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Nuria Casas (Barcelona, 32 years old) is an actress and creator of content in networks. She talks about motherhood from laughter, a 'niche market' that triumphs on Instagram and TikTok with a multitude of profiles that take away iron and dramas from this parenting. We must recognize that between sleepless nights, tantrums, homework, WhatsApp groups at school and adolescence, to name a few 'temazos', being a mother (or father) is an inexhaustible source of tribulations that give to dislike and also, why not, to make jokes.
Nuria is an example of that 'boom' of 'influencer' mothers, although she does not feel very represented under that term, since she associates it with "cute girls who show their dresses and their trips". Nomenclatures aside, we do not know whether or not it will influence his followers, but they are legion: more than 670,000 on Instagram and 1.5 million on TikTok.
She is an actress and was working as an educator in a nursery school when the pandemic turned her life upside down. The confinement arrived, the ERTE arrived and the shortage of children arrived after the reopening of the 'guards'. The next thing that came, of course, was unemployment.
After several jobs, his father suggested he make videos and post them on TikTok. "I downloaded it, because not only did I not have it, but it was also very critical. My father gave me the idea of uploading one on the phases of Covid and it worked very well. Then I did another very exaggerated with the messes of doors and protocols that were in the cabbages for children to enter the classroom and it went viral, "he explains.
He acknowledges that the coronavirus gave him a lot of play and what had been an occurrence without more translated into a work 'done and right'. She was signed by an agency and since 2021 she lives from the networks 100%. He has a podcast ('Pijama Party') with Raquel Martínez and walks through the theaters with the play 'Are you looking for a partner?'. As if that were not enough, she has just given birth to her second child, and take the periphrase is her strictest sense: while attending to Yo Dona, a baby of just over a week sleeps soundly.
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With a newborn baby, the question is obligatory, how do you reconcile? He is my second child and now we are adjusting to the life of four. Luckily, he has come when there is already school and during the day he sleeps all the time. Anyway, although my work is very flexible, this first month I'm going to take it very calmly. At night it is less 'angelito'.How long does it take to make a video? Theirs are longer than usual in networks. Since I come up with the idea, I write the script, record it and edit it, it can take a couple of hours. I prefer to record them fast and improvise a lot. They usually last about three minutes because I come up with things on the fly and I want to put them all in. One minute falls short for me. Do you think that humor made by women is undervalued and more if it is about motherhood? Maybe. To me it seems the best in the world because it is very real. If you don't laugh at motherhood, you don't come out alive. How do you get along with the haters? No one gets rid of the 'hate', especially if you do humor. Now we are all very sensitive to any issue. That's why, although I make white content and mess with all of them – none of them escape – and I also receive negative comments. I prefer to stay with the good ones, the ones that encourage me to continue every day, although it is true that I have been scratched with some all day. Then it happens to me because we can not like everyone.What do you think of the exposure in networks of children? Does your partner follow any rules? Before I did this, I would upload some pictures of my son. Now I do it too, but I don't say where I live or what school I go to. My partner has more misgivings because my profiles are growing a lot, I understand it and that's why I get it out less. Yes, it is more frequent that I take it out in 'stories', because it is my day to day. I have exploded my second pregnancy and felt I should post a picture of the baby. I've done it and people have shared it so much that I've reflected. My head has clicked and now I prefer them to have less exposure. How many hours do you work each day? There are days when I'm inspired and I shoot three or four videos and others, when I've been in front of a paper and no ideas come to me. In addition to those of mothers, I also act as teachers, but it is difficult for me to get out of that content. The people who follow me do it because of those videos, because they feel identified and because of the truths that I tell with irony, so it seems risky to try other topics. It has many followers, but what is your level of fame at street level? I'm impressed that people stop me on the street. I feel like an actress and to feel that people love you and feel close is very nice. I am very excited, although it is true that I am also a little embarrassed. I have fulfilled a dream. There are many women in networks making humor about motherhood, do we need it much? It is very necessary. Motherhood is precious, but you have moments of wanting to throw yourself out the window. There are situations that overcome you and it is important to take them with humor and tranquility. Her most famous videos are those of 'type of mothers'. Which one are you? I have messed with all of them, but much more with the overprotective ones. The bad thing is that I think I'm one of those. I've always laughed at them, especially when I worked in nursery school, because they seemed crazy to me who wanted to put the children in a bubble. And now I've realized that I'm afraid of mine. At school I am sometimes tempted to behave like this, but I cut myself. Has A very funny video in which she is imprisoned for not breastfeeding her baby. Have they 'stopped' her in real life as well? (Laughing) Yes, I have been detained. When you are a mother everyone judges you and if you give a bottle, more. That's why, as I have always been very clear and did not want to receive criticism, I wanted to talk about it. I tried my first child, it didn't go well and, besides, I didn't like the feeling. With the bibe, in addition, I feel less enslaved. I don't care what people think and it has never made me feel worse mother. Also, my partner has always supported me in this. Are there other 'supermother' practices that you have skipped? I've skipped everything. The first, who slept through the night, I took him out of our room at five months and took him to his room. She has never slept in my bed, because it seems to me an obstacle to the life of a couple and we need to take care of her. Now my son comes when he is afraid, at 4 years old it is typical, but that is different. My humor is very specific and if you do not have children or you are not a teacher, it is difficult for you to be interested in that content. My age range is mothers between 25 and 45 years old and 96% are women. There are men who follow me for their partners, and also girls, who will be the daughters of my followers.
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