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'''Lana Jennifer Lokteff''' (born March 14, 1979<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Darby |first=Seyward |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5S5DwAAQBAJ |title=Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism |date=2020-07-21 |publisher=Little, Brown |isbn=978-0-316-48779-5 |language=en |access-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122103826/https://books.google.com/books?id=U5S5DwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>) is an American ], ] ] and ],<ref>Citations for "white supremacist":
'''Lana Jennifer Lokteff''' (born March 14, 1979) is an American ] YouTube personality who is part of the ] movement.<ref name=NPR/>


* {{cite web |title=The Women Behind The 'Alt-Right' |website=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544134546/the-women-behind-the-alt-right |access-date=Dec 28, 2020 |publisher=] |quote="Lana Lokteff, pictured, runs an alt-right media company to promote her white nationalist ideologies" |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017181346/https://www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544134546/the-women-behind-the-alt-right |url-status=live }}
Lokteff was born in ], ]. She attended ], and later worked in music production. In 2011 she married ], the Swedish host of web media company Red Ice.<ref name="harper's-p8"/> According to the ], Red Ice started in 2003 covering the ] and ] before shifting to white nationalism and antisemitism. Lokteff and Palmgren have been jointly cited as an influential introduction to white nationalism by members of the far right.<ref>{{cite news|title=McInnes, Molyneux, and 4chan: Investigating pathways to the alt-right|url=https://www.splcenter.org/20180419/mcinnes-molyneux-and-4chan-investigating-pathways-alt-right|accessdate=May 7, 2018|publisher=]|date=April 19, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Red Ice shifted around 2014 in response to what the couple perceived as "anti-white sentiment" coinciding with the ] movement.<ref name=NPR/>
* {{cite web |title=From Alt Right to Alt Lite: Naming the Hate |url=https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/from-alt-right-to-alt-lite-naming-the-hate |access-date=July 12, 2018 |publisher=] |quote="Lana Lokteff is a white supremacist" |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318154958/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/from-alt-right-to-alt-lite-naming-the-hate |url-status=live }}
* {{cite news |date=2017-11-05 |access-date=2022-06-23 |first1=Shachar |last1=Peled |title=Ladies' Night at the Alt-right: Meet the Women Trying to Soften the White Nationalist Movement |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-11-05/ty-article/.premium/meet-the-women-trying-to-soften-the-white-nationalist-movement/0000017f-dc61-db22-a17f-fcf121f40000 |newspaper=] |quote=Lana Lokteff is considered one of the most prominent women in the alt-right movement. |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623013044/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-11-05/ty-article/.premium/meet-the-women-trying-to-soften-the-white-nationalist-movement/0000017f-dc61-db22-a17f-fcf121f40000 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |last1=Mathias |first1=Christopher |last2=Amatulli |first2=Jenna |last3=Klein |first3=Rebecca |date=March 3, 2018 |title=Exclusive: Florida Public School Teacher Has A White Nationalist Podcast |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-public-school-teacher-white-nationalist-podcast_us_5a99ae32e4b089ec353a1fba |access-date=July 13, 2018 |work=] |quote="the prominent white supremacist media figure Lana Lokteff" |archive-date=March 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311072608/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/florida-public-school-teacher-white-nationalist-podcast_us_5a99ae32e4b089ec353a1fba |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |last=Seelinger |first=Lani |date=March 5, 2018 |title=Teacher Dayanna Volitich Was Outed As A White Nationalist & This Is How She Brushed It Off |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/teacher-dayanna-volitich-was-outed-as-a-white-nationalist-this-is-how-she-brushed-it-off-8403039 |access-date=July 17, 2018 |work=] |quote="Lana Lokteff, a prominent white supremacist figure" |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001319/https://www.bustle.com/p/teacher-dayanna-volitich-was-outed-as-a-white-nationalist-this-is-how-she-brushed-it-off-8403039 |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web |last=Amend |first=Alex |date=March 8, 2018 |title=Christina Hoff Sommers can't take a single line of criticism |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/08/christina-hoff-sommers-cant-take-single-line-criticism |access-date=July 17, 2018 |publisher=] |quote="Lana Lokteff, whose white supremacist and antisemitic views were not secret" |archive-date=March 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308200254/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/03/08/christina-hoff-sommers-cant-take-single-line-criticism |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite web |date=2019-12-29 |title=Lana Lokteff: Poster girl of white supremacy |url=https://arab.news/by9ns |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=] |language=en |quote=For proof, one need look no further than the anti-immigrant, Islamophobic and anti-Semitic rhetoric of American white supremacist Lana Lokteff. }}</ref> who is part of the ] movement. She became a prominent ] personality before being banned. She is the host of '']''.<ref name=VOX>{{cite news|last1=Hemmer|first1=Nichole|title=The women fighting for white male supremacy|url=https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/9/18/16323686/women-alt-right-power-subservience-paradox-klan|access-date=May 7, 2018|publisher=]|date=September 18, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140703/https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/9/18/16323686/women-alt-right-power-subservience-paradox-klan|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Staff (ndg) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318154958/https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/from-alt-right-to-alt-lite-naming-the-hate |date=March 18, 2018 }} ]. Retrieved: May 7, 2018</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Anderson |first=Wendy K. Z. |title=Reckoning with White Fragility by Alt-Right Shield Maidens |date=2021-04-22 |url=https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496832771.003.0006 |work=Rebirthing a Nation |pages=97–120 |access-date=2024-01-11 |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |doi=10.14325/mississippi/9781496832771.003.0006 |isbn=978-1-4968-3277-1 |s2cid=246152038 |archive-date=January 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122103726/https://academic.oup.com/mississippi-scholarship-online/book/42662/chapter-abstract/360609007?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Early life ==
Lokteff ] and the ]. She has interviewed ] such as ] and ].<ref name="harper's-p8"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Posner|first1=Sarah|title='Radically Mainstream': Why the Alt-Right Is Celebrating Trump's Win|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-the-alt-right-is-celebrating-trumps-win-w452493|accessdate=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>
Lokteff was born in ] and is of ] descent.<ref name=NPR/><ref name=":0" /> Her parents were immigrants who fled the ]. She has an older brother.<ref name=":0" />


