She created the site in an effort to create accessible feminist media criticism. Sarkeesian launched the nonprofit organization and website Feminist Frequency in 2009, while a student at York University. Career Feminist Frequencyįurther information: Tropes vs. Her master's thesis is titled I'll Make a Man Out of You: Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television. She received a bachelor's degree in communication studies from California State University, Northridge, in 2007 and then earned a master's degree in social and political thought from York University in 2010. She later moved to California and identifies as Canadian-American. Her parents were Iraqi Armenians who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s. Sarkeesian was born in Canada and grew up near Toronto.
She has spoken to TEDxWomen, XOXO Festival, and the United Nations' Broadband Working Group on Gender, and appeared on The Colbert Report discussing her experiences of harassment and the challenge of attempting to improve gender inclusivity in gaming culture and the media. The situation was covered in the media, placing Sarkeesian at the center of discussions about misogyny in video game culture and online harassment. Supporters donated almost $160,000 to the project, far beyond the $6,000 she had sought.
In 2012, Sarkeesian was targeted by an online harassment campaign following her launch of a Kickstarter project to fund the Tropes vs. Media scholar Soraya Murray calls Sarkeesian emblematic of "a burgeoning organized feminist critique" of stereotyped and objectified portrayals of women in video games. Women in Video Games, examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters.
She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. Anita Sarkeesian ( / s ɑːr ˈ k iː z i ə n/ sar- KEE-zee-ən born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic and public speaker.
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