Anita Sarkeesian

About Anita Sarkeesian

Feminist Frequency blog and YouTube channel are well-known among bloggers, YouTubers, and media critics. Her writing has appeared in prestigious newspapers such as The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and she is particularly interested in the portrayal of women in the media, particularly video games.

Anita Sarkeesian is a Canadian-American media critic and feminist speaker. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing female portraits in popular culture. She received special attention with the video series Tropes vs. Women in her Video Games, which tests video games by playing female characters in video games. In 2012, Sarkeesian was the target of an online harassment campaign after launching a Kickstarter project to fund the Tropes vs. Game. Women in video games. Backers have donated nearly $ 160,000 to the project, far exceeding the $ 6,000 figure she sought. This situation has received widespread media coverage, placing Sarkeesian at the center of discussions about video game cultural misconduct and online harassment.

Born	1983 (age 37–38)
Nationality	Canadian-American
Alma mater	California State University, Northridge (BA), York University (MA)
Occupation	Media critic, public speaker

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She has served as an advisor for Silverstring Media and as a judge for the Games for Change Awards. She gained significant media attention for sexist harassment online, termed "GamerGate," after the announcement of her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games project on Kickstarter.

Anita Sarkeesian before fame

She earned a bachelor's degree in communication studies from the University of California, Northridge before attending York University for her master's degree in social and political philosophy.

Achievement of Anita Sarkeesian

She has worked as an advisor for Silverstring Media and as a judge for the Games for Change Awards. She garnered significant media attention for sexist harassment online, termed"GamerGate", after announcing her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games initiative on Kickstarter.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$300 Thousand

Anita Sarkeesian family life

Her parents are Armenians who immigrated to Canada from Iraq in the 1970s.

Associations of Anita Sarkeesian

In 2014, she appeared on Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report to discuss GamerGate and gender inclusion in video games.

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