Life is tough for many in the increasing precarity of today's academy. Despite all the degrees received, courses taught, grants awarded, conferences attended, articles published, resumes polished, and networks established, many people aspiring to a thriving academic career are now denied the opportunity to prosper in a stable position and to secure a settled life. Given the shrinking academic job market worldwide, especially for humanities and social science disciplines, it is no wonder that over the last two decades quit-lit written by disillusioned members of the academy has grown to such an extent that it now comprises a particular genre. From personal social media accounts to newspapers and websites circulating recent news about academics’ life across and beyond the United States, a wide array of platforms daily reveals the gloomy perspectives and emotional reactions of nontenured academic laborers overwhelmed by the uncertainties and insecurities that mark their professional and private lives.

在当今学院越来越不稳定的情况下，许多人的生活很艰难。尽管获得了所有学位、教授的课程、授予的资助、参加的会议、发表的文章、完善的简历和建立的网络，但许多渴望蓬勃发展的学术事业的人现在却被剥夺了在稳定的职位上取得成功并获得安定生活的机会. 鉴于全球学术就业市场不断萎缩，尤其是人文和社会科学学科，难怪在过去的二十年里，由学院幻灭成员撰写的戒烟作品已经发展到现在包含一个特定类型的程度。从个人社交媒体账户到在美国国内外传播有关学者生活的最新消息的报纸和网站，