Zerlina Maxwell | |
|---|---|
 Maxwell in 2018 | |
| Nationality | American |
| 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
editMaxwell received her B.A in International Relations from Tufts University in 2003.[7][unreliable source]
Career and activism
editMaxwell 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
edit- ^ a b Sachdeva, Surbhi (2017-11-20). "Q&A: Zerlina Maxwell on rape culture and sexual assault". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Bliss, Mark (2017-02-16). "Former Clinton aide: Trump campaign normalized racism, sexism". Southeast Missourian. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Galo, Sarah (2015-02-23). "Zerlina Maxwell: 'I'm making a pitch for more public male allies'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ^ Intrabartola, Lisa (2013-03-22). "Rutgers Law Student, Rape Survivor, Takes on Sean Hannity and Victim-Blaming". Rutgers Today. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Zerlina Maxwell". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ a b c Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "Zerlina Maxwell Age, Bio, Wiki | Parents, Education, Net Worth, Wikipedia". Marathi.TV. 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ "PPFA Media Excellence Awards". www.plannedparenthood.org. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
- ^ Kingkade, Tyler (2014-03-25). "Rape Culture Is When..." HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- ^ Smith, Ben (2012-07-10). "A Twitter Voice to Follow". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ^ Rayfield, Jillian (2012-10-03). "Political must reads: Salon's Twitter 50". Salon. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ^ "Zerlina Maxwell on TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds List". TIME.com. 2014-05-05. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
- ^ "WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics". Hear & Now. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-03.