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Lieutenant Nun: Freedom Through Violence?
This next paper was a response to Catalina De Erauso’s The Lieutenant Nun. The main character runs away from the convent, dresses in drag, and has a fantastic life as a man. This was my response. Lieutenant Nun: Freedom Through Violence? In my opinion, Catalina De Erauso’s adventurous tale of the transvestite nun is fascinating. Her story exposes how a woman views man’s social standing through freedom and access. Even an unknown man has the freedom to gamble, make money, and receive an education if he chooses. However, it soon becomes clear that this freedom is attained through violence. Soon after Erauso flees the convent she is offered a job…
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Sor Juana and Women’s Studies In The New World
By Joy Lynn Clark 11/20/2017 When reading about Sor (Sister) Juana Del La Cruz’s life it is clear that she was interested in scholarly work at an early age. In addition, much of Sor Juana’s writing includes references to women in literature and history. In my opinion, Sor Juana De La Cruz is one of the earliest scholars of Women’s studies in the New World. In, “La Respuesta”, Sor Juana mentions that she wants education through, ” . . . Letters and private study.” I believe that Sor Juana’s primary interest was to work as an academic which, she could only achieve as a nun. In the era of New Spain, the only alternative to…
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A Response to Virginia Woolf’s, “A Room of One’s Own”
By Joy Lynn Clark (This response to the reading was part of an assignment in Latin American women writers class taught by Professor Christian Roa at The University of Illinois at Chicago) Virginia Woolf is a poet and author. Woolf is a predecessor of Jane Austen and was one of the first women to have tenure at a University. Unfortunately, she was not allowed to enter the library or sit on the grass. “A Room of One’s Own”, was about what she has to live with as the only educated woman on campus and what she wants to achieve as a writer. Because this paper was meant to be a…
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Sssh
Raped by Dazee Dizzle I wrote two songs about rape. One was titled, “Raped”. Raped Could I hide my face Cover my hair to feel more safe? Not connect, just disconnect To avoid that fate not even date Not have sex Let all these things hold me back To not get raped, not get raped You know what I want I’m promiscuous So I get what I deserve I ask for it Just off of looks it’s what I’ve earned And I’ve had so much experience I can’t have love And anything I might get I have to give it up Don’t want my fate to be rape Let my…
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Sexual Freedom In The New World : A Response To Lavrin and El Saffar
By Joy Lynn Clark 10/30/2017 When I was in college, I took a Latin American Women Writers course. As I have mentioned in past posts, I got heated. In so many ways I could identify with these writers. I am going to give my Latin Studies professor a break (lol) and publish some of these papers. This particular paper was my response to, “Rapture Encaged, The Supression of the Feminine in Western Culture” (Routledge, London and New York) by Ruth Anthony El Saffar. The other reading was, “International Feminisms: Latin American Alternatives” (Blackwell Publishers Ltd.) by Asuncion Lavrin. 10/30/2017 After reading the two histories by Lavrin and El Saffar I immediately notice that sex…
