Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada but grew up in the U.S. She's worked as media critic since. Feminist Frequency provides videos, commentaries and analysis of how popular culture depicts women. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American journalist and critic that has received awards for her work, is an activist blogger. Feminist Frequency, a website dedicated to education, which examines women's role in the narratives of pop culture It is the brainchild of Anita Sarkeesian. The site also has the director of operations. Aiming to break down the stereotypes of women that have been portrayed in popular culture, she seeks to bring attention to the targeted harassment of women and other marginalized classes of individuals in the internet environment. Sarkeesian has a Master's degree in social and political thinking at York University. As a public speaker, she is extremely sought-after and has spoken at TEDxWomenXOXO as well as the United Nations Broadband Working Group. Passionate about issues of gender and feminism since at an early age, she created her site Feminist Frequency in the year 2009 when she was still a student at the University. It was a girl determined to make a series of web videos which would explore how gender is represented in video games. In the end, she ended up being victimized by online harassment. The attack did be a deterrent, but it only strengthened her resolve as a feminist media critic. She is a recipient of several awards for her contributions to feministism. Anita Sarkeesian is an award nominated media critic as well as the founder of Feminist Frequency an educational and non-profit organization focused on the portrayal of women in pop media narratives.

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