David Olshanetsky

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
Olshanetsky in 2015
Born1997 (age 25–26)
Other namesTheShitneySpears on Tumblr
Occupations
  • Blogger
  • entrepreneur
Years active2013–present

Personal life

Olshanetsky 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

David 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
  1. "21 Just Funny As F*** Tumblr Posts - MTV UK". www.mtv.co.uk.
  2. Greenberg, Matthias (12 June 2018). "Me, My Selfie and I: David Olshanetsky of 'The Shitney Spears'". V Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "PS I'm Bisexual". TheShitneySpears. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Koushnik, K (2017). All That You Need to Know About Tumblr Blogs. America: Amazon. p. 92.
  7. "Episode 81 - Ear Hair Trimmers". RuPaul: What's The Tee?.
  8. "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.
  9. Garvan, Jimmy Blake and Sinead (28 August 2017). "The 19-year-old helping to stamp out homophobia at music festivals". bbc.co.uk.
  10. "music on tumblr". music on tumblr. August 2017.
  11. "Calum McSwiggan - David Olshanetsky". FUBAR Radio. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  12. "18 of the best LGBTQ+ podcasts everyone should listen to". Cosmopolitan. 3 July 2018.
  13. "David Olshanetsky on bringing a new voice to LGBTQ broadcasting". Gay Times. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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