David Olshanetsky (; born 1997) is a British-Israeli
Tumblr
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blogger and entrepreneur. He is also known and posts under TheShitneySpears, the name of his Tumblr blog.
Personal life
Olshanetsky was born in Israel in 1997. His family travelled to Russia and the United States, before finally settling in
Surrey
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, United Kingdom.
He began blogging on Tumblr at the age of 14.
He is studying English & Media BA
at
Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London, formerly Goldsmiths College, University of London, is a constituent research university of the University of London. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by ...
.
Olshanetsky came out as bisexual to his followers on 20 September 2016.
Career
David Olshanetsky's popularity
[ ] increased after followers became interested in his diary style entries about his relationships in 2013.
On 16 September 2015, he released a collaborative post with
Charli XCX
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sponsored by
Red Bull
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. In 2016 he was shown by
Tumblr
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as the most popular male account in Europe, and fifth most popular account globally.
In the summer of 2017, Olshanetsky worked with Festival Republic and
Live Nation
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to lower homophobia and hate crime rates at the most popular British music festivals.
He reported on behalf of Tumblr at
V Festival
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the same year.
In 2018 he co-presented an episode of The
Calum McSwiggan
Calum McSwiggan (born 21 May 1990) is an author, content creator and radio presenter. McSwiggan writes and creates digital content on LGBT+ issues. He began creating online content in 2013 and published his first book in 2020.
Personal life
Mc ...
Show on Fubar Radio,
In 2018 he launched the Spotify podcast ''David's out for a good time'' covering LGBTQ and pop culture topics''.''
References
External links
Olshanetsky on TumblrOlshanetsky on Twitter
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1997 births
Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
British bisexual men
Living people
Writers from Tel Aviv
Israeli bisexual men