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]
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 Sellner in 2017 | |||||||
| Born | Brittany Pettibone October 7, 1992 | ||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
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| Spouse | Martin Sellner | ||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||
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| Years active | 2016–present | ||||||
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| Subscribers | 174,000 | ||||||
| Total views | 8 million | ||||||
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Last updated: May 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Website | brittpettibone | ||||||
Political activities
editSellner began her political work 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 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 have described her as an alt-right activist who traffics in white nationalist ideas,[5][6] and she has been a major promoter of the Identitarian movement.[13] The Anti-Defamation League describes her as alt-lite.[7]
Personal life
editTogether 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, Sellner married Austrian Identitarian activist Martin Sellner, and moved to Austria in 2019.[3] The couple had a son in 2021.[3]
Bibliography
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ Steffens, Frauke (January 20, 2024). "Ein Gemisch aus Verschwörungsreden, Rassismus und Aufwiegelei". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German).
- ^ a b c d e f Schäfer, Sarah (February 4, 2024). ""White-Power-Barbie": Wer ist Brittany Sellner?". Heute.at (in German).
- ^ Vela, Sabeth (March 18, 2024). "Brittany Sellner: So vertreibt Martin Sellners Frau Rechtsextremismus auf Social Media". Watson (in German).
- ^ a b c Bonazzo, John (January 30, 2017). "Alt-Right 'PizzaGate Expert' Starts GoFundMe for Her Podcast, Internet Revolts". Observer.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c "From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate". Anti-Defamation League. July 12, 2017.
- ^ Dizikes, Cynthia (April 16, 2017). "Arrests made as protesters clash at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley". SFGate.
- ^ McLaughlin, Eliott C.; Yan, Holly; Hassan, Carma (April 27, 2017). "Berkeley protests: No Ann Coulter, but demonstrators gather". CNN.
- ^ "Why 3 anti-Islam activists were refused entry to the UK". BBC. March 14, 2018.
- ^ Schneider, Kate (March 14, 2018). "Far-right activists refused entry to the UK". news.com.au.
- ^ Barthélemy, Hélène (June 8, 2018). "Far-right provocateurs Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone met with Russian ultranationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin". Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ^ Zúquete, José Pedro (2018). The Identitarians: The Movement against Globalism and Islam in Europe. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780268104245.
- ^ Freixas, Catalina; Abbott, Mark (2018). Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis. Springer. p. 284. ISBN 9783319729565.
- ^ "Hatred Day". Kirkus Reviews. April 11, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016.
Further reading
edit- Maly, Ico (2020). "Metapolitical New Right Influencers: The Case of Brittany Pettibone". Social Sciences. 9 (7): 113. doi:10.3390/socsci9070113.
- Leidig, Eviane (2023). The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231558303.
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