Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaking. She founded Feminist Frequency the site which features video and posts discussing the depictions of females in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic, blogger and a prestigious feminist for more than 10 years. She is the creator and executive director of Feminist Frequency A scholarly non-profit website which explores representations of women in pop stories of culture. Aiming to break down the stereotypes associated with women in popular culture, she works to highlight issues related to targeted exploitation of women as well as other classes of individuals in the internet world. Sarkeesian holds a Masters in social and political thinking at York University. As a public speaker, she is highly sought after and has spoken at TEDxWomenXOXO and the United Nations Broadband Working Group. Feminist Frequency was created in the year 2009 by Sarkeesian, university student who has been involved in topics related to gender and feminism for a lengthy period of. The determined lady had planned to launch a web series that would examine gender-based representations in video games. She found herself the target of a harassment online campaign. The harassment didn't discourage her. The experience only strengthened her in her role as a feminist journalist. The award-winning journalist has received numerous accolades to recognize her significant contributions to the world of feminism. Anita Sarkeesian is an award nominated media critic as well as the creator of Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit focused on the portrayal of women within pop cultural stories.