Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian/American media critic and public speech writer. She is the co-founder of Feminist Frequency an online platform that hosts videos and commentary analyzing gender representations in popular cultural. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as blogger. She was the co-creator and director-executive of Feminist Frequency, a not-for-profit educational website that explores representations of women in popular media narratives. She is committed to deconstructing stereotypes of women and the way they are portrayed in popular culture. Additionally, she is working to increase awareness about internet-based harassment targeting women, as well as other marginalized groups of society. With a master's in the field of political and social thinking at York University Sarkeesian is also an extremely sought-after public speaking engagement and has given keynote speeches at TEDxWomen's Women XOXO Festival and the United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender. From an early age, Sarkeesian was fascinated by gender issues and feminist ideas. When she was still in school, in 2009 she created the Feminist Frequency Website. The woman was determined and planned to create a web-series that would examine gender representation within games. Then, she found herself as the victim of an internet harassment campaign. The attack did have been a hindrance, rather it only bolstered her determination as a feminist media critic. Her many notable contributions in the field of feminists have been recognized by numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic for many years and founded Feminist Frequency which is an educational non-profit that explores the representation of women in the media and in.