NeoliberalDON'T Part 3: NYC Slumlord v Southern White Lesbian (Game, Set, and Match)

January 25, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Neoliberal Trashfires

“I spent most of my life trying to curtail my anger, my loudness, and most of all, the assertiveness with which I express myself.” Dr. Allison Harbin gives excerpts from a phone call with her landlord as a reflection on anger, and its use as an assertion of rights and worth as declared by Chemlay. In this Not Safe for School (NSFS) newsletter, she discusses expendable labor, adjuncts, and white saviorism.

NeoliberalDON'T Part 2: NYC Slumlord V Southern White Lesbian

January 18, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Neoliberal Trashfires

I'm starting to think that rage may be our last hope for educational equity and reparations. About women's rage and neoliberalism. Dr. Allison Harbin wraps up her slum lord story and what it taught her about women's rage. She discusses rage being an avenue for educational equity.

NeoliberalDon't part I: My Most NYC XMAS EVERIn

January 11, 2022 by Allison Harbin in Neoliberal Trashfires

You know when the odds are stacked against you when your rent-stabilized apartment is owned by one of the top 5 slumlords in NYC. Dr. Allison Harbin writes about the toxic mold that took over her NYC apartment, deregulation, and neoliberal ideology writ large.