Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada, but was raised in the United States. She's worked as media critic since. Feminist Frequency is a web site that hosts videos and commentaries analysing portrayals gender roles in pop media and popular. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning Canadian-American feminist media critic and blogger. Feminist Frequency explores how women are represented in popular media. She's determined to dismantle stereotypes of women as they appear in popular culture. Additionally, she works to raise awareness of online harassment directed at women, and other those who are marginalized. Sarkeesian, who has a Master's in Political and Social Thinking in the field of social and political thought from York University, is a sought after public speaking. She has delivered speeches at TEDxWomen XOXO festival and United Nations Broadband Working Group to Gender. Feminist Frequency was founded in the year 2009 by Sarkeesian, an undergraduate student at York University who had been interested in issues that concern gender and feminism since a lengthy time. An ambitious woman who wanted to create a web series that examined the representation of gender in video games was targeted in the internet campaign. However the attack could have been a hindrance, rather it made her more determined as a feminist media critic. In recognition of the many accomplishments she's made to feministism, she's recognized with numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic who has won many awards, and also founded Feminist Frequency, an educational organization that focuses on the way women are depicted in media narratives.