This meme is relatable but what you said is absolutely true. I've been at the barrel end of this psychological abuse. Of course, she was physically abusive too.
Because artists must be mocked as dirty, unkept hippies. This trope has bothered my family of artists and I for years.
For you new people. Artists look like your dad, or your school principal. Sometimes they look like hippies, but most people (not all!) who dress the part are not artists and very likey posers or hangabouts.
America has some of the best beer on Earth. Europeans really show their cultural naivete and prejudice when they say stuff like this. I used be feel mad, now I just pity them.
They front differently.