Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is a feminist media critic as well as a public speaker, and Canadian. Feminist Frequency was established by Sarkeesian. It hosts video clips which include commentary on the representations of women that are prevalent in contemporary culture. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as blogger. Feminist Frequency is a non-for profit website that focuses on the representation of women in pop cultural narratives is founded and is directed by Sarkeesian. In addition, she works to expose the issues surrounding the harassment and targeted attacks on women, others of minority groups in the online world, she is determined to break down the stigmas and stereotypes prevalent in popular culture. Sarkeesian holds a bachelor's degree in political thought and social theory at York University. She is also a highly-respected public speaking. Sarkeesian has given speeches at the TEDxWomen XOXO Festival and United Nations Broadband Working Group. Inquiring about gender and feminism since the age of 7, she started her website Feminist Frequency in 2009, while still a student at the university. An ambitious woman who wanted to start a web-series examining the gender representation of video games, she was targeted by an online campaign. However, the attacks did not hinder her. It only strengthened her as a feminist journalist. Her numerous contributions to the feminist field have been recognized by numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic, has been awarded several awards and founded Feminist Frequency as an educational organization that focuses on the way women are depicted in the popular culture stories.






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