Anita Sarkeesian was born in 1983 in Canada. Not much is known about her family except for the fact that her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s. She later moved to California, USA. She pursued a bachelor's degree in communication studies from California State University, Northridge, before enrolling in the York University for her master's degree in social and political thought.

Interested in issues of gender equality from a young age, she launched her website ‘Feminist Frequency’ in 2009 to share articles and videos on feminist media criticism. She graduated in 2010 with her thesis titled ‘I'll Make a Man Out of You: Strong Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television.’

Anita Sarkeesian was born in 1983 in Canada. & her family except for the fact that her parents are Armenians from Iraq who emigrated to Canada in the 1970s.  Later she moved to California, USA. & pursued a bachelor's degree in communication studies from California State University, Northridge, before enrolling in the York University for her master's degree in social and political thought.

Anita Sarkeesian originated the idea of creating a video series ‘Tropes vs. Women’ to analyze common tropes in the depiction of women in media with a particular focus on science fiction. For this, she partnered with ‘Bitch’ magazine and planned to launch a six-video series covering troupes like the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Women in Refrigerators and the Smurfette Principle. She initially thought of launching the series in 2012, but later changed her idea as she first decided to raise enough funds to create a series that would be truly meaningful from the feminist context.

Anita Sarkeesian is the recipient of several awards and honors. In 2013, she received an Honorary Award from the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) for her ‘Damsel in Distress’ videos. She received the Ambassador Award at the 14th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards for her work on the representation of women in video games in 2014. The same year, ‘The Verge,’ named her as one of "the 50 most important people at the intersection of technology, art, science, and culture." In 2015, ‘Cosmopolitan’ included her in its list of the "50 Most Fascinating People on the Internet."