Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is an activist in the field of feminist media as well as a public speaker, and Canadian. Feminist Frequency is a website that hosts videos and commentaries looking at the portrayals of women in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American journalist and critic who has won accolades for her work. She is an activist blogger. Feminist Frequency is a not-for profit site for education that investigates gender representation in popular culture narratives - is created and directed by Sarkeesian. In addition, she works to expose the issues surrounding the harassment and targeted attacks on women, as well as other minorities, she is determined to break down the stigmas and stereotypes associated with popular culture. Sarkeesian holds a York University master's in social theological, philosophical and political thought. Apart from being a well-known public speaker, she has given presentations at TEDxWomen conference and the United Nations Broadband Working Group. She was fascinated by gender issues and feminism from a very early age. In 2009, while continuing to study at the university level she launched her Feminist Frequency site. The ambitious lady planned to start a web-based series examining gender-based representations in video games. She ended up being the victim of an online harassment campaign. This attack was not enough to deter her. It actually increased her importance as a feminist and media critique. Numerous awards have been given to her in recognition of all of the contribution she has contributed to. Anita Sarkeesian was a multi-award winner for her work as a media journalist. She is also the founder and director of Feminist Frequency an educational and non-profit group that focuses on pop-culture representations of females.