Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian/American media critic is also a public speech writer. Feminist Frequency was created by Sarkeesian. The site hosts videos which include commentary on the depictions of women in popular culture. Anita Sarkeesian a Canadian American media critic. She is the author and director-general of Feminist Frequency an educational, non-profit website which explores representations of women within popular culture narratives. Destroying stereotypes about women are the main goals of her work. However, Sarkeesian also discusses issues of specifically targeted harassment online against women and other minorities who are marginalized. Sarkeesian also holds a York University master's in social theological, philosophical and political thought. In addition to being a well-known public speaker, she has given speeches at the TEDxWomen XOXO Conference and United Nations Broadband Working Group. Feminist Frequency was launched in 2009 by Sarkeesian, a University student who has been involved in topics concerning gender and feminism for a lengthy period of. Someone who hoped to launch a web-series that would examine the representation of gender in video games, she was targeted by an internet-based campaign. However the attack could have been a hindrance, rather it made her more determined to be a feminist media critic. As a result of the many achievements she's made for feministism, she's recognized with numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian is an award winning media critic and the founder of Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit focused on the portrayal of women in popular culture narratives.






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