Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian has been a Canadian and American feminist media critic for more than 20 years. She's also an accomplished public speech writer. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency the site which features video and posts on the representations of women in pop media. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American blogger and media critic who has been awarded prizes for her work, is a feminist blogger. She is the author and executive director of Feminist Frequency which is an education, non-profit site that examines the representation of women in pop culture narratives. She's determined to dismantle stereotypes about women and how they appear in popular culture. Additionally, she works to raise awareness about online harassment targeted towards women as well as marginalized groups of people. Sarkeesian holds a Masters in political and social thinking from York University. As a public speaker, she's well-known and has been a speaker at TEDxWomenXOXO as well as the United Nations Broadband Working Group. She has been interested in the gender issue and feminist movements since a early stage of her life. In 2009, when she was in university she started her Feminist Frequency web site. The ambitious lady planned to launch a web series examining gender-based representations in video games. She was the subject of an online harassment campaign. This attack was not enough to deter her. It actually increased her importance to being a feminist and a media critic. Sarkeesian has been awarded numerous awards in recognition of her many significant contributions to the world of feminism. Anita Sarkeesian won awards for her work as a critic of media and also founded Feminist Frequency. Feminist Frequency is a non-profit organization that explores the portrayals of women in popular culture of today.