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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 [FeministFrequency]. 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.
In her latest feminist address on popular culture, she explores the sometimes sexist and rather "creepy" carols sung and played during the winter holidays: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Other commendable and recommended videos from her is "The Straw Feminist". A video that directly deals with popular stereotypes pertaining to feminist-identified women and feminism as an ideology and/or movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJxqR…
Other Recommended Videos
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Mystical Pregnancy": www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Evil Demon Seductress": www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Smurfette Principle": www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM3T2…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "Women in Refrigerators": www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInYaH…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl": www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJUxq…
In her latest feminist address on popular culture, she explores the sometimes sexist and rather "creepy" carols sung and played during the winter holidays: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Other commendable and recommended videos from her is "The Straw Feminist". A video that directly deals with popular stereotypes pertaining to feminist-identified women and feminism as an ideology and/or movement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJxqR…
Other Recommended Videos
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Mystical Pregnancy": www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Evil Demon Seductress": www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Smurfette Principle": www.youtube.com/watch?v=opM3T2…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "Women in Refrigerators": www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInYaH…
--> Tropes vs. Women: "The Manic Pixie Dream Girl": www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJUxq…
Another episode of Wikipedia's thoughtless sexism
Recently, Wikipedia has saw fit to delete several pages relating to Scythian religion. The most notable casualties of this spiteful decision are Tabiti, which stands as the matriarch of the Scythian pantheon and its actual head according to Herodotus’ Histories, and Argimpasa, a rather iconic figure in the discussion of the matriarchal aspects of Scythian society.
The world’s leading encyclopaedia can afford to have articles about anal sex but not about important mythological female figures. And all because of spite.
The de facto reason for this deletion is a rather complex conflict between Wikipedia as a whole and me, and is pa
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PSA: Take Street Harassment Seriously!
Street Harassment: Is a Man Running Over a 14-Year Old Girl for Refusing Sex Serious Enough?
Written by: Soraya Chemaly
Feminist, Writer, Satirist... not always in that order
Me, again. Time for another, "please take street harassment seriously" post.
Earlier this week a man in a car pulled up next to a 14-year old girl on a street in Florida and offered to pay her $200 to have sex with him. Some people would say that's a compliment. It's part of being out in society, learning to deal with people, navigating relationships between men and women. Or, at least that what many commenters on articles I write about street harassment think. That
Report: 3rd of women worldwide have been assaulted
According to the World Health Organization, "A third of women worldwide have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner, according to the first major review of violence against women."
In a series of papers released on Thursday by the World Health Organisation and others, experts estimated nearly 40 per cent of women killed worldwide were murdered by an intimate partner. Being assaulted by a partner was the most common kind of violence experienced by women.
"Violence against women is a global health problem of epidemic proportions," WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan said in a statement.
WHO defined physical v
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Thanks for the link! I just finished watching all the videos.