There is little point complaining about the hard work of academia. The truth is most people have a harder time at their jobs. Teaching and researching does not scream "high stress" for most people. Indeed, this fact explains some of the marginalization associated with modern academia. A liberal art education, which presume a well rounded education intended to make you aware of wide range of subjects, doesn't have the vocational credibility associated with science, technology, engineering, and math oriented studies. The trick for those us in the far less sexy humanities and social science fields is to show our worth. No easy task when our subjects can run the gambit from Classics to comics books. The trick, in my mind, is to be inclusive in your work. Show people why you think about your subject and why it matters. The "So What?" question that distinguishes a flight of fancy from a cogent cultural analysis is often missed in debate about the value o...