Anita Saarkessian

Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada and raised in the United States. She's been media critic since. Feminist Frequency was created by Sarkeesian. The site hosts videos with commentary that analyze the depictions of women in contemporary culture. Anita Sarkeesian was a Canadian as well as an American feminist media critic. She is the author and director of executive for Feminist Frequency an educational non-profit website that explores representations of women in pop culture narratives. As well as working to expose the issues surrounding the targeted and sexist assaults on women and as well as other minorities, she is dedicated to breaking down the stigmas and stereotypes prevalent in pop culture. Sarkeesian, who holds a Master's in the field of Social and Political Thinking at York University, is a sought after public speakers. She has spoken at TEDxWomen XOXO festival and United Nations Broadband Working Group to Gender. She has been interested in feminist issues, gender and gender equality since a early stage of her life. In 2009, when she was still studying at university she launched her Feminist Frequency site. An ambitious woman who wanted to launch a web-series that would examine the representation of gender in video games was targeted in the internet campaign. But the assault did not deter her instead it only strengthened her resolve as a feminist media critic. She is a recipient of several awards for her contributions to the cause of feminism. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic for many years and was the creator of Feminist Frequency. The educational non-profit explores the role of women in pop culture narratives.