Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada and raised in the US. She's been a media critic since 1995. She founded Feminist Frequency the site which features video and posts on the representations of women in popular culture. Anita Sarkeesian has been a blogger, critic of the media and a prestigious feminist for more than a decade. Feminist Frequency, a website for education that examines women's roles in pop culture narratives It is the brainchild of Anita Sarkeesian. The site also has the executive director. Alongside working to highlight the problems surrounding sexual harassment and assaults on women and others of minority groups in the online world, she is determined to break down stereotypes that are in the popular culture. Sarkeesian, who holds an MA in Social and Political Thought in the field of social and political thought from York University, is a sought after public speaker. She has delivered speeches at the TEDxWomen festival as well as United Nations Broadband Working Group for Gender. Feminist Frequency was launched in the year 2009 by Sarkeesian, an undergraduate student at York University who had been interested in issues related to gender and feminism for a considerable period of time. Someone who hoped to launch a web-series that would examine the representation of gender in video games, she was targeted by the internet campaign. But the assault did have been a hindrance, rather it made her more determined to be a feminist media critic. Her notable contributions to the feminist field were recognized by a variety of awards. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic for many years and is the founder of Feminist Frequency. This educational non-profit explores the role of women within the popular culture stories.