Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is an activist in the field of feminist media as well as a public speaker, and Canadian. She was the creator of Feminist Frequency the website which hosts videos and commentary analyzing depictions of women's roles in popular cultural. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as blogger. She is the founder and director-general of Feminist Frequency A scholarly not-for-profit site that examines the representation of women in pop culture narratives. She is committed to deconstructing stereotypes about women and how they appear in popular media. Additionally, she works to raise the awareness of harassment on social media targeted towards women as well as marginalized groups of people. Sarkeesian holds a bachelor's degree in the fields of social thought and political science at York University. She is also an internationally acclaimed public speaking. Sarkeesian has given speeches at the TEDxWomen XOXO Fest and United Nations Broadband Working Group. When she was a student at the university Sarkeesian was fascinated by the issue of gender and rights for women in the early stages. The site was created by a woman in her early 20s with a dream to develop an online series that would examine gender roles in video games. In the end, she ended up being the target of cyber-bullying. It was not enough to halt her. Instead, it made her more committed to being a feminist and a media critic. The award-winning journalist has received numerous accolades for her numerous notable contributions to the field of feministism. Anita Sarkeesian is an award winning media critic and the founder of Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit that explores the representations of women in pop culture stories.