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The painter Paula Blanco is the 'influencer' La Almejeiter on Instagram.

Asturian painter Paula Blanco publishes 'What a shame to have been born', a book in which she puts her thoughtful Instagram illustrations on paper, where she accumulates more than 37,000 followers.

Paula Blanco

(Oviedo, 1996) is La Almejeiter.

As if it were a secret identity, the Asturian painter and illustrator is transformed on Instagram into a

millennial

philosopher

who

does not make concessions when analyzing her reality and her environment

.

And in a way, it

hacks

the social network from within with its cynical and thoughtful vignettes, followed by more than 37,000 users.

He has created a

paper Instagram

in a virtual environment that now adopts the physical format in

What a shame to have been born

(Plan B).

"I'm super-analog, that's why doing an

Instagram on paper

was what motivated me the most. The day it occurred to me I shouted 'God, yes!' She was born into this shit that I hate, the networks, but they are the that they have given me the opportunity. I have a great time doing it and the publisher has given me brutal freedom. They didn't hit me at all unless I put the fonts the same size, "he says without interrupting himself.

His cartoons do not avoid any subject.

They show reality in a crude way, openly, portraying a generation that she defines as "self-pitying."

"

My generation

probably

complains more

than others. I think it has a lot to do with social media, which makes everything heavier. We are very aware of our problems and anxieties. People try to improve and analyze their behaviors, but

we extrapolate it. everything to the networks, to share it constantly

. And it ends up degenerating into a lot of compassion. That I also do it, in a laugh, but ... ".

One of the illustrations of 'What a shame to have been born' (Plan B).

Trained in Fine Arts, Blanco consciously adopts a simple aesthetic ("shabby", she defines it) in which the characters do not identify with a certain gender or age.

This causes many copies and virtual thefts (his reflection on orgasm takes the cake in this field) but allows him to narrate his own and other people's experiences without suffering recriminations.

"I'm also a painter and I have a group of friends from the trade who forget that I do cartoons. So when I got the book it was like 'ostias, we forgot that you were famous.' And I rarely tell my other friends which cartoon is inspired by what I have talked about with them. If it was a reflection of theirs, I

do

mention them:

I have a problem of sincerity, I have to tell everything

. But usually they don't usually know it, because I give the songs a lot of thought until they are generic. In the end I am a person who is behind an account. And although most people do not know me, there is another who does.

I never do a vignette as an indirect

because I fear that someone I love, or even someone who does not feel bad. That is why I also tend to be quite self-critical, "she confesses.

One of his recurring themes is to point out the existence of digital tools for which "we are not prepared."

"Progress is seven years ahead of the education they are giving us.

Social media is a tool we are not prepared for

. It is like giving a child a wrench. It is dangerous."

And he gives an example: "Before you could remove a person from your life. But now it seems that with social networks it is wrong to block them or stop following them. Actually, you leave them with your partner and in a normal life, in the In real life, you wouldn't have to see her again. You take her out of your life. But now you can't seem to get anyone out. That makes people a lot of anxiety. You have everyone on your phone, you are so exposed. You can write at any time, "he laments.

La Almejeiter holds a copy of his book in a dedication to Metropolis.

His solution is clear: more education.

But by not giving himself, he considers that it must be oneself who restrains his impulses.

"It is very complicated even if it depends on you. Power you can, but then

there are things that are highly stigmatized, like blocking someone

. It seems that it is out of pure hatred, but it is not thought that it is simply because you do not want to receive certain information that reaches you. Suddenly one day "bang!", a slap with something that you did not expect, because you are exposed to it arriving at any moment ".

"The networks", he reflects, "are oriented so that we do not have time for anything. We constantly need stimuli."

Considers that the ability of the mobile phone to initiate or re-bond with a person "at any time" is a poisoned gift.

"It is super accessible. Before I had to meet an ex-partner ... Well, you could crash one day if you had been good. And if something could resurface, well it resurfaced ... but with your mobile you have at your fingertips put a

fueguito

in

storie

someone to take up any story. I think that rather than facilitating the social relations are complicated.

Now the target is the algorithm

"sentence.

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