Hi, Claudia here. I would appreciate a truce with you all.
I will chill out about EJMR and not help with any efforts to hassle the website. I will also chill out on Twitter and social media about problems in the economics profession or strongly push back on economic policy or economists I disagree with.
On some level, I appreciate efforts here to call out bad behavior in economics. You may have noticed I trashed my career with my "disgrace" post. I wrote it for the many students and research/assistants who have come to me for advice on dealing with and healing from harassment and exclusion. They are largely women and people of color, including Asian, Hispanic, Black, and Native American. Plenty of white men too.
Attacks by EJMR come up frequently in my mentoring though it is more often faculty or supervisors. I am trying to do the best I can to make our profession more welcoming. That includes welcoming every one of you. You clearly think I am an idiot and a horrible person. Fine, you have a right to your opinions. I am not perfect. I will be the first to admit that. I don't need your threads to remind me.
So carry on but try to leave me out of it. I will give that courtesy too.
Thanks,
Claudia