Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as a public speaker. Feminist Frequency is a website with video and an online blog on the representation of gender roles in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian a Canadian American media critic. Feminist Frequency is an educational non-profit website that examines female representations in narratives from popular culture. She's committed to removing stereotypes about women and how they are portrayed in popular culture. Additionally she aims to create the awareness of harassment on social media targeted at women, and other the marginalized communities of people. Sarkeesian who has a Master's in Social and Political thought at York University, is a well-known public speakers. She has spoken at TEDxWomen's XOXO Festival and the United Nations Broadband Working Group to Gender. While a student at university she became concerned about issues related to gender identity and women's rights from a young age. She had a plan to launch a web series on gender-based representations in video games and was the subject of an online harassment campaign. This attack didn't stop her, but instead strengthened her determination as a feminist critic of media. The award-winning journalist has received numerous accolades for her numerous significant contributions to the world of feministism. Anita Sarkeesian was a multi-award winning media journalist. She was also the director and founder of Feminist Frequency an educational and non-profit organization that explores pop culture gender representations.