Zerlina Maxwell

Zerlina Maxwell
Nationality American
Citizenship United States
Education Tufts University BA
Rutgers Law School - Newark JD
Occupation Political analyst, commentator, speaker, writer

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

Maxwell has appeared frequently on CNN, FOX News, and MSNBC as a commentator and has written for the Washington Post, JET Magazine, the American Prospect, Black Enterprise, CNN.com, the Huffington Post, Salon.com, and Ebony.com.[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 worked as a field organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign,[10] 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.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics". Hear & Now. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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