Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada and raised in the United States. She's worked as a media critic since 1995. She created Feminist Frequency, a site which features video and posts discussing the depictions of females in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian was a Canadian as well as an American feminist media critic. Feminist Frequency is a non-for profit website that focuses on female representations in popular stories of culture - was created and is directed by Sarkeesian. She's determined to dismantle stereotypes of women as they are depicted in pop media. Additionally, she works to raise awareness of online harassment directed at women, and other those who are marginalized. Sarkeesian holds a bachelor's degree in political thought and social theory from York University. She is an extremely well-respected and respected public presenter. Sarkeesian delivered speeches to the TEDxWomen Festival as well as to the United Nations Broadband Working Group. Since her early years Sarkeesian was captivated by issues of gender identity and feminist thought. When she was still in school, in 2009 she started her Feminist Frequency website. It was a girl determined to make a series of web videos to examine the how gender is represented in video games. In the end, she ended up being the victim of online harassment. But the harassment did not hinder her. The experience only strengthened her as a journalist who is feminist. Her numerous contributions to the field of feminist were recognized by a variety of awards. Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic, has been awarded many awards, and also founded Feminist Frequency which is an educational nonprofit that studies the way women are depicted in media narratives.