A partir del análisis de sus escritos periodísticos, se recupera a Rosario Castellanos como una pionera intelectual del feminismo mexicano. Se defiende la idea de que en sus artículos periodísticos se plasma con fuerza y lucidez un pensamiento feminista moderno, que gira en torno a los efectos del mandato cultural de la feminidad, aportando a la crítica de la situación de las mujeres mexicanas. Castellanos rechaza el victimismo, reivindica la necesidad de terminar con la autocomplacencia femenina y propone que las mujeres se responsabilicen de sus vidas, madurando y puliendo ideas que hoy en día tienen vigencia y radicalidad notables.
Based on an analysis of the journalistic reporting of Rosario Castellanos, this article highlights her importance as a pioneering intellectual of Mexican feminism. It defends the idea that her forceful, clear, and lucid reports demonstrate modern feminist thinking, turning on concepts of the effects of cultural mandates on female behavior, and supporting a critical look at the condition of women in Mexican society. In effect, Castellanos rejects the notion of victimization, instead stressing the need for women to stop being self-complacent; she proposes that women take responsibility for their own lives, thus developing and polishing ideas that are notably relevant and even radical today.