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Zerlina Maxwell
Maxwell in 2018
Born(1981-11-16)November 16, 1981(age 42)
Education
Occupations
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  • political analyst

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 aliberal perspective.[3][4]She describes herself as a survivor of sexual assault and a "survivor activist".[3][5]

Education

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Maxwell holds aJ.D.degree fromRutgers Law Schooland aB.A.ininternational relationsfromTufts University.[6]

Career

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Maxwell worked as a field organizer for the2008 Obama presidential campaign,[7]and was director of Progressive Media for the2016 Hillary Clinton campaign.[8]She is the current director of Progressive Programming forSiriusXM,and hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM,Signal Boost.[8]In September 2017, Maxwell interviewedHillary Clintonfor a SiriusXM Progress Town Hall.[9]In October 2020, Maxwell began hosting the daily news showZerlinaonPeacock 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 onMSNBC.[10]

Maxwell has appeared frequently onCNN,Fox News,and MSNBC as a commentator and has written forThe Washington Post,Jet,The American Prospect,Black Enterprise,CNN.com,The Huffington Post,Salon,andEbony.[11][12][8]Her Twitter account was named byThe New York Timesas a "Twitter Voice to Follow" in 2012,[13]as one of "Salon's Twitter 50" in 2012,[14]and one ofTime's 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014.[15]The Cutmagazine's Kaitlin Menza said that Maxwell "has built a career around expressing her political opinions with wit and intelligence."[8]

Personal life

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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.[16]

References

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  1. ^Inman, DeMicia (2020-12-07)."Zerlina Maxwell talks new book, race and why she's encouraged by the Biden-Harris win".TheGrio.Retrieved2021-09-17.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. ^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".Politico.Retrieved16 April2022.
  3. ^abSachdeva, Surbhi (2017-11-20)."Q&A: Zerlina Maxwell on rape culture and sexual assault".Stanford Daily.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  4. ^Bliss, Mark (2017-02-16)."Former Clinton aide: Trump campaign normalized racism, sexism".Southeast Missourian.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  5. ^Galo, Sarah (2015-02-23)."Zerlina Maxwell: 'I'm making a pitch for more public male allies'".The Guardian.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  6. ^"2015 Event - Challenging Rape Culture".Columbia College.Archived fromthe originalon 2020-06-13.Retrieved2020-06-13.
  7. ^"Zerlina Maxwell '13: Gaining Influence in the Political Conversation".Rutgers School of Law–Newark, S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice. 2013.Retrieved2013-05-25.
  8. ^abcdMenza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18)."How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell".The Cut.Retrieved2018-02-26.
  9. ^"WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics".Hear & Now.2017-09-26.Retrieved2018-03-03.
  10. ^@ZerlinaMaxwell (September 6, 2022)."Personal News: My last episode of @zerlinashow on 9/15 next week will also be my last day at @msnbc"(Tweet).RetrievedOctober 24,2022– viaTwitter.
  11. ^Intrabartola, Lisa (2013-03-22)."Rutgers Law Student, Rape Survivor, Takes on Sean Hannity and Victim-Blaming".Rutgers Today.Retrieved2018-02-26.
  12. ^"Zerlina Maxwell".The American Prospect.Retrieved2018-02-26.
  13. ^Smith, Ben (2012-07-10)."A Twitter Voice to Follow".The New York Times.Retrieved2013-05-25.
  14. ^Rayfield, Jillian (2012-10-03)."Political must reads: Salon's Twitter 50".Salon.Retrieved2013-05-25.
  15. ^"Zerlina Maxwell on TIME's 140 Best Twitter Feeds List".TIME.2014-05-05.Retrieved2018-02-26.
  16. ^abMaxwell, Zerlina."Rape Culture Is Real".Time.Retrieved2020-07-08.
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