During high school, Lokteff started listening to ], a talk show featuring guests who promoted ]. She planned to study physics and philosophy at ], but later dropped out.<ref name=":0" />
Following the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Lokteff has attempted to increase the number of other white women involved in the predominately male-dominated alt-right movement.<ref name="harper's-p8"/> Lokteff has advocated for women to play a supporting role to men in the alt-right.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hemmer|first1=Nichole|title=The women fighting for white male supremacy|url=https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/9/18/16323686/women-alt-right-power-subservience-paradox-klan|accessdate=May 7, 2018|publisher=]|date=September 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Sam|title=Lipstick Fascism|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/alt-right-lana-lokteff-racism-misogyny-women-feminism/|accessdate=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=April 2017}}</ref> Lokteff ], claiming that it has made life more difficult for men and feminism's goals of equality have already been achieved.<ref name="harper's-p8"/> Lokteff has also spoken in opposition to women accusing ] of sexual assault.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peled|first1=Shachar|title=Ladies' Night at the Alt-right: Meet the Women Trying to Soften the White Nationalist Movement|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-meet-the-women-trying-to-soften-the-white-nationalist-movement-1.5462886|accessdate=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=November 5, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Lokteff has been frequently ] and threatened by members of the alt-right. Lokteff and Palmgren have children, but have declined to share any information about them.<ref name="harper's-p8"/><ref name=NPR/>


==Career ==
In 2018 Lokteff was a guest on the podcast of Florida schoolteacher Dayanna Volitich (under the pseudonym Tiana Dalichov). On the podcast, Volitich espoused ] views, endorsed calls for ]s to be removed "from the face of the ]", and encouraged other white supremacists to infiltrate American public schools.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Ewan|title=Florida school teacher accused of hosting white nationalist podcast under false name|url=http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-accused-hosting-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-829912|accessdate=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=March 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wootson Jr|first1=Cleve R.|title=A middle school teacher led a double life as a white nationalist podcaster|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/03/05/a-middle-school-teacher-led-a-double-life-as-a-white-nationalist-podcaster/|accessdate=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=March 5, 2018}}</ref> Volitich later resigned from her teaching position, calling the comments ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Florida Teacher Who Hosted Far-Right Podcast Encouraging White Nationalists To Infiltrate Schools Resigns|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|date=April 3, 2018|url=http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-who-hosted-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-nationalists-869126|work=Newsweek}}</ref>

=== Early career ===
Lokteff moved to ] to pursue a career in entertainment. She initially worked as a model before transitioning into the music and film industries. According to Lokteff, she left because she was "too creative" to work in industries where entertainment projects were rejected by executives for being "too deep" or threatening to "wake people up".<ref name=":0" />

Lokteff returned to ] to her family. In the early 2000s, the Lokteff family created Piggyback Records, a home-run label and recording studio. Lokteff and her brother started performing as a duo named Thirty Day Notice, with Lokteff doing all of the singing. After a few years, Piggyback's business faltered, and Lokteff went with her brother to ]. During her time overseas, Lokteff discovered ], a website run by Henrik Palmgren.<ref name=":0" />

