The emotional labour of academia in the time of a pandemic: A feminist reflection

During the COVID19 pandemic, emotional labor has become an indispensable resource in social work, providing comfort, strength, and focus for many. Within work academy, been required to support students, especially as education moved quickly into online remote teaching modes. For majority female educators, pandemic also led a rise caring responsibilities, children. This personal essay explores experience of female, early career academic negotiating use simultaneously paid unpaid roles during pandemic. exploration is contextualised within neoliberal university its expectation how should be used meet student business needs. The questions individualized practice responsibility alternative ways needs individuals, families, universities