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]
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]
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]