Anita Sarkeesian

Ordinary Women was shot on a soundstage with a professional crew and a professional animation studio creating everything.

— Anita Sarkeesian

There is a clear difference between sexist parody and parody of sexism. Sexist parody encourages the players to mock and trivialize gender…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I'm no stranger to a bit of sexist backlash, but I was surprised by the level of vicious and misogynist hate I…

— Anita Sarkeesian

Well maybe the princess shouldnt be a damsel and she can save herself.

— Anita Sarkeesian

Maybe today we aren't being told that our brains are not capable of such things [like programming], but we [as a women]…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I really wanted to explore a range of women who aren't necessarily perfect, heroic women. I wanted to series to influence creative…

— Anita Sarkeesian

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

— Anita Sarkeesian

The struggles women face today are simultaneously very, very old and very new.

— Anita Sarkeesian

It's been really exciting to work on a collaborative, creative team where we got to bounce ideas back and forth and figure…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I came back to this idea of telling the stories of women who aren't in all of the history books. Their names…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I wouldn't call it a silver lining, but with more women speaking up, online harassment is beginning to be taken more seriously.

— Anita Sarkeesian

The gaming industry has been male-dominated ever since its inception.

— Anita Sarkeesian

I got to focus on my performance - learning how to perform is something I've been working on both personally and professionally.

— Anita Sarkeesian

I find crowdfunding to be one of the most ethical ways to continue doing the work that we do because the idea…

— Anita Sarkeesian

It is both possible (and even necessary) to simultaneously enjoy media while also being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.

— Anita Sarkeesian

Some male gamers with a deep sense of entitlement are terrified of change.

— Anita Sarkeesian

I hadn't mentioned, but Ching Shih is a pretty villainous character. She is a real person, but she was a pirate commander,…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I am not a fan of video games, I had to learn a lot about them. I would love to play video…

— Anita Sarkeesian

Here are examples of real women who have done real things: good, bad, and in between. We're expanding not just the definition…

— Anita Sarkeesian

I'm really thriving and enjoying being a part of a really vibrant creative team and doing creative work.

— Anita Sarkeesian

For me, if folks who are watching YouTube can pitch in a bit to help cover the cost for creating this work,…

— Anita Sarkeesian

My writer and I sat down and wrote a huge list of names of women to consider. It was really important to…

— Anita Sarkeesian

The US bombed them back to traditional values – feminism does not exist in Japan. While I don’t like judging an entire…

— Anita Sarkeesian

The struggles of dealing with online harassment is the same harassment that women have been dealing with, it's just a new medium…

— Anita Sarkeesian

The other thing is that it's really hard to separate out the harassment from everything we do. When we started creating Tropes,…

— Anita Sarkeesian