Marie Stango

Marie Stango

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Marie Stango is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the University of Michigan and currently holds an American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. Her work focuses on the history of slavery and emancipation in the Atlantic World, and she is finishing a dissertation on gender and sexuality in the American colonization of Liberia, titled “Vine and Palm Tree: African American Families in Liberia, 1820-1860.”

Reviews

Netflix’s Jessica Jones as a Story of Resiliency

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Modern television is not known for its nuanced portrayal of rape and sexual violence. Much of the recent discussion about depictions of rape on television has focused on Game of Thrones, HBO’s massively popular television series based on a series of novels by George R.R. Martin. Game of Thrones has been criticized for its on-screen… Read more →

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New York, 60 Years Later: Sexual Health and Coming of Age in The Bell Jar and Netflix’s Master of None

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Master of None, the new Netflix TV show created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang (best known for their work on NBC show Parks and Recreation), has created a lot of buzz in the blogosphere. Ansari and Yang’s show is insightful and original, and benefits from its diverse cast of characters and willingness to depict… Read more →