Here it is, the first episode of feminist frequency radio. Anita gets a little too excited when her one night stand tyler and her future husband pike are on an. To help them achieve their goal, theyve set up a crowdfunding campaign to help cover postproduction costs. Were going to give you some very exclusive bonus content. Ordinary women is going to focus exclusively on real women from history, rather than. As a feminist frequency radio member you get some pretty awesome rewards. Join as we struggle with the powerful questions and feelings the series raises as this telling of feminisms past illuminates the many issues the movement continues to face today. This week, anita, caro, and ebony don some cool diy vigilante masks and go dispense some of that sweet feminist street justice. Each week, anita sarkeesian, carolyn petit, and ebony aster bring you dispatches from the pop culture wars and invite you to listen in on their entertaining, stimulating, takenoprisoners conversations about the latest films, games, and tv. Part 1 feminist frequency returns damsel in distress. Feminist frequency youtube channel stats lets play index. Anitas off on another one of her globehopping adventures, so ebony and.
Youtube stats summary user statistics for feministfrequency 20200508 20200521 date. One attacker created the computer game beat up anita sarkeesian, which prompted players to bloody a picture of sarkeesian by clicking. In the eight year anniversary newsletter, feminist frequency acknowledges the problems. In august 2014, feminist frequency issued a new tropes vs women in games episode.
Feminist frequency is an award winning educational. Feminist frequency have been working on the series since september 2015, aiming to publish the first episode in september of this year. With the exception of the particularly low point of 2016 in which only two games shown featured exclusively female protagonists recore and horizon zero dawn, the percentage of games shown at e3 that focus on women has hovered around the 79% range for the past few years, and this year shows no improvement, with 9 games, or roughly 8% of games shown, featuring female. Feminist frequency tackling ordinary women with new. Feminist frequency analyzes the connections between popular culture, the current political climate, and societal issues such as gender, race, and sexuality. If youd like to help make the web series happen you can head over to the crowdfunding page here. Listen to the feminist frequency radio episode iheartradio.
This educational episode contains graphic sexual and violent game footage. Youll get early access to each and every episode before anyone else. Feminist frequencys new series celebrates women in history. Stroll with us down memory lane as we revisit the titles that made us reflect, made us feel, and maybe even moved the needle on what media has to. Released on the channel feministfrequency between march 20 and april 2017, the series consists. The point of the series is to point out female character representations, mostly negative criticism towards the unfortunate implications that ensue from various shows and movies. In the unmanning of trump, host anita sarkeesian examines how so much of the.
This week on the feminist frequency radio podcast we grapple with hulus limited series mrs. This episode of feminist frequencys star trek podcast finds anita and ebony discussing episode 10 of picard, the final episode in the series first season. She is the founder of feminist frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. New episodes of the feminist frequency radio podcast every.
Curious what others think, especially those familiar with nussbaums work and those who have played some of these games. The fact is, at this point feminist frequencys twitter page is probably more relevant than the videos they produce, which are remarkably few and far between. Anita is an awardwinning media critic and the creator and executive director of feminist frequency, an educational nonprofit that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. Feminist frequency december 20, 2018 in this, the second of two freq show episodes devoted to media literacy, we delve deeper into some essential concepts.
Weve all learned a lot since then about doing feminist media analysis and making compelling videos. Opinion why feminist frequency almost made me quit writing about video games. America, focusing on the battle for and against the equal rights amendment in the 1970s. Anita sarkeesian talks about exposing gamings most toxic. Sarkeesian also does a good job of explaining how this violence affects our analog world for those disinclined to believe any connection. This week on feminist frequency radio, we react to the academy awards and. For those interested, feminist frequencys page for the video provides a lot more details on the video, including a transcript and link to sources. Women in video games, which examines tropes in the. Women in video games is a youtube video series created by anita sarkeesian. Often, when feminists raise the issue of internalized misogyny, were berated as.
Feminist frequency is an ongoing series of video commentaries exploring gender. Feminist frequencys star trek podcast on apple podcasts. Why feminist frequency is dead wrong about the witcher 3. Depending on your tier level, you could get access to some or all of these. They have created a sixpart miniseries on tropes v. Kate from feminist frequency writes, feminist frequency has just released a supplemental miniepisode in their tropes vs women in video games series. Part 2 tropes vs women in video games damsel in distress. Schoolgirl strikers episode 1 some girls who go to a private school are secretly selected by their teacher to battle monsters in another dimension. San francisco, catoday, feminist frequency premieres the second episode of their brand new series, the freq show. The 46minute feminist frequency miniseries isnt necessarily a definitive answer, but its a good stepan enlightening series that revolves around provable trends found in decades of video. Feminist frequency is an ongoing series of video commentaries exploring gender representations, myths, and messages in popular culture media. Daring to defy history, that were releasing it ahead of schedule.
One of the most famous and feared pirates who ever lived was ching shih. Listen to feminist frequency radio episodes free, on demand. New episodes of the feminist frequency radio podcast every wednesday morning. Each episode is an exploration of a different topic. Women in video games is a youtube video series created by anita sarkeesian examining gender tropes in video games. Anita sarkeesian um 1984 bei toronto ist eine kanadischamerikanische feministische. In this, the second of two freq show episodes devoted to media literacy, we.
Today i have the absolute pleasure of speaking with coauthors anita sarkeesian and ebony adams on the show. Feminist frequency was so excited to share the final episode of ordinary women. Anita sarkeesian of feminist frequency has debuted the second part of her tropes vs women in video games episode on damsels in distress the scripts use of repetitive language is particularly powerful, exposing the unoriginality of misogynistic plots. You can help us speak out against the normalization of sexual assault and harassment, racism and bigotry, and advocate for more inclusive media. And though it was a tough task, weve narrowed down all the media from the last 10 years to our fave five in literature, film, music, television and gaming. Summary of feminist frequency youtube channel statistics and videos.
Queer tropes is a new, threepart miniseries hosted by carolyn petit. We have finally arrived at our john wick 3 episode. The series ended with its final episode, the lady sidekick, posted on april 27, 2017. Women against feminism feminist frequency does not speak.
In 20, newsweek magazine named sarkeesian one of its 125 women of impact, writing that regardless of the harassment, damsel in. Feminist frequency media literacy part 2 the freq show. Feminist frequencys damsel in distress episode, part 2. Weve come a long way since anita first hung up a piece of fabric in her living room and recorded her thoughts about dollhouse for all the world to see. The first episode of feminist frequencys new series ordinary women is up, talking about the life of anarchist revolutionary emma goldman.
Feminist frequency, the nonprofit organization ran by anita sarkeesian, creator of the tropes vs women in video games youtube series, has called out. She has received particular attention for her video series tropes vs. Why feminist frequency almost made me quit writing about. On this episode of feminist frequency radio we take a look at the half of it, the second film from saving face director alice wu. Part 1 an introduction to my perspective on the current state of the gaming community. Please join us as we reflect on december 8th, 2016. A cursory look at feminist frequencys youtube page shows that each episode of the first season of tropes hit 1to3 million views. Women in video games, this threeepisode miniseries brings feminist frequencys critical feminist lens to bear on the harmful. In 2012, anita sarkeesian launched a kickstarter for a series called tropes vs. The series was financed via crowdfunding, and came to widespread attention when its kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of sexist harassment against sarkeesian. Listen in to find out where we were impressed, what we found disappointing, and what were hoping to leave, fullspeed, behind as we plot a course to season 2. Feminist frequency is a web series created by anita sarkeesian to analyze pop culture from a feministfangirl perspective. Anita sarkeesian is a canadianamerican feminist media critic, blogger, and public speaker.
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