Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada but grew up in the US. She's been media critic since. Feminist Frequency is a website which hosts video and commentary on the representation of gender roles in pop media and popular. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning Canadian-American feminist media critic and blogger. Feminist Frequency is a site for education that examines women's role in the narratives of pop culture It is the brainchild of Anita Sarkeesian. Additionally, she serves as the executive director. Committed to destroying the stereotypes of women that exist in pop culture, she also works with issues that relate to the harassing women targeted by the media and others online. Sarkeesian also holds a York University master's in social theological, philosophical and political thought. Alongside being an acclaimed public speaker, she has given speeches at the TEDxWomen XOXO Conference and United Nations Broadband Working Group. She was fascinated by feminist issues, gender and gender equality since a early age. When she graduated in 2009, in university, she created her Feminist Frequency site. In 2009, the ebullient young woman was slammed by the Internet for starting a web that focused on the gender of videogames. But the harassment did not discourage her. The experience only strengthened her as a feminist journalist. Her many notable contributions in the field of feminists have been recognized by numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian was a multi-award winner for her work as a media critic. She is also the creator and director of Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit group that focuses on pop-culture gender representations.