Born in
Madrid in 1982, Nerea Pérez de las Heras graduated with a degree in
Art History from the
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in 2005. She subsequently completed the Master in Journalism program at
El País between 2008 and 2009. As a journalist, she has worked in the editorial departments of various media outlets including
El País,
Vogue,
Marie Claire, and
Esquire. Additionally, she has collaborated with magazines such as
El País Semanal,
SModa,
Mujer Hoy,
Condé Nast Traveler, and
Glamour, as well as with the radio program
A vivir que son dos días on
Cadena SER and the television program
Las que faltaban on
Movistar+.
Feminismo para torpes While working for fashion magazines, Pérez de las Heras became aware of the need for
feminism to change women's role in a
patriarchal society. This awareness led to the creation of a
comedy monologue titled
Feminismo para torpes in 2016. The work uses everyday scenes, created from personal experiences, to analyze the messages women receive about how to behave and the difficulties they encounter in a male-dominated world. It also reviews milestones in the
history of feminism and the stereotypes used by those who deny the existence of
machismo. The show, originally conceived as a work straddling between a comedy monologue and an educational conference, premiered in 2016 at Sala Equis and La Juan Gallery in Madrid, and in 2018 began to be programmed at the
Teatro del Barrio, also in Madrid. The performance features two additional actors on stage, Laura Jabois and Luis Miguel Ríos, who help dramatize the situations of machismo in work, leisure, or internet environments discussed in the monologue. Following her success as a comedian with this work, she produced a video series for the newspaper
El País in 2018 and 2019 under the same name, which humorously critiques the sexist roles and behaviors existing in society. Continuing with the success of the monologue and videos, in 2019 she published the book
Feminismo para torpes with Editorial Martínez Roca of Grupo Planeta, which received very positive reviews. In December 2021, she premiered
Cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí (
How We Got Here) at the Teatro del Barrio in Madrid, a work of humor and social analysis written together with publicist and screenwriter Olga Iglesias and directed by Andrea Jiménez.
Podcasts Since 2021, Pérez de las Heras has co-hosted the political current affairs podcast
Saldremos mejores (
We Will Come Out Better) with
Inés Hernand on the Podium Podcast platform. This program emerged during the
COVID-19 pandemic and its title refers to the possibility of improving as a society after what was experienced during the
lockdown and subsequent restrictions. In September 2023, the adaptation of the podcast
Saldremos mejores to a section titled
Íbamos a salir mejores, pero... (
We Were Going to Come Out Better, But...) within the program
Hora 25, directed and presented by Aimar Bretos on Cadena SER, was announced. This announcement came after an accident suffered by Pérez de las Heras during the summer that resulted in the amputation of her right leg below the knee. In April 2022, she began co-hosting the podcast
Lo normal (
The Normal) about
LGBT topics on Cadena SER with journalist Antonio Nuño. In March 2024, she began participating in the podcast
Está el horno para bollos (
The Oven is Ready for Buns) alongside educator Judith Tiral. The program, produced by
Amazon Music, combines humor, history, and cultural analysis from a feminist and millennial perspective, celebrating
lesbian and
bisexual pride. == Works ==