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Zerlina Maxwell
Maxwell in 2018
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)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]

She 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]

Education

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Maxwell received her B.A in International Relations from Tufts University in 2003.[7][unreliable source]

Career and activism

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Maxwell first started in a writing position while in law school. After joining Twitter, she used this platform in a way to begin her career. She was first noticed on Twitter by Barack Obama, for whom she worked as a field organizer for his 2008 Obama presidential campaign,[8] then Hillary Clinton, who then hired Maxwell to serve as Director of Progressive Media for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign.[9] She received the Maggie Award for Media Excellence for starting #RapeCultureIsWhen on social media[10]. It brought attention to rape culture and how it is untreated in colleges.[11][12]

Her Twitter account was named by The New York Times as "A Twitter Voice to Follow" in 2012,[13] as one of "Salon’s Twitter 50" in 2012,[14] and one of TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014.[15] 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 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.[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  7. ^ "Zerlina Maxwell Age, Bio, Wiki | Parents, Education, Net Worth, Wikipedia". Marathi.TV. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  10. ^ "PPFA Media Excellence Awards". www.plannedparenthood.org. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
  11. ^ Kingkade, Tyler (2014-03-25). "Rape Culture Is When..." HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  12. ^ Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  13. ^ Smith, Ben (2012-07-10). "A Twitter Voice to Follow". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  14. ^ Rayfield, Jillian (2012-10-03). "Political must reads: Salon's Twitter 50". Salon. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  15. ^ "Zerlina Maxwell on TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds List". TIME.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  16. ^ "WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics". Hear & Now. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-03.