Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian (Canadian-American) is a feminist media critic, public speaker and Canadian. Feminist Frequency is a channel that hosts videos, commentary and analyses of portrayals in popular cultures. Anita Sarkeesian is an award-winning feminist journalist from Canada and a blogger. Feminist Frequency - a not-for profit educational site that explores gender representation in popular culture narratives - is created and is directed by Sarkeesian. She's determined to dismantle stereotypes about women and how they are portrayed in popular culture. In addition she has a mission to increase the awareness of harassment on social media targeted towards women as well as marginalized groups of people. Sarkeesian has a degree in the fields of social thought and political science from York University. She is also a highly-respected public speaker. Sarkeesian has given speeches at the TEDxWomen XOXO Festival and United Nations Broadband Working Group. She was interested in feminist issues, gender and gender equality from a very young age. When she graduated in 2009, in university she started the Feminist Frequency web site. The site was created by a woman in her early 20s determined to make a series of web videos which would explore gender roles in video games. But, she was the target of cyber-bullying. The attack did be a deterrent, but it made her more determined as a feminist media critic. To honor the numerous contributions she has made to feminist movements, she has been recognized with numerous awards. Anita Sarkeesian, a media journalist who has received numerous awards and created Feminist Frequency as an educational nonprofit that studies the way women are depicted in the popular culture stories.






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