontletcoronabite4245 Its unbelievable how our ancestors (and unfortunately some today) discriminated based on gender like this on such idiotic basis.

    • @nuzayerov
      @nuzayerov 2 роки тому +20

      Trade isn't necessarily a bad thing, but okay.

    • @LALALA-tw8vt
      @LALALA-tw8vt 2 роки тому +43

      Society (read men) limits it to control

  • @josealejandrovelasquezcast3471
    @josealejandrovelasquezcast3471 2 роки тому

    Wow Ted siempre me da algo nuevo y expande mis conocimientos jaja, no sabia nada de Juana digo Sor Juana pero que historia mas interesante. Leere su poema

  • @cach_dies
    @cach_dies 2 роки тому +1

    What an incredible and inspiring story.

  • @StutiRajguru
    @StutiRajguru 4 роки тому +1673

    As they say, well-behaved women seldom made history.

    • @Mimi-mq2wj
      @Mimi-mq2wj 4 роки тому +2

      @Hernando Malinche care to share what they're all about

    • @Mimi-mq2wj
      @Mimi-mq2wj 4 роки тому +1

      @Hernando Malinche were they well behaved women?

    • @shriyanv4407
      @shriyanv4407 4 роки тому +11

      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"

    • @zuhayrah
      @zuhayrah 4 роки тому +7

      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.

    • @StutiRajguru
      @StutiRajguru 4 роки тому +74

      @@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."

  • @adeleaslan8182
    @adeleaslan8182 3 роки тому +2977

    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

    • @vanessas1494
      @vanessas1494 2 роки тому +9

      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

    • @miaa7968
      @miaa7968 2 роки тому +184

      @@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

    • @marap4107
      @marap4107 2 роки тому +119

      @@vanessas1494 She entered the Church to remain unmarried and maintain her independence.

    • @genericscout5408
      @genericscout5408 2 роки тому +6

      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.

    • @justabitch4671
      @justabitch4671 Рік тому +58

      @@genericscout5408 plss you think management is just sitting around and telling people to clean??😭

  • @WudwasMcGee
    @WudwasMcGee 2 роки тому

    Off to find a bio to read now, what an admirable and fascinating person.

  • @mlkanita421
    @mlkanita421 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @cheergirl287
    @cheergirl287 4 роки тому +11214

    *becomes a nun to avoid getting married*
    Now that's a next level asexual move

  • @capture_diaries
    @capture_diaries 4 роки тому +5177

    She was born in the wrong era. Such a waste of a beautiful soul.

    • @makhylahcampbell8382
      @makhylahcampbell8382 4 роки тому +16

      So true

    • @Andymandyrocks
      @Andymandyrocks 4 роки тому +552

      She wasn't born in the wrong era.. This era is a gift because of her if she wasn't born in that era.. This era and that era would have been same...soooooo she was born where she was NEEDED

    • @livinlikelarry8788
      @livinlikelarry8788 4 роки тому +73

      Anand Kumar I agree someone has to be the change

    • @lupeavalos9791
      @lupeavalos9791 4 роки тому +6

      Jazmin Abogado agreed

    • @jenjung577
      @jenjung577 4 роки тому +1

      So true

  • @Adi-xe4ut
    @Adi-xe4ut 2 роки тому +47

    as a man and a muslim I totally respect her thoughts.

    • @vanessas1494
      @vanessas1494 2 роки тому +1

      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

    • @mitsume_slay
      @mitsume_slay Рік тому

      ​@@vanessas1494 what

  • @Slicer1475
    @Slicer1475 2 роки тому

    I thoroughly enjoyed this.

  • @richardscudder466
    @richardscudder466 3 роки тому +14668

    I was so worried this was about a murderous nun. But she is an ICON and needs to be remembered!
    Edit: WOW! Thanks for 10k likes 💖

    • @tenshiangelina
      @tenshiangelina 3 роки тому +319

      I recognized her immediatly, even before opening the video, she's a national treasure in Mexico, even if my country is pretty much against recognizing women in our History at all (unless they were kind of in the background, supporting a heroic man)

    • @itsasecret2132
      @itsasecret2132 2 роки тому +32

      AGREED!

