Collective Rage: Unpacking the Constraints, Privilege, and Roles of Academic Mothers During a Global Pandemic

Abstract

I carefully placed my laptop on a box on my kitchen table and threw on a suit jacket over my pajama tank top. The kitchen is not the ideal place to work, but it has the best lighting, a nondistracting background, and the most reliable Wi-Fi in the house. Like many people in March 2020, I was working 100% from home due to the global shutdown during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. I felt relatively equipped to work from home; much of my work as an academic is often conducted remotely, and I had the technology I needed to do my job. As I readied my makeshift workspace for an important research interview, my son entered the kitchen.