Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada but grew up in the U.S. She has worked as media critic since. Feminist Frequency hosts videos, commentary and analyses of the way in which popular culture portrays women. Anita Sarkeesian was a Canadian and an American feminist media critique. Feminist Frequency investigates how women are represented in the pop culture. She's committed to removing stereotypes of women as they are portrayed in popular culture. Furthermore she aims to create awareness about online harassment targeted towards women as well as marginalized groups of people. A graduate in political and social thought from York University Sarkeesian is also a much sought-after public speaking engagement and has given speech at the TEDxWomen Festival as well as at the United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender. She was fascinated by feminist issues, gender and gender equality at a early time. In 2009, when she was still studying at university she started the Feminist Frequency site. Someone who hoped to launch a web-series that would examine the gender-based representation in video games was targeted in the internet campaign. But the harassment did not hinder her. The experience only strengthened her as a journalist who is feminist. She has won numerous awards in recognition of her many notable contributions to the field of feminism. Anita Sarkeesian is an award winning media critic and the founder of Feminist Frequency an educational and non-profit organization that explores the representations of women in pop cultural narratives.