How are there still so many webinars, panels, lectures, special journal editions, etc. still happening in a pandemic? Do scholars really have that much bandwidth right now? I don& #39;t get it. Can people take a chill pill & can we shift to just trying to collectively survive?

Perhaps if we all start saying NO to things then a universal chill will sweep across academia giving us all some grace so we can focus on STAYING ALIVE. I feel like I& #39;m sprinting to keep up & that& #39;s with turning down 90% of the things that I& #39;m asked to do. I can& #39;t even.

Of course that will never happen. We also know this will drive many of us (e.g. caregivers, women, POC, 1st gen, & other marginalized ppl) who have to sprint in the best of times to keep going faster & harder until we collapse. Please remember we have to rest to survive this.