Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian has been a Canadian and American feminist media analyst for more than twenty years. She's also an accomplished public speech writer. Feminist Frequency is a site with video and an online blog analysing portrayals gender roles in pop culture. Anita Sarkeesian, a Canadian-American blogger and media critic who has won awards for her work, is an activist blogger. Feminist Frequency is a non-for profit site for education that investigates female representations in popular stories of culture - was created and directed by Sarkeesian. As well as working to expose the issues surrounding sexual harassment and attack on women and others of minority groups in the online world, she is committed to breaking down the stigmas and stereotypes associated with popular culture. With a master's in political and social thought from York University Sarkeesian is also well-known as a sought-after speaking engagement and has given speech at the TEDxWomen Festival as well as at The United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender. She was fascinated by gender issues and feminism from a very early stage of her life. In 2009, when she was in university she launched her Feminist Frequency website. She had a plan to start a web-based series on gender representation in video games. She ended up being the victim of an online harassment campaign. This attack was not enough to deter her. Instead, it made her more committed as a feminist and media critique. As a result of the many contributions she has made to feministism, she's awarded numerous prizes. Anita Sarkeesian won awards for her role as a critic of media and also founded Feminist Frequency. The nonprofit examines how women are depicted in popular culture of today.






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