Anita Sarkeesian Quotes

Anita Sarkeesian 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.

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. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. August 1983
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Famous Anita Sarkeesian Quotes

“Well maybe the princess shouldn't be a damsel and she could save herself.”

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2014)

“Anime is the most disgusting, sexist, and misogynistic form of media to ever come out of Japan. Anime defiles women and caters to perverts and losers. These cartoons are corrupting teenagers and promoting rape culture.”

Andrea Hardie (4 October 2014), @JudgyBitch1, Twitter, falsely attributing a fabricated screenshot of an over 140-character tweet to @femfreq
Misattributed

“For this video I tried to get a glimpse of Batman's rear end, but it's as if his cape is a piece of high-tech Wayne-Industries equipment designed to cover up his butt at all costs.”

<i>Strategic Butt Coverings (Jan 19, 2016)</i>
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)

“Not a coincidence it’s always men and boys committing mass shootings. The pattern is connected to ideas of toxic masculinity in our culture.”

@femfreq (Oct 24, 2014) https://web.archive.org/web/20141228102607/https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/525793436025118721
Twitter

Anita Sarkeesian Quotes about women

“The mystical pregnancy is one of the tropes that I loathe the most because while other tropes represent women in stereotypical ways, this one hits us on a biological level.”

<i>The Mystical Pregnancy (Jul 28, 2011)</i>
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)

Anita Sarkeesian Quotes about the trip

“Princess Peach is in many ways the quintessential stock-character version of the damsel in distress.”

<i>Damsel in Distress: Part 3 (Aug 1, 2013)</i>
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)

“[On the GamerGate Controversy]: Ethics in journalism is not what's happening, in any way.”

The Colbert Report (Comedy Central, 2014)

Anita Sarkeesian Quotes

“If you want to get to know a character, learn about their interests, goals or desires, their butt is probably not going to give you that information.”

<i>Strategic Butt Coverings (Jan 19, 2016)</i>
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)

“Buying 1,000 dollar shoes ….”

@anitasarkeesian

From a crudely faked screenshot http://www.reddit.com/r/rage/comments/18dkt1/instead_of_making_the_movies_that_she_promised/c8dum3g, c. February 12, 2013.
Misattributed

“There’s no such thing as sexism against men. That's because sexism is prejudice + power. Men are the dominant gender with power in society.”

@femfreq (Nov 14, 2014) https://web.archive.org/web/20150403150541/https://twitter.com/femfreq/status/533445611543363585
Twitter

“It's both possible, and even necessary, to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.”

<i>Damsel in Distress: Part 1 (Mar 7, 2013)</i>
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Feminist Frequency, 2013 - 2015)

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