Anita Sarkeesian

Biography

Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American feminist media critic and founder of Feminist Frequency, analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture through her website and commentary series. Her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games examines female representation in gaming. Harassed online after launching a Kickstarter project to fund the series, she has since become a prominent voice on misogyny in media culture and online harassment.