Union vs. Economy does not compute

With the UAW strike starting, the ongoing Hollywood strikes, the recent contract with UPS and union discussions across the board, I've read several articles claiming our current president has to make a decision between the economy and union support.  And to be frank, this is just wrong.  If the last 70 years have taught us anything, a strong middle class with good wages builds an economy, not tax breaks for the rich or low wages for labor workers.  The major corporate entities pushing to keep unions down are what's a threat to the economy, and supporting unions is the only way we're going to fix our looming economic crisis.  Support your local union, refuse to do business with companies who violate labor laws and treat their employees like cogs in a machine.

Wendell and Wild: Beautiful and Misunderstood

I just wanted to type up a short opinion of this film, spoiler free, to try and put the record straight.  I've heard a bit of complaint about the movie being terrible, but I have to say that's wrong.  Wendell and Wild was a beautiful stop-motion film, an visual treat, that had some issues.  It wasn't a awful dumpster fire, but what it did do "wrong" was tell things right.

The movie has a black female lead, a trans-male best friend, who's mother supports his gender identity, and another teenager that is the child of an interracial couple.  There is also a Native American social worker, an Indian student, and a couple of southeast Asian supporting cast members.  The movie discusses jailing children, and the negative effects that can have, and it straight out condemns the private prison system.  And it also discusses Hell in a way that doesn't paint everybody trapped down below as eternally evil.  If you've ever suffered any sort of bigotry, misogyny, or racism, you are probably starting to see why this movie was called "bad".  It had nothing to do with the quality of the movie, it was about the quality of the audience that got uptight about it.

I will admit, Wendell and Wild had some slow pacing, and some weird violence (slight spoiler, somebody gets drowned), but that is the type of tale it is.  The lead character is still suffering grief and survivors guilt, the pace fits the depression in her soul.  Honestly, if you can put away your privileged biases, it's a good movie.  I'm just sad it got slandered so hard just because it tried to be real about life.