Lipstick Fascism

On Lana Lokteff, the women of the alt-right, and the feminization of fascism.


Anytime they [the Left] talk about the alt-right, they make it sound like it’s just about a bunch of guys in basements. They don’t mention that these guys have wives — supportive wives, who go to these meet-ups and these conferences — who are there — so I think it’s great for right-wing women to show themselves. We are here. You’re wrong.

 — Lana Lokteff, co-host of Red Ice TV

When we imagine the alt-right insurgency, we likely envision an army of Richard Spencers: angry white men with fashy haircuts marching under the banner of Pepe the Frog. But this image leaves out a sizable and increasingly vocal segment of extremist right politics: women.

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