=== Red Ice and promotion of white supremacy ===
According to the ], Red Ice started in 2003 covering the ] and ] before shifting to ] and ]. Lokteff and Palmgren have been jointly cited as an influential introduction to white nationalism by members of the far-right.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|title=McInnes, Molyneux, and 4chan: Investigating pathways to the alt-right|url=https://www.splcenter.org/20180419/mcinnes-molyneux-and-4chan-investigating-pathways-alt-right|access-date=May 7, 2018|publisher=]|date=April 19, 2018|language=en|archive-date=May 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507202311/https://www.splcenter.org/20180419/mcinnes-molyneux-and-4chan-investigating-pathways-alt-right|url-status=live}}</ref> Red Ice shifted around 2012 in response to what the couple perceived as "anti-white sentiment" coinciding with the ] movement.<ref name="NPR" />

Lokteff has ] and the ].<ref name="Haaretz">{{cite news |date=2017-11-05 |access-date=2022-06-23 |first1=Shachar |last1=Peled |title=Ladies' Night at the Alt-right: Meet the Women Trying to Soften the White Nationalist Movement |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-11-05/ty-article/.premium/meet-the-women-trying-to-soften-the-white-nationalist-movement/0000017f-dc61-db22-a17f-fcf121f40000 |newspaper=] |quote=Lokteff, who questions the Holocaust and mass killings of Native Americans |archive-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623013044/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2017-11-05/ty-article/.premium/meet-the-women-trying-to-soften-the-white-nationalist-movement/0000017f-dc61-db22-a17f-fcf121f40000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="RollingStone" /> She has publicized the work of ] such as ] and ].<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine|last1=Posner|first1=Sarah|title='Radically Mainstream': Why the Alt-Right Is Celebrating Trump's Win|quote="For me," says Lokteff … "It's like, this many Jews didn't die, alright?"|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-the-alt-right-is-celebrating-trumps-win-w452493|access-date=May 7, 2018|magazine=]|date=November 28, 2016|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507085853/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-the-alt-right-is-celebrating-trumps-win-w452493|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the election of ] in 2016, Lokteff has attempted to increase the number of white women involved in the predominantly male-dominated alt-right movement,<ref name="harper's-p8"/> advocating for them to play a supporting role to men.<ref name=VOX/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Sam|title=Lipstick Fascism|url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/alt-right-lana-lokteff-racism-misogyny-women-feminism/|access-date=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=April 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143650/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/alt-right-lana-lokteff-racism-misogyny-women-feminism/|url-status=live}}</ref> Lokteff ], claiming that it has made life more difficult for men and that feminism's goals of equality have already been achieved.<ref name="harper's-p8"/> She has also criticized some of the women who have accused ] of sexual assault.<ref name="Haaretz" /> '']'' magazine describes her as a "looks-obsessed ]", quoting her as saying "The alt-right is a very attractive, very sexy bunch ... Matches are being made left and right of beautiful, intelligent couples. It's a eugenic process."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Beyond Alt|last1=Read|first1=Max|date=May 1–14, 2017|work=New York magazine|last2=van Zuylen-Wood|first2=Simon}}</ref>

In 2018, Lokteff was a guest on the podcast of a Florida schoolteacher who used the pseudonym Tiana Dalichov.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Palmer|first1=Ewan|title=Florida school teacher accused of hosting white nationalist podcast under false name|url=http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-accused-hosting-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-829912|access-date=May 7, 2018|work=]|date=March 5, 2018|language=en|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153834/http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-accused-hosting-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-829912|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Wootson Jr|first1=Cleve R.|title=A middle school teacher led a double life as a white nationalist podcaster|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/03/05/a-middle-school-teacher-led-a-double-life-as-a-white-nationalist-podcaster/|access-date=May 7, 2018|newspaper=]|date=March 5, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507154913/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/03/05/a-middle-school-teacher-led-a-double-life-as-a-white-nationalist-podcaster/|url-status=live}}</ref> She used the podcast to encourage white nationalists to become schoolteachers to influence children.<ref>{{cite news|title=Florida Teacher Who Hosted Far-Right Podcast Encouraging White Nationalists To Infiltrate Schools Resigns|last=Palmer|first=Ewan|date=April 3, 2018|url=http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-who-hosted-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-nationalists-869126|work=Newsweek|access-date=May 6, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507115546/http://www.newsweek.com/florida-teacher-who-hosted-far-right-podcast-encouraging-white-nationalists-869126|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2019, Red Ice's ] was banned for hate speech violations. The channel had about 330,000 subscribers. Lokteff and Red Ice promoted a backup channel in an attempt to circumvent the ban.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramirez |first1=Nikki McCann |title=White nationalist Red Ice TV is promoting a backup channel to skirt its YouTube ban |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/white-nationalism/how-white-nationalist-red-ice-tv-working-around-its-youtube-ban |access-date=October 20, 2019 |work=Media Matters for America |date=October 18, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020215745/https://www.mediamatters.org/white-nationalism/how-white-nationalist-red-ice-tv-working-around-its-youtube-ban |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gais |first1=Hannah |title=YouTube Takes Down Red Ice's Main Channel |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/21/youtube-takes-down-red-ices-main-channel |access-date=October 22, 2019 |work=HateWatch |publisher=] |date=October 21, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022081513/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/21/youtube-takes-down-red-ices-main-channel |url-status=live }}</ref> A week later, the backup channel was also removed by YouTube.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gias |first1=Hannah |title=YouTube Yanks Second Red Ice Channel |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/23/youtube-yanks-second-red-ice-channel |access-date=October 27, 2019 |work=HateWatch |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=October 23, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025010112/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/23/youtube-yanks-second-red-ice-channel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Katzowitz |first1=Josh |title=Red Ice, a popular white supremacist YouTube channel, has been shut down |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/red-ice-youtube-ban/ |access-date=November 25, 2019 |work=The Daily Dot |date=October 24, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=October 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028205415/https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/red-ice-youtube-ban/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2019, ] banned Red Ice from using its platform.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Julia Carrie |author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |title=Facebook to ban two white nationalist groups after Guardian report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/26/facebook-white-nationalist-ban-red-ice-tv-affirmative-right |access-date=June 12, 2022 |work=] |date=November 27, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612073204/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/26/facebook-white-nationalist-ban-red-ice-tv-affirmative-right |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 2011, Lokteff married Palmgren.<ref name="harper's-p8" /> Lokteff identifies as a ].<ref name="harper's-p8" /> She lives in ].<ref name=":0" /> She says she has been ] and threatened by men in the alt-right.<ref name="harper's-p8" /><ref name="NPR" />


