Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian/American media critic, is also a public speaker. She founded Feminist Frequency, a site that features videos and comments on the representations of women in popular media. Anita Sarkeesian has been a media critic, blogger and a prestigious feminist for more than 10 years. Feminist Frequency - a not-for profit website that focuses on female representations in popular stories of culture - was created and is directed by Sarkeesian. Committed to deconstructing the stereotypes associated with women in pop culture she also is a vocal advocate for issues relating to targeted exploitation of women and the other marginalized groups of people in the online environment. With a master's in social and political thought at York University Sarkeesian is also a much sought-after public speaking engagement and has given speeches at TEDxWomen XOXO Festival as well as at the United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender. She has been interested in the gender issue and feminist movements at a young stage of her life. When she graduated in 2009, still studying at university, she created the Feminist Frequency web site. This ambitious woman planned to launch an internet series on the role of gender in games but was the target of an online campaign to harass her. It was not enough to halt her. In fact, it made her more committed to being a feminist and a media critic. Numerous awards have been given to her in recognition of all of the contribution she has have made. Anita Sarkeesian won awards for her work as a critic of the media, and she founded Feminist Frequency. Feminist Frequency is a non-profit organization that investigates women's representation in pop culture today.






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