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Brittany Sellner
Pettibone in 2017
Born
Brittany Pettibone

(1992-10-07) October 7, 1992 (age 32)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Activist
  • influencer
  • author
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​
Children1
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2016–present
Genres
Subscribers170000
Views8 million
Silver Play Button100,000 subscribers
Last updated: May 31, 2024
Websitebrittpettibone.com

Brittany Sellner (née Pettibone; born October 7, 1992) is an American white nationalist and conspiracy theorist.[1][2] She is active as a YouTuber, advocating anti-feminism and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory.[3][4][5][6]

In June 2019, there was an investigation by the Austrian government of her husband, identitarian activist Martin Sellner, for alleged contacts with Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant, and which widened to include her.[7]

Political activities

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Sellner holds white nationalist and conspiracy theory promoting views.[1]

She began her political activism in 2016 in support of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[5] She then actively promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory,[8][9][10] and co-hosted the video podcast Virtue of the West with Tara McCarthy.[9][11] The following year, she was one of the speakers at events that led to protests at Berkeley.[12][13] She also traveled to France to support French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen,[5] and to Sicily to join Generation Identity's efforts to stop NGO boats of African migrants.[11] In 2018, she was refused entry to the United Kingdom and deported along with her boyfriend, Austrian Identitarian activist Martin Sellner,[14][15] after having come to Britain with the intention of interviewing Tommy Robinson.[16] The same year, together with Lauren Southern, she met with and interviewed Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin.[17][18] Sellner has also been noted to be a friend of Dutch right-wing influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek,[19] and appeared in anti-COVID-19 vaccination demonstrations.[4][5]

Sellner describes herself as a "Catholic American nationalist", and advocates a "full stop on mass immigration".[10] Critics such as the Anti-Defamation League have described her as an alt-right or alt-lite activist[11][16] who traffics in white nationalist ideas,[10] while she has been a major promoter of the Identitarian movement.[20] She has also promoted the white genocide[8][2] and George Soros conspiracy theories.[4][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.[3][4]

Personal life

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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.[5] The couple had originally planned to get married in Idaho in the US,[24] while Brittany was still living in Post Falls.[8] Howevert, Sellner's visa was cancelled,[21] even though the couple had received backing from the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.[8] In June 2019, the investigation of Martin for alleged contacts with Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant widened to include Brittany, for her interview with Australian Blair Cottrell.[7] Brittany and Martin Sellner had a son in 2021.[5]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b Mohamed (2021-02-08). "IntelBrief: How was the Capitol Insurrection Viewed by Far-Right Extremists Globally?". The Soufan Center. Retrieved 2025-07-04. There are still important differences between aspects of the far-right in the United States and elements in Europe, although there appear to be growing synergies. Martin Sellner, the leading figure in Europe's Generation Identity movement and married to a prominent American white nationalist (Brittany Pettibone), spoke openly about the events of January 6 at the Capitol.
  2. ^ a b Cox, Simon; Meisel, Anna (September 20, 2018). "Martin Sellner: The new face of the far right in Europe". BBC News. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b c d Steffens, Frauke (January 20, 2024). "Ein Gemisch aus Verschwörungsreden, Rassismus und Aufwiegelei". Frankfurter Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on October 24, 2024.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b Wilson, Jason (June 26, 2019). "Austrian far-right leader searched on suspicion of forming terrorist group with Christchurch shooter". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 12, 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d Sokol, Chad (May 1, 2019). "Kootenai County GOP embraces promoters of far-right 'Pizzagate' and 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theories". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on February 7, 2025.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Why 3 anti-Islam activists were refused entry to the UK". BBC. March 14, 2018. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024.
  15. ^ Schneider, Kate (March 14, 2018). "Far-right activists refused entry to the UK". news.com.au. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023.
  16. ^ a b Porter, Tom (March 12, 2018). "Alt-Right Media Personalities Denied Entry to U.K." Newsweek. Archived from the original on February 28, 2025.
  17. ^ Zappone, Chris (August 12, 2018). "The high price of 'white genocide' politics for Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ Wienand, Lars (February 24, 2025). "AfD-Kampagne aus dem Ausland – mit Musk an vorderster Spitze". t-online (in German). Archived from the original on February 28, 2025.
  20. ^ Zúquete, José Pedro (2018). The Identitarians: The Movement against Globalism and Islam in Europe. University of Notre Dame Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780268104245.
  21. ^ a b Shamsian, Jacob (May 1, 2019). "A far-right Austrian activist who received a donation from the Christchurch mosque shooter has been banned from going to the US to marry his YouTube star girlfriend". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 28, 2025.
  22. ^ Freixas, Catalina; Abbott, Mark (2018). Segregation by Design: Conversations and Calls for Action in St. Louis. Springer. p. 284. ISBN 9783319729565.
  23. ^ "Hatred Day". Kirkus Reviews. April 11, 2016. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024.
  24. ^ Owen, Tess (April 30, 2019). "The Idaho GOP is helping an alt-right YouTube star marry her Austrian white nationalist boyfriend". Vice News. Archived from the original on February 28, 2025.

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