Zerlina Maxwell

Zerlina Maxwell is an American cable television host, political analyst, commentator, speaker, and writer. She writes and speaks about culture, gender inequity, sexual consent, racism, and similar topics.[1][2] She is a survivor of sexual assault and describes herself as a survivor activist.[1][3]

Zerlina Maxwell
Maxwell in 2020
NationalityUnited States
Education
  • Tufts University
  • Rutgers University, Newark
Occupation
  • Author
  • Political Analyst

Maxwell has appeared frequently on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC as a commentator and has written for The Washington Post, Jet, The American Prospect, Black Enterprise, CNN.com, The Huffington Post, Salon, and Ebony.[4][5][6] Her Twitter account was named by The New York Times as "A Twitter Voice to Follow" in 2012,[7] as one of "Salon’s Twitter 50" in 2012,[8] and one of Time's 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014.[9] The Cut magazine's Kaitlin Menza said that Maxwell as "has built a career around expressing her political opinions with wit and intelligence."[6]

Maxwell holds a J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.[10]

Maxwell reported that she was sexually assaulted by a roommate's boyfriend. The incident took place in her dorm room when she was a college student.[11] Maxwell expressed concerns about support she received from the university when she reported the incident.[11]

Career

Maxwell worked as a field organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign,[12] and was director of Progressive Media for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign.[6] She is now director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM, and hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM, Signal Boost.[6] In September 2017, Maxwell interviewed Hillary Clinton for a SiriusXM Progress Town Hall.[13] In October 2020, Maxwell began hosting the daily news show Zerlina on Peacock TV.

Bibliography
  • The End of White Politics. Hachette, 2020.

References
  1. Sachdeva, Surbhi (2017-11-20). "Q&A: Zerlina Maxwell on rape culture and sexual assault". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  2. Bliss, Mark (2017-02-16). "Former Clinton aide: Trump campaign normalized racism, sexism". Southeast Missourian. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  3. Galo, Sarah (2015-02-23). "Zerlina Maxwell: 'I'm making a pitch for more public male allies'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. Intrabartola, Lisa (2013-03-22). "Rutgers Law Student, Rape Survivor, Takes on Sean Hannity and Victim-Blaming". Rutgers Today. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  5. "Zerlina Maxwell". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  6. Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. Smith, Ben (2012-07-10). "A Twitter Voice to Follow". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  8. Rayfield, Jillian (2012-10-03). "Political must reads: Salon's Twitter 50". Salon. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  9. "Zerlina Maxwell on TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds List". TIME.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  10. "2015 Event - Challenging Rape Culture". Columbia College. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  11. "Rape Culture Is Real". Time. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  12. "Zerlina Maxwell '13: Gaining Influence in the Political Conversation". Rutgers School of Law–Newark, S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice. 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  13. "WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics". Hear & Now. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-03.


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