http://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/too_poor_for_pop_culture/

I enjoyed the read, for sure. With the Internet and online journalism, I like how visible “non-traditional” academics are these days, telling their stories that bring to life both their personal saga and the academic issues that they engage (and how the two are intricately intertwined). This is something that I have seen more recently in PhDs from the social sciences: people getting PhDs to institute social change, embodying the very issues that they strive to change. (in his case a master’s) It’s a complex and fascinating interplay.