    • @reinholddreiling9039
      @reinholddreiling9039 2 роки тому +9

      DISADREED!!!

    • @itsasecret2132
      @itsasecret2132 2 роки тому +43

      @@reinholddreiling9039 Y?!

    • @alienmemesakeiakeksk5972
      @alienmemesakeiakeksk5972 2 роки тому +10

      It not even that interesting and she not even that impressive compare to other history characters

  • @it_was_my_cat
    @it_was_my_cat 4 роки тому +6172

    Imagine all the inventions and technologies we have missed out on because for most of history only men were allowed to discover them. We could be hundreds of years more advanced by now.

    • @gabiamato2141
      @gabiamato2141 4 роки тому +718

      Lord Takyon i saw u on another comment similar to this one and do u not the like the idea that if half the population contributed to the development in our society we would be more advanced than we are now?

    • @dragondog9597
      @dragondog9597 4 роки тому +440

      @Lord Takyon im geussing your over 70, ya boomer

    • @ufosrus
      @ufosrus 4 роки тому +36

      Cosmik G. If you do some research you will find the women that did.

    • @user-uf8hx5hx1t
      @user-uf8hx5hx1t 4 роки тому +497

      @@ufosrus Fortunately some women were able to invent or discover things either by luck or chances. Unfortunately many other women weren't able to reach their full potential by the illogical prejudices the society had against them. This can be applied to people of other races, of poor backgrounds, genius misunderstood children, etc.

    • @adeleaslan8182
      @adeleaslan8182 4 роки тому +58

      Lord Takyon what do you mean? Of course we would if it were t for uncultured people like you

  • @annamcmorris3794
    @annamcmorris3794 2 роки тому

    I love the artwork of these videos!

  • @radishdocx
    @radishdocx 2 роки тому +27

    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.

    • @deokspatch8458
      @deokspatch8458 2 роки тому +1

      Is it because she loves Jesus that she never leaves the Church?

    • @mochi8632
      @mochi8632 2 роки тому

      The part of the church doesn't need appreciation.
      We don't need the church to learn now

    • @deokspatch8458
      @deokspatch8458 2 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @deokspatch8458
      @deokspatch8458 2 роки тому

      @@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.

    • @mochi8632
      @mochi8632 2 роки тому

      @@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.

  • @dupinderdhindsa4331
    @dupinderdhindsa4331 4 роки тому +2774

    "history is also a product of her work" that gave me goosebumps

    • @nawalelahi9029
      @nawalelahi9029 3 роки тому +9

      I didn't get this line!! Can u explain...

    • @muff309
      @muff309 3 роки тому +61

      @@nawalelahi9029 it means she made history by the things she did. (her knowledge, wit, creations, fierce personality)

    • @MISSTY1234
      @MISSTY1234 3 роки тому +1

      Same here

    • @MISSTY1234
      @MISSTY1234 3 роки тому +10

      She didnt only walk through the history but also made it. Her works changed the history

    • @durkeldwakanda1778
      @durkeldwakanda1778 2 роки тому

      Lmao

  • @spinningninja2
    @spinningninja2 4 роки тому +693

    “God would not have given women intellect if he did not intend for them to use it”
    DAAAAAAAAMN!

    • @raoreok3032
      @raoreok3032 4 роки тому +19

      "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*

    • @kaytlinjustis5643
      @kaytlinjustis5643 4 роки тому +13

      Well, THAT'S an insult if I ever heard one! The irony is that He DID, and WE WILL use it!

    • @Seageass01
      @Seageass01 4 роки тому +1

      @@kaytlinjustis5643 : The real irony is that god is still supposed to be a he

    • @JC-yo5tx
      @JC-yo5tx 4 роки тому +1

      Kei Mah The Men : But we are The God

    • @mr.magikarp3061
      @mr.magikarp3061 4 роки тому +1

      apply a cold water to the burning area XDD

  • @SheBrewRoyal
    @SheBrewRoyal 2 роки тому

    Needed this!

  • @utterqueernightmare
    @utterqueernightmare Рік тому

    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 💜