David Olshanetsky (born 1997) is a British-Israeli Tumblr blogger and entrepreneur. He is also known and posts under TheShitneySpears, the name of his Tumblr blog,[1] which is described as the "most popular LGBT blog in the world".[2][3][4]
David Olshanetsky | |
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 Olshanetsky in 2015 | |
| Born | 1997 (age 26–27) |
| Other names | TheShitneySpears on Tumblr |
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| Years active | 2013–present |
Personal life
editOlshanetsky was born in Israel in 1997. His family travelled to Russia and the United States, before finally settling in Surrey, United Kingdom.[4] He began blogging on Tumblr at the age of 14.[2]
He is studying English & Media BA[2] at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Olshanetsky came out as bisexual to his followers on 20 September 2016.[5]
Career
editDavid Olshanetsky's popularity[6] increased after followers became interested in his diary style entries about his relationships in 2013.[7] On 16 September 2015, he released a collaborative post with Charli XCX sponsored by Red Bull.[8] In 2016 he was shown by Tumblr as the most popular male account in Europe, and fifth most popular account globally.[2]
In the summer of 2017, Olshanetsky worked with Festival Republic and Live Nation to lower homophobia and hate crime rates at the most popular British music festivals.[9] He reported on behalf of Tumblr at V Festival the same year.[10] In 2018 he co-presented an episode of The Calum McSwiggan Show on Fubar Radio,[11]
In 2018 he launched the Spotify podcast David's out for a good time covering LGBTQ and pop culture topics.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "21 Just Funny As F*** Tumblr Posts - MTV UK". www.mtv.co.uk.
- ^ a b c d Greenberg, Matthias (12 June 2018). "Me, My Selfie and I: David Olshanetsky of 'The Shitney Spears'". V Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
- ^ Crowley, Patrick (29 October 2017). "Allie X and David Olshanetsky Talk Pop Concerts As Safe Spaces, Dean Eastmond & Coming Out". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ a b Fishwick, Samuel (26 October 2018). "The Voice of Gen-Z; PODCASTS David Olshanetsky's New Show Covers Everything from Dua Lipa to Gay Conversion Therapy". Evening Standard.[dead link]
- ^ "PS I'm Bisexual". TheShitneySpears. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Koushnik, K (2017). All That You Need to Know About Tumblr Blogs. America: Amazon. p. 92.
- ^ "Episode 81 - Ear Hair Trimmers". RuPaul: What's The Tee?.
- ^ "hey hey hey heyyyy put cha lighters up". Shittney Spears Tmblr. 16 September 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Garvan, Jimmy Blake and Sinead (28 August 2017). "The 19-year-old helping to stamp out homophobia at music festivals". bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "music on tumblr". music on tumblr. August 2017.
- ^ "Calum McSwiggan - David Olshanetsky". FUBAR Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ "18 of the best LGBTQ+ podcasts everyone should listen to". Cosmopolitan. 3 July 2018.
- ^ "David Olshanetsky on bringing a new voice to LGBTQ broadcasting". Gay Times. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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