Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic as well as a public speechwriter. Feminist Frequency is a site that hosts videos and posts commentary discussing the way women are represented in popular culture. Anita Sarkeesian has been a journalist, critic, as well as an award-winning feminist for nearly 10 years. She was the co-creator and director-executive of Feminist Frequency a non-profit educational site that examines the representation of women within popular culture narratives. Aiming to break down the stereotypes that are associated with females in popular culture, she is also working to highlight issues related to harassment targeted at women, as well as the marginalized groups of the Internet space. Holding a master's degree in the field of political and social thinking from York University Sarkeesian is also well-known as a sought-after presenter and has presented speeches at TEDxWomen XOXO Festival as well as the United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender. Inquiring about gender identity and feminism from an early age she launched her site Feminist Frequency in 2009, while she was still at University. It was the time to release a set of videos on the web that looked at game's gender-based representations and was the target of harassment online. The harassment, however, did not dissuade her. This only helped her journalistic skills as a feminist. For the many contribution she's made to feministism, she's awarded numerous prizes. Anita Sarkeesian, a media critic who has won numerous awards and created Feminist Frequency a nonprofit educational organisation that studies how women are represented in popular culture narratives.






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