And, as the ranks of academia finally, slowly, became less white and less male, academics became even easier to dislike. Not only were we liberal propagandists with cushy, well-paid, tenured gigs ― some of us were women of color to boot. It was the best of times and the worst of times to ask professors to go public. An army of social media accounts, some run by real humans and some by “bots,” is pressed into service. Many of us help raise money to offset the real cost of protecting ourselves while merely trying to do our jobs.

Source: Huffington Post February 19, 2018 20:26 UTC