Brittany Sellner Explained

Brittany Sellner
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Birth Name:	Brittany Pettibone
Birth Date:	7 October 1992
Nationality:	American
Spouse:	Martin Sellner
Children:	1
Module:	Embed: yes Channels: Brittany Sellner Subscribers: 174,000 Views: 8 million Years Active: 2016–present Silver Button: yes Stats Update: May 31, 2024

Brittany Sellner (; 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 work in 2016 to support Donald Trump's presidential campaign.^[3] She then actively promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory,^{[3] [5]} and co-hosted the video podcast Virtue of the West with Tara McCarthy.^{[5] [6]} The following year, she was one of the speakers at events that led to protests at Berkeley.^{[7] [8]} 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.^[6] In 2018, she was refused entry to the United Kingdom and deported along with Martin Sellner.^{[9] [10]} The same year, together with Lauren Southern she met with Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin.^[11]

Sellner describes herself as a "Catholic American nationalist", and advocates a "full stop on mass immigration".^[12] Critics have described her as an alt-right activist who traffics in white nationalist ideas,^{[5] [12]} and she has been a major promoter of the Identitarian movement.^[13] The Anti-Defamation League describes her as alt-lite.^[6]

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, Sellner married Austrian Identitarian activist Martin Sellner, and moved to Austria in 2019.^[3] The couple had a son in 2021.^[3]

Bibliography

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

Further reading

• Metapolitical New Right Influencers: The Case of Brittany Pettibone. Ico. Maly. Social Sciences. 9. 7. 2020. 113 . 10.3390/socsci9070113. free .
• Book: Leidig, Eviane. The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization. 2023. Columbia University Press. 9780231558303.

Notes and References

1. News: Rechte Influencerinnen wie Brittany Sellner gestalten die Identitäre Bewegung mit. Bei ihnen verschmelzen Intimität und Ideologie. Birgit. Schmid. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. March 4, 2024. de.
2. News: Ein Gemisch aus Verschwörungsreden, Rassismus und Aufwiegelei. Frauke. Steffens. Frankfurter Allgemeine. January 20, 2024. de.
3. News: "White-Power-Barbie": Wer ist Brittany Sellner?. Sarah. Schäfer. Heute.at. February 4, 2024. de.
4. News: Brittany Sellner: So vertreibt Martin Sellners Frau Rechtsextremismus auf Social Media. Sabeth. Vela. Watson.ch. March 18, 2024. de.
5. News: Alt-Right 'PizzaGate Expert' Starts GoFundMe for Her Podcast, Internet Revolts. John. Bonazzo. Observer.com. January 30, 2017.
6. News: From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate. July 12, 2017. Anti-Defamation League.
7. News: Arrests made as protesters clash at pro-Trump rally in Berkeley. Dizikes. Cynthia. April 16, 2017. SFGate.
8. News: McLaughlin . Eliott C. . Yan . Holly . Hassan . Carma . Berkeley protests: No Ann Coulter, but demonstrators gather . CNN. April 27, 2017.
9. News: Why 3 anti-Islam activists were refused entry to the UK. BBC. March 14, 2018.
10. News: Far-right activists refused entry to the UK. Kate. Schneider. news.com.au. March 14, 2018.
11. News: Far-right provocateurs Lauren Southern and Brittany Pettibone met with Russian ultranationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin. Hélène. Barthélemy. Southern Poverty Law Center. June 8, 2018.
12. News: An alt-right figure who pushed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory finds allies among Kootenai County Republicans . Josh. Kelety. Inlander. May 9, 2019.
13. Book: Zúquete, José Pedro. The Identitarians: The Movement against Globalism and Islam in Europe. 2018. University of Notre Dame Press. 151. 9780268104245.
14. Book: Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis. Catalina. Freixas. Mark. Abbott. Springer. 2018. 284. 9783319729565.
15. News: Hatred Day. Kirkus Reviews. April 11, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151839/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ts-pettibone/hatred-day/. December 20, 2016. live.