Episode 21: The Archetype of the "Struggling Artist" & How the Minimum Wage Proves It's a Myth

If you've ever told someone you're an artist and they follow up
with something akin to "What have I seen you in?", this episode
is for you. So many times we internalize the archetype of the
struggling artist to mean there's some sort of internal
self-defeat causing us to struggle, often ignoring the reality of
the System of which we are a part. In this episode, we chat about
the minimum wage, mental health, and how to reframe the
conversation away from the trappings of Capitalist thinking so
that we can do the thing we came here to do: make art.


Here are the citations for referenced statistics within the
podcast:


"This is What Minimum Wage Would Be If It Kept Pace with
Productivity" --
https://www.cepr.net/this-is-what-minimum-wage-would-be-if-it-kept-pace-with-productivity/


"63% of Americans have been living paycheck to paycheck
since Covid hit" --
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/11/majority-of-americans-are-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-since-covid-hit


"Artists Are More Anxious Than People in Other
Professions—But They Are Also Better at Coping With Challenges, a
New Study Finds" --
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-psychology-yale-study-1848138


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