Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is a feminist media critic as well as a public speaker, and Canadian. Feminist Frequency is a web site that hosts videos and posts commentary discussing the way women are represented in the media and in popular culture. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic, blogger and award-winning feminist over 10 years. Feminist Frequency, a website for education that examines female roles in pop culture, is run by Sarkeesian. Committed to deconstructing the stereotypes that are associated with females in popular culture, she is also working on issues related to targeted harassment against women, as well as the marginalized groups of the Internet world. Sarkeesian, who holds a Master's in Social and Political thought from York University, is also well-known as a sought-after public speech-maker. She has presented speeches at TEDxWomen's XOXO and the United Nations Broadband Working Group to Gender. Sarkeesian was fascinated by the gender issue and feminist movements since at a very young age. When she was in 2009, she was a student at the university level, she launched the website Feminist Frequency. An ambitious woman had a plan to make a web series focused on the gender roles in gaming. In the end, she came across herself the target of a cyber-bullying campaign. This attack didn't stop her from pursuing the project, and instead reinforced her determination as feminist media critic. Her significant contributions in the field of feminists were recognized by a variety of prizes. Anita Sarkeesian is an award awarded media critic, and director of Feminist Frequency an educational organization exploring the role of women in popular culture storylines.