Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is a feminist media critic also a speaker who is Canadian. Feminist Frequency is a website that hosts videos and posts commentary on the representation of women in the media and in popular media. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American blogger and media critic with awards to show for her writing, is a feminist blogger. Feminist Frequency an online platform dedicated to education, which examines female roles in popular culture, is directed by Sarkeesian. Aiming to break down the stereotypes about women and pop culture she also works on issues related specifically to the harassment of women and the other minorities of the Internet area. Sarkeesian graduated with a master's degree in the field of political and social thought at York University. As a public speaker, she is well-known and has been a speaker at TEDxWomen XOXO, TEDxWomen and United Nations Broadband Working Group. As a child, Sarkeesian was fascinated by issues of gender identity and feminist thought. When she was still in school, in 2009, she launched the Feminist Frequency web site. She had a plan to create a web program that examined gender representations in video games. She found herself at the center of a harassment online campaign. The incident did not deter her, however it did strengthen her determination as a feminist critic of media. Her significant contributions in the field of feminist are recognized with numerous prizes. Anita Sarkeesian has been a journalist for a long time and was the creator of Feminist Frequency, an non-profit educational organization that studies women's representations in the media and in.