Brittany Sellner

Brittany Sellner
Sellner in 2017
Born
Brittany Pettibone

(1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 32)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Activist
  • influencer
  • author
SpouseMartin Sellner
Children1
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2016–present
Genres
Subscribers174,000
Total views8 million
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: May 31, 2024
Websitebrittpettibone.com

Brittany Sellner (née Pettibone; born October 7, 1992) is an American political activist, author and influencer. She has been active as a YouTuber, and advocates anti-feminist views and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.[1][2][3][4]

Political activities

Sellner began her political activism in 2016 to support Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[3] She then actively promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory,[3][5][6] and co-hosted the video podcast Virtue of the West with Tara McCarthy.[5][7] The following year, she was one of the speakers at events that led to protests at Berkeley.[8][9] She also traveled to France to support French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen,[3] and to Sicily to join Generation Identity's efforts to stop NGO boats of African migrants.[7] In 2018, she was refused entry to the United Kingdom and deported along with Austrian Identitarian activist Martin Sellner.[10][11] The same year, together with Lauren Southern she met with Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin.[12]

Sellner describes herself as a "Catholic American nationalist", and advocates a "full stop on mass immigration".[6] Critics such as the Anti-Defamation League have described her as an alt-right or alt-lite activist[7] who traffics in white nationalist ideas,[6] and she has been a major promoter of the Identitarian movement.[13]

Personal life

Together with her identical twin, Nicole, Sellner authored the science-fiction and fantasy novel Hatred Day under the pseudonym T.S. Pettibone in 2016.[14] The novel was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2016.[15]

Originally from California, she married Martin Sellner, and moved to Austria in 2019.[3] The couple had a son in 2021.[3]

Bibliography

  • The Steel Inferno: There are as many secrets as there are faces. Chrysanthalix Press. 2013. ISBN 978-0615727882.
  • Hatred Day. Chrysanthalix Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0997202915.
  • What Makes Us Girls: And Why It's All Worth It. Reason Books. 2018. ISBN 978-0997202977.
  • Patriots Not Welcome. Chrysanthalix Press. 2021. ISBN 978-0997202991.

References

  1. ^ Schmid, Birgit (March 4, 2024). "Rechte Influencerinnen wie Brittany Sellner gestalten die Identitäre Bewegung mit. Bei ihnen verschmelzen Intimität und Ideologie". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Steffens, Frauke (January 20, 2024). "Ein Gemisch aus Verschwörungsreden, Rassismus und Aufwiegelei". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on October 24, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Schäfer, Sarah (February 4, 2024). ""White-Power-Barbie": Wer ist Brittany Sellner?". Heute.at (in German). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Vela, Sabeth (March 18, 2024). "Brittany Sellner: So vertreibt Martin Sellners Frau Rechtsextremismus auf Social Media". Watson (in German). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Bonazzo, John (January 30, 2017). "Alt-Right 'PizzaGate Expert' Starts GoFundMe for Her Podcast, Internet Revolts". Observer.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Kelety, Josh (May 9, 2019). "An alt-right figure who pushed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory finds allies among Kootenai County Republicans". Inlander. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate". Anti-Defamation League. July 12, 2017. Archived from the original on October 9, 2024.
  8. ^ Dizikes, Cynthia (April 16, 2017). "Arrests made as protesters clash at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley". SFGate. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023.
  9. ^ McLaughlin, Eliott C.; Yan, Holly; Hassan, Carma (April 27, 2017). "Berkeley protests: No Ann Coulter, but demonstrators gather". CNN. Archived from the original on March 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "Why 3 anti-Islam activists were refused entry to the UK". BBC. March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024.
  11. ^ Schneider, Kate (March 14, 2018). "Far-right activists refused entry to the UK". news.com.au. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023.
  12. ^ Barthélemy, Hélène (June 8, 2018). "Far-right provocateurs Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone met with Russian ultranationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin". Southern Poverty Law Center. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024.
  13. ^ Zúquete, José Pedro (2018). The Identitarians: The Movement against Globalism and Islam in Europe. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780268104245.
  14. ^ Freixas, Catalina; Abbott, Mark (2018). Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis. Springer. p. 284. ISBN 9783319729565.
  15. ^ "Hatred Day". Kirkus Reviews. April 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024.

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