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Anita Sarkeesian is a feminist pop culture media critic who produces an ongoing web series of video commentaries from a feminist/fangirl perspective. She has earned her bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies and her Master’s degree in Social and Political Thought.  Anita’s research interests are on privilege and systems of oppression specifically focusing on representations of race, gender, sexuality, class and ability in popular culture.  Her master’s thesis is entitled “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”: Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television”

She has lead various workshops on media literacy, videoblogging, political remix video and fair use. Recently, Anita organized “Remixing Popular Culture: Subverting Gender and Sexuality Through Online Video”, and spoke at “Women, Media and Action” (WAM!) in Los Angeles. She has facilitated youth public speaking trainings at the Fair Use Remix Institute and lead a videoblogging workshop with Reel Grrls in Seattle.

Her videoblogs and remix work have been featured at conferences and festivals including at the Open Video Conference, the Festival International du Film Lesbian & Féministe de Paris, and the Athena Film Festival and on countless blogs and websites including Boing Boing, Roger Ebert’s Journal, SFGate, The Star and Sociological Images.  Feminist Frequency videos are often included on course syllabi and screened in traditional classrooms and by educational organizations.

In addition to Feminist Frequency, Anita creates videoblogs for Bitch Magazine and is a regular contributor at Political Remix Video and Critical Commons.

Interviews

• 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
• Feminist Frequency, WAM! the media & Mujeres de Maiz, KPFK Radio, Feminist Magazine – March 16, 2011
• 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