I’m a female welder and ‘blue collar babe’ – my clothes get covered in dirt but some men doubt I really work
HER name is Winter but there is nothing cool about this red-headed welder, who has shut down the doubters in her latest social media post.
Just a smidgen of her 262,000 TikTok followers doubt her work ethic, but that’s enough to rile her up.
Winter, who goes by @winterrenee, has had to face critics who have accused her of not being the genuine article.
These doubters consider her dirty work clothes to be a sure sign of an interloper
It may be a ridiculous notion, but she just has to deal with it.
She is forced to point out that a welder works in dust, soot, and oily grime, and some of that inevitably gets passed onto workwear.
Nonetheless, there are still some with stone-age views who see this as a sign that her blue-collar career is all made up.
She said: “It can be tough, but I just keep my head down and improve myself and they shut up quickly.”
In her latest post, she did her own take on workplace transformation and it is pretty impressive.
“So I did the trend but did the blue-collar edition,” said Winter, who looked fresh-faced, her Titian hair tumbling down, tattoos on display, and wearing a cherry red bikini top.
When she transformed into work-a-day mode, she was a very different woman.
“Let’s just take a sec to appreciate my 12-day dedication here,” she said, as a quickfire succession of different images played across the screen.
Fans loved it, drowning out the detractors.
A fellow blue-collar worker appreciated the satisfaction: “There’s nothing better than coming home with dirt on your face and a paycheck in hand.”
Another fan said “Yes, ma’am, you’re stunning with or without the soot. Love a woman welder.”
“How is she allowed to be this pretty this dirty,” asked one follower.
“We love a blue-collar woman who is gorgeous and independent,” said another.
A final supporter said: “Some men have such a hard time wrapping their heads around the idea that women can also have blue-collar jobs.”