Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian has been a Canadian and American feminist media critic for over 20 years. She is also an accomplished public speech writer. Feminist Frequency is a site which hosts video and commentary on the representation of women in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American journalist and critic who has won accolades for her work. She is an activist blogger. She is the author and director of executive for Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit website that explores representations of women in popular media narratives. Dispelling stereotypes of women is her primary goals. In addition, Sarkeesian highlights issues related to specifically targeted harassment online against women and other minorities who have been excluded. Sarkeesian is a graduate in social thought and politics at York University. She is also an internationally acclaimed public speaker. Sarkeesian delivered speeches to the TEDxWomen XOXO Festival and United Nations Broadband Working Group. While a student at university she became concerned about issues related to gender identity and women's rights at an early stage. Someone who hoped to create a web series that examined the gender-based representation in video games, she was targeted by an online campaign. The attack did not stop her, rather it strengthened her determination as a feminist critic of media. Her notable contributions to the field of feminist are recognized with numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic, has been awarded several awards and founded Feminist Frequency as an educational non-profit that examines how women are represented in media narratives.