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American white supremacist

Lana Lokteff
Lokteff on Virtue of the West in 2017
BornLana Jennifer Lokteff
(1979-03-14) March 14, 1979 (age 45)
Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Far-right activist, Vlogger, Former YouTube personality
SpouseHenrik Palmgren
Websiteredice.tv/radio-3fourteen

Lana Jennifer Lokteff (born March 14, 1979) is an American far-right, antisemitic conspiracy theorist and white supremacist, who is part of the alt-right movement. She became a prominent YouTube personality before being banned. She is the host of Radio 3Fourteen.

Early life

Lokteff was born in Oregon and is of Russian descent. Her parents were immigrants who fled the Bolsheviks. She has an older brother.

During high school, Lokteff started listening to Coast to Coast AM, a talk show featuring guests who promoted conspiracy theories. She planned to study physics and philosophy at Portland State University, but later dropped out.

Career

Early career

Lokteff moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in entertainment. She initially worked as a model before transitioning into the music and film industries. According to Lokteff, she left because she was "too creative" to work in industries where entertainment projects were rejected by executives for being "too deep" or threatening to "wake people up".

Lokteff returned to Bend, Oregon to her family. In the early 2000s, the Lokteff family created Piggyback Records, a home-run label and recording studio. Lokteff and her brother started performing as a duo named Thirty Day Notice, with Lokteff doing all of the singing. After a few years, Piggyback's business faltered, and Lokteff went with her brother to Fiji. During her time overseas, Lokteff discovered Red Ice, a website run by Henrik Palmgren.

Red Ice and promotion of white supremacy

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Red Ice started in 2003 covering the paranormal and conspiracy theories before shifting to white nationalism and antisemitism. Lokteff and Palmgren have been jointly cited as an influential introduction to white nationalism by members of the far-right. Red Ice shifted around 2012 in response to what the couple perceived as "anti-white sentiment" coinciding with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Lokteff has denied the Holocaust and the Native American genocide. She has publicized the work of denialist historians such as David Cole and Mark Weber.

Following the election of Donald Trump in 2016, Lokteff has attempted to increase the number of white women involved in the predominantly male-dominated alt-right movement, advocating for them to play a supporting role to men. Lokteff opposes feminism, claiming that it has made life more difficult for men and that feminism's goals of equality have already been achieved. She has also criticized some of the women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. New York magazine describes her as a "looks-obsessed eugenicist", quoting her as saying "The alt-right is a very attractive, very sexy bunch ... Matches are being made left and right of beautiful, intelligent couples. It's a eugenic process."

In 2018, Lokteff was a guest on the podcast of a Florida schoolteacher who used the pseudonym Tiana Dalichov. She used the podcast to encourage white nationalists to become schoolteachers to influence children.

In October 2019, Red Ice's YouTube channel was banned for hate speech violations. The channel had about 330,000 subscribers. Lokteff and Red Ice promoted a backup channel in an attempt to circumvent the ban. A week later, the backup channel was also removed by YouTube. In November 2019, Facebook banned Red Ice from using its platform.

Personal life

In 2011, Lokteff married Palmgren. Lokteff identifies as a pagan. She lives in Charleston, South Carolina. She says she has been trolled and threatened by men in the alt-right.

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