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Zerlina Maxwell
Birth Date:16 November 1981

Zerlina Maxwell (born November 16, 1981[1] [2]) 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 from a liberal perspective.[3] [4] She describes herself as a survivor of sexual assault and a "survivor activist".[5]

Education

Maxwell holds a J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. in international relations from Tufts University.[6]

Career

Maxwell worked as a field organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign,[7] and was director of Progressive Media for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign.[8] She is the current director of Progressive Programming for SiriusXM, and hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM, Signal Boost. In September 2017, Maxwell interviewed Hillary Clinton for a SiriusXM Progress Town Hall.[9] In October 2020, Maxwell began hosting the daily news show Zerlina on Peacock TV. On September 6, 2022, Maxwell announced her show would air its last episode on September 15, and that she would be leaving her position on MSNBC.[10]

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.[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 Times 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014.[15] The Cut magazine's Kaitlin Menza said that Maxwell "has built a career around expressing her political opinions with wit and intelligence."

Personal life

In 2014, Maxwell disclosed that she was sexually assaulted by a roommate's boyfriend. The incident took place in her dorm room when she was a college student.[16] She also expressed concerns about support she received from the university when she reported the incident.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inman. DeMicia. 2020-12-07. Zerlina Maxwell talks new book, race and why she's encouraged by the Biden-Harris win. 2021-09-17. TheGrio. en-US. After working as a field organizer for President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and as a staffer for Hillary Clinton, Maxwell, 39, continued her career on television..
  2. Web site: Politico Staff . 16 November 2020 . Birthday of the Day: Zerlina Maxwell, host of 'Zerlina' on Peacock, MSNBC analyst and co-host of 'Signal Boost Show' on Sirius XM . . 16 April 2022.
  3. News: Q&A: Zerlina Maxwell on rape culture and sexual assault. Sachdeva. Surbhi. 2017-11-20. Stanford Daily. 2018-03-03. en-US.
  4. News: Former Clinton aide: Trump campaign normalized racism, sexism. Bliss. Mark. 2017-02-16. Southeast Missourian. 2018-03-03. en.
  5. Web site: Zerlina Maxwell: 'I'm making a pitch for more public male allies'. Galo. Sarah. 2015-02-23. The Guardian. en. 2018-03-03.
  6. Web site: 2015 Event - Challenging Rape Culture. 2020-06-13. Columbia College. en-US. 2020-06-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200613022019/https://www.ccis.edu/events/womenshistorymonth/archivedevents/2015-event-challenging-rape-culture.aspx. dead.
  7. Web site: Zerlina Maxwell '13: Gaining Influence in the Political Conversation . Rutgers School of Law–Newark, S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice . 2013 . 2013-05-25.
  8. Web site: How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell . Menza . Kaitlin . 2017-12-18 . The Cut . en . 2018-02-26.
  9. News: WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics . 2017-09-26 . Hear & Now . 2018-03-03 . en-US.
  10. ZerlinaMaxwell . Personal News: My last episode of @zerlinashow on 9/15 next week will also be my last day at @msnbc . 1567151857327390725 . September 6, 2022 . October 24, 2022 . Twitter.
  11. Web site: Intrabartola . Lisa . 2013-03-22 . Rutgers Law Student, Rape Survivor, Takes on Sean Hannity and Victim-Blaming . 2018-02-26 . Rutgers Today . en.
  12. Web site: Zerlina Maxwell . 2018-02-26. The American Prospect. en.
  13. Web site: Smith, Ben. 2012-07-10. A Twitter Voice to Follow. 2013-05-25. The New York Times.
  14. Web site: Rayfield, Jillian. 2012-10-03. Political must reads: Salon's Twitter 50 . 2013-05-25 . Salon.
  15. 2014-05-05. Zerlina Maxwell on TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds List . 2018-02-26. TIME.
  16. Maxwell. Zerlina. Rape Culture Is Real. 2020-07-08. Time.

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