La Interzona

The last decade, Tumblr saw the birth of something called Aesthetics from interaction, jokes and poses, the self-portrait with those clothes to show off on the social network is a challenge to bring them together and expression, but it is similar to cosplay and not for life, just kidding, or at most longing for what cannot be, will not be and should not be. Sometimes it is critical even of one's own infantilization (and sexualization), sometimes it is laughing in the manner of how much of a girl and/or pink can I dress up with what I have at home without buying anything or barely anything?

La década pasada, Tumblr vio nacer de interacción, broma y pose algo llamado Aesthetics, el auto retrato con esas prendas para lucir en red social es reto de reunirlas y expresión, pero es parecido al cosplay y no para la vida, es broma, o como mucho anhelo de lo que no puede ser, no será y no debe serlo. A veces es crítica incluso a la propia infantilización (y sexualización) a veces es reírse en modo ¿Cuánto de niña y/o rosa puedo disfrazarme con lo que tengo por casa sin comprar nada o apenas nada?

Added to this are intentions to shock and/or the symbolic, superfashionable young people in the mud or in a puddle to express their spirit, another common layer is the contrast: strong phrases (sexual and/or self-harming) decorated with pink and hearts, I read in 2012 how they alarmedly accused this as a manifestation of pornifying popular culture, but the academics did not see the humor, art in it or how there were also memes like this about destructive thoughts or the loneliness of a ruined generation in expectations due to the 2008 crisis.

A esto se unen intenciones de epatar y/o lo simbólico, jóvenes superfashion en el barro o en un charco para exponer ánimo, otra capa habitual es el contraste: frases fuertes (sexuales y/o autolesivas) con decorado de rosa y corazones, leí en 2012 como acusaban alarmados esto como una manifestación de pornificarse la cultura popular, pero los académicos no veían el humor, arte en ello o como también había memes así sobre pensamientos destructivos o la soledad de una generación arruinada en expectativas por la crisis de 2008.

Does this celebrate death? No, it is shocking to expose the cemetery as a place for choreography, because the humor is sometimes implicit and not explicit. Here it is not about what its elements say separately, but how they come together to compose something. The morbid or creepy girl are two aesthetics of this type and both play with dissonance and what we would consider horrifying when posed as a young girl is part of their game, just as the professional Gothic once posed with spiders and skeletons. This is art and expression that has been macerating a community, online subcultures that only make sense online, temporary and virtual urban tribes, and I can tell you little else because I myself analyze what I was immersed in during those years, checking the echoes that remain of everything before Instagram took over and everyone wanted to be an influencer and monetize something.