Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is an activist in the field of feminist media also a speaker who is Canadian. Feminist Frequency is a website which hosts video and commentary looking at the portrayals of female characters in popular media and popular. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American blogger and media critic who has won awards for her work, is an activist blogger. Feminist Frequency, a web-based resource dedicated to education, which examines women's role in the narratives of pop culture was the result of her research. She also serves as the director of operations. Dispelling stereotypes of women is the main goals of her work. However, Sarkeesian also discusses issues of targeted harassment against women online and for other groups that have been excluded. Sarkeesian holds a Masters in the field of political and social thought at York University. As a public speaker, she's highly sought after and has spoken at TEDxWomenXOXO and the United Nations Broadband Working Group. Passionate about issues of gender identities and feminisms from an early age she launched her site Feminist Frequency in the year 2009 when she was she was still at University. She had a plan to create a web series examining the gender roles in video games. She ended up being the victim of an online harassment campaign. But the assault did have been a hindrance, rather it was a boost to her determination to be a feminist media critic. Numerous awards have been given to her for all of the contribution she has contributed to. Anita Sarkeesian is an award nominated media critic as well as the founder of Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit which studies the portrayals of women in pop culture and the narratives that surround them.