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Zerlina Maxwell
BornNovember 16, 1981 (age 38)
NationalityUnited States
EducationTufts University
Rutgers University, Neward
Occupation(s)Author
Political Analyst

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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, The American Prospect, Black Enterprise, CNN.com, The Huffington Post, Salon, and Ebony.[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]

Early Life

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Zerlina Maxwell (born November 16, 1981) is from the United States.[10] In term of the city where she is from, Zerlina is keeping it private in public. Her ethnicity group is considered to be African American.[11] She is always proud of being what she is in term of race, gender, or personalities. Zerlina's father is a microbiologist and a doctor. He is also a biology professor of Norfolk State University, and he is currently retired.[12] Her mother, Yvette Maxwell, was a Ph.D Graduate pursuing her doctoral degree. Based on one of Zerlina's tweet post, her mother got her Ph.D degree after retirement.[12][13] It is also well known that her parents are both pastors.[12] Zerlina has one sibling, but her sister doesn't show up on media too often. Therefore, there is not too much information about her sister. When Zerlina Maxwell was still in school, she first attended Tufts University for her bachelor degree. Later, Zerlina successfully obtained her law degree from Rutgers University, Newark.

Life Encounter

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The incident took place in her dorm room when she were still in college.[14] Zerlina indicates that the one who sexually assaulted her was one of her roommate's boyfriend. However, Zerlina didn't get supported as a rape victim after telling people who she trusted about her encounter. Instead, She was being questioned on her choices during the incident, such as whether or not she drank, what kind of dress she wore, or what she possibly did that caused being raped. Despite hearing all the unkind comments and being suspected to have done something inappropriate, Zerlina still reported the incident.[14] Because of what she had experienced, her current career is also closely related to the topic of rape, sexual assault, and human inequalities.

Career

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Maxwell worked as a field organizer for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign,[15] 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.[16]

Books

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2020: The End of White Politics: How to Deal Our Liberal Divide

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 d Menza, Kaitlin (2017-12-18). "How I Get It Done: Zerlina Maxwell". The Cut. Retrieved 2018-02-26. Cite error: The named reference "The Cut interview" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  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. ^ Team, Marathi TV Editorial (2020-04-21). "Zerlina Maxwell Age (Bio, Wiki) Spouse, Married, Parents, Net Worth". Marathi.TV. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  11. ^ "Zerlina Maxwell Bio, Wiki, Net Worth, Dating, Boyfriend, Age, Height". Bio Wikis. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  12. ^ a b c "Zerlina Maxwell Bio, Wiki, Net Worth, Dating, Boyfriend, Age, Height". Bio Wikis. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  13. ^ "https://twitter.com/zerlinamaxwell/status/729371471638872064". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-07-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  14. ^ a b "Rape Culture Is Real". Time. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "WATCH: Hillary Clinton on combating sexism in politics". Hear & Now. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2018-03-03.