Anita Sarkeesian
- January 4, 2024
- Blogger
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Anita Sarkeesian Biography
| Name | Anita Sarkeesian |
| Birthday | Aug 15 |
| Birth Year | 1983 |
| Place Of Birth | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
Anita Sarkeesian is one of the most popular and richest Blogger who was born on August 15, 1983 in Ontario, Canada. Blogger YouTuber, blogger, and media critic, best known as the brain behind The Feminist Frequency blog and YouTube channel. Her work is mostly focused on the representation of women in media, especially in video games. Her work was featured on high-profile magazines like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
She was during an episode of In 2014, she appeared on an episode of Stephen Colbert‘s The Colbert Report discussing GamerGate and gender inclusivity in video games.’s The Colbert Report discussing GamerGate as well as gender diversity in video games.
Anita Sarkeesian (/s ɑːr ˈ k iː z i ə n / ; born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic, blogger, and public speaker. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. She has received particular attention for her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, which examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters.
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. Her master’s thesis is titled I’ll Make a Man Out of You: Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television.
The parents of her are Armenians who fled Iraq to Canada in the 1970s.
Anita Sarkeesian Net Worth
| Net Worth | $300 Thousand |
| Source Of Income | Blogger |
| House | Living in own house. |
Anita Sarkeesian is one of the richest Blogger from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anita Sarkeesian 's net worth $300 Thousand. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies at Northridge at the University of California, Northridge and then went on to earn her master’s degree in social and political theory at York University.
She’s served as an advisor to Silverstring Media and as a judge for the Games for Change Awards. The media spotlight was focused on her for harassment that was sexist online and was dubbed “GamerGate,” after the announcement of her Tropes vs. Women in Video Games project on Kickstarter.
Sarkeesian was born in Canada and grew up near Toronto. Her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s. She later moved to California, and identifies as Canadian-American.
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Sarkeesian was inspired to start a video series on female representation in video games after she was invited to speak to developers at Bungie. On May 17, 2012, she began a Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of short videos that would examine gender tropes in video games that was featured as a campaign of note on the official Kickstarter blog. The threats and harassment she received in response generated widespread media attention, and resulted in her ultimately far exceeding her funding goal of $6,000. The final amount raised was $158,922 from 6,968 backers.
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In 2012, Sarkeesian was targeted by an online harassment campaign following her launch of a Kickstarter project to fund the Tropes vs. Women in Video Games series. Supporters donated almost $160,000 to the project, far beyond the $6,000 she had sought. The situation was covered extensively in the media, placing Sarkeesian at the center of discussions about misogyny in video game culture and online harassment. 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.