MANY are coming to the defense of an influencer after she was trolled online for doing manual labor while having an “unfeminine” accent.
Hannah Barron has roughly six million followers across all her social media platforms, where she shows her lifestyle consisting of hunting, fishing, and building houses.
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However, a news correspondent apparently took issue with how Barron presented herself and posted one of Barron’s videos where she built a house with her dad.
Sameera Khan said Barron’s thick southern accent should be “illegal” and that women should be banned from doing manual labor.
“There is NOTHING feminine about American women,” read a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Khan received flack from X users who came to Barron’s defense, including one person who wrote: “Uhhhh…sorry but uh this is like a dream woman.”
“How extremely disingenuous to share a video of someone in such negative context while she is just living her life,” wrote another person.
“It’s a pretty accent and she is very pretty as well.”
In an Instagram post, Barron, who recently created a new X account after her first one was suspended spoke out against the backlash.
“I would tell y’all this girl’s name but I can’t remember it because I don’t have a clue who she is, so that should tell you how relevant this person is,” she said in the nearly two-minute clip.
Barron explained that he had been bullied in high school for being “the weird kid” who liked to hunt and fish.
“Because back then it wasn’t cool for women to hunt or fish or the whole country lifestyle,” she said.
“And I’m so proud of all the women in the outdoors now who are making that more cool or popular. So proud of us, I think we’re doing great.”
Barron said she’s been helping her dad build houses since was 15 and taught others how to weld in high school and is no longer worried about being seen as less feminine anymore.
“I just think that you should embrace your own individuality. You should be yourself and don’t worry about what anybody else said because these folks talking about me and thinking they’re going to offend me, that ship sailed a long time ago.”
“Be your own person and you’ll be happier in the long run because of that.”
Following Hannah’s response, she has received praise from all over the internet.
“Beautiful, gracious young lady,” wrote one person.
Sydnie Wells from Barstool Outdoors wrote: “My good friend, Hannah Barron, is being attacked by people on X for being a ‘Tomboy’ and they are losing their minds seeing her be a badass in a male-dominated industry. People are actually insane.”
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Barron for comment.