Anita Saarkessian
Anita Sarkeesian was born in Canada, but was raised in the US. She's worked as an editor since the year 1995. Feminist Frequency hosts videos, commentary and analyses of how popular culture depicts women. Anita Sarkeesian was a Canadian and American feminist media critique. Feminist Frequency - a not-for profit site for education that investigates the representation of women in pop stories of culture - was created and is directed by Sarkeesian. Committed to destroying the stereotypes related to women in popular culture, she has also been working on issues related the targeted harassment women and others online. Sarkeesian is a graduate in the field of political and social thought at York University. As a public speaker, she's well-known and has been a speaker at TEDxWomenXOXO and the United Nations Broadband Working Group. While a student at university Sarkeesian was concerned about issues related to gender and rights for women from a young age. The site was created by a woman in her early 20s with a dream to develop the series of videos on the internet to examine the gender representations in video games. In the end, she ended up being the victim of online harassment. This attack was not enough to halt her. In fact, it made her more committed as a feminist and media critique. Many awards have been presented to her for all the contributions that she made. Anita Sarkeesian has been a journalist for a long time and founded Feminist Frequency. This non-profit educational organization studies women's roles in pop culture narratives.






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