Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as a public speechwriter. She was the creator of Feminist Frequency a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing the representation of women in pop cultural. Anita Sarkeesian has been a journalist, media critic and award-winning feminist for nearly 10 years. Feminist Frequency is a non-for profit website that focuses on the representation of women in pop culture narratives - is created and directed by Sarkeesian. Alongside working to expose the issues surrounding the harassment and targeted attacks on women, others of minority groups in the online world, she is dedicated to breaking down the stigmas and stereotypes in the pop culture. Sarkeesian holds a Masters in political and social thinking at York University. As a public speaker, she is well-known and has spoken at TEDxWomenXOXO as well as the United Nations Broadband Working Group. From an early age Sarkeesian was captivated with gender issues as well as feminist ideas. When she was still in school, in 2009, she launched her Feminist Frequency website. She was a young woman who wanted to create a series of web videos to examine the how gender is represented in video games. In the end, she ended up being victimized by online harassment. This attack was not enough to stop her. In fact, it made her more committed to being a feminist and a media critique. Numerous awards have been awarded to her in recognition of all of the contribution she has made. Anita Sarkeesian won awards for her work as a critic of media and also founded Feminist Frequency. The non-profit explores the portrayals of women in pop culture today.