The phrase "a soapbox about" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone expressing their opinions or beliefs passionately, often in a public or informal setting.
Example: "During the meeting, she stood up and took a soapbox about the importance of environmental sustainability."
Alternatives: "a platform for" or "a pulpit on".
Why not? "I ought to get on a soapbox about it; it deteriorates as fast as we rebuild it".
The healthcare professionals featured here seem robotically programmed to read off a script and get on a soapbox about the general state of brain injury treatment.
But the cooking part is right up my alley, and, even better, I figured it would give me a chance to try out some of the ideas I've been on a soapbox about for the last couple of years.
Correction: November 30, 2003, Sunday A Soapbox essay on Nov. 23 about New Jersey's structure of local governance misstated the number of boroughs in the state.
Can a soapbox race be about creativity, the human spirit and tapping into the zeitgeist in addition to being an ultimate childlike thrill?
He's not the first candidate to stand on a soapbox shouting about getting the money out of politics, but something about his candidacy has caught on in a way that, say, Howard Dean's never did.
Ahumada Grob says that East WillyB is "not a soapbox story about gentrification," but an attempt to explore the complexity of the issue "in a playful, entertaining way".
A history professor, on a schoolmarm soapbox about poor writing mechanics, paused to ask our seminar, "Do any of you know the difference between grammar and syntax?" I replied that there was no grammar on alcohol and cigarettes.
Giving advice to a terrorist group, even if it is not about violent activities, is not the same as getting on a soapbox and speaking about politics.
He said: "I have to be careful because I tend to get up on a soapbox a bit about this.
Nobody gets up on a soapbox and shouts about the comfort of his sofa and chairs.
