Brittany Sellner
American political activist and influencer
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Brittany Sellner (née Pettibone) is an American white nationalist and conspiracy theorist.[1][2][3] She has been active as a YouTuber, and advocates anti-feminism and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.[4][5][6][7]
- Activist
- influencer
- author
Brittany Sellner | |
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Pettibone in 2017 | |
| Born | Brittany Pettibone |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | brittpettibone |
Political activities
Sellner began her political activism in 2016 in support of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[6] She promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory,[2][8][9] and co-hosted the video podcast Virtue of the West with Tara McCarthy.[9][10] The following year, she was one of the speakers at events that led to protests at Berkeley.[11][12] She also traveled to France to support French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen,[6] and to Sicily to join Generation Identity's efforts to stop NGO boats of African migrants.[10]
In 2018, she was refused entry to the United Kingdom and deported along with her boyfriend, Austrian Identitarian activist Martin Sellner,[13][14] after having come to Britain with the intention of interviewing Tommy Robinson.[15] The same year, together with Lauren Southern, she met with and interviewed Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin.[16][17] Sellner is also noted to be a friend of Dutch right-wing influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek,[18] and has appeared in anti-COVID-19 vaccination demonstrations.[5][6]
Sellner describes herself as a "Catholic American nationalist", and advocates a "full stop on mass immigration".[2] The Anti-Defamation League have described her as an alt-right or alt-lite activist[10][15] who traffics in white nationalist ideas,[2] having contributed to websites such as AltRight.com and Red Ice.[19] She has been a major promoter of the Identitarian movement,[20] and has promoted the white genocide[3][8] and George Soros conspiracy theories.[5][21] At the same time, she is noted for presenting a "soft" and feminine tradwife influencer lifestyle on social media like Instagram, appealing to a more mainstream audience.[4][5]
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.[22] The novel was selected as one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2016.[23]
Originally from California, she married Martin Sellner, and moved to Austria in 2019.[6] The couple had originally planned to get married in Idaho in the US,[24] while Brittany was living in Post Falls.[8] However, Martin's visa was cancelled after Austrian police raided his home, even though the couple eventually received backing from the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.[2][8][21] In June 2019, the Austrian investigation of Martin for alleged contacts with Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant widened to include Brittany, for her interview with Australian Blair Cottrell.[25] Brittany and Martin Sellner had a son in 2021.[6]
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.
