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Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic and the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video webseries that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. Her work focuses on deconstructing the stereotypes and tropes associated with women in popular culture as well as highlighting issues surrounding the targeted harassment of women in online and gaming spaces.  Anita earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies at California State University Northridge and her Master’s degree in Social and Political Thought at York University.

Anita lectures and presents at universities, conferences and game development studios internationally. She’s been a presenter and panelist at various fan, media and technology conferences and has also facilitated and taught multi-day filmmaking workshops.  She has been interviewed and featured in publications such as Forbes, Wired, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail and The New York Times. Her videos are freely available via the Feminist Frequency YouTube channel and widely serve as educational tools in high school and university classrooms.

Interviews

• Lara Croft’s Next Adventure – Entertainment Weekly – March 1, 2013
• Dangerous Games: Tropes vs Women Bullying – Global 16×9 TV Segment – Nov, 2012
• Sexual Harassment in Online Videogames: How to Fix the Problem – Forbes – August 3, 2012
• In Virtual Play, Sex Harassment Is All Too Real – New York Times – August 1, 2012
• GeekGirlCon ’12 Preview: A Q&A with Anita Sarkeesian – GeekGirlCon – August 1, 2012
• Woman Vs. Internet: How Anita Sarkeesian beat trolls – GamesIndustry International – July 10, 2012
• From Samus to Lara: An Interview With Anita Sarkeesian – Gamespot – June 12, 2012
• How Anita Sarkeesian funded a project about video game sexism – PMSClan – June 10, 2012
• Tropes Vs Women in Video Games – Gaming As Women – June 18th, 2012
• Feminist Take on Games Draws Crude Ridicule, Massive Support – Wired – June 14th, 2012
• Feminist TV critic last speaker of President’s Lecture season, Humber Et Cetera – April 4, 2012
• The slacker is back – and this time she’s female by Hermione Hoby, The Guardian – March 24, 2012
• Oscars, Soccer, and Bluegrass on KSPC Uproot: A Public Affairs Show – Feb 26, 2012 [Audio]
• The Oscars’ woman problem by Michael Barthel on Salon.com – Feb 25, 2012
• Parks and Recs’ Unfortunate Misstep by Steve Winchell – Feb 25, 2012
• On the Female Anti-Hero… by Ben Martin – Dec 6, 2011
• The Bechdel Test and Women in Movies, KUOW Radio, The Conversation – July 1, 2011 [Audio]
• Feminist Frequency, WAM! the media & Mujeres de Maiz, KPFK Radio, Feminist Magazine – March 16, 2011 [Audio]
• The Feministing Five: Anita Sarkeesian, Feministing – March 12, 2011
• My Interview with Feminist Frequency’s Anita Sarkeesian, Text Appeal – January 17, 2011
• GABcast: M.I.A./The Bechdel Test (Podcast or Transcript), Gender Across Borders – September 14, 2010 [Audio]