As of 12/8/21, Kellogg's has broken off negotiations with their striking union workers and is electing to permanently replace the strikers. So needless to say, don't support strike breaking: don't buy Kellogg's products. Besides breakfast cereals, Kellogg's makes Cheez-Its, Pringles, and owns Kashi. I'm sure there's more that I'm not aware of, so if the hive mind wants to add to the list, please do.

TL;DR Don't buy Kellogg's products

https://bctgm.org/2021/10/08/5-ways-to-support-the-kelloggstrike/

Y’all have GOT to start actually reading what the strikers WANT you to do.

Kellogg’s is so big that “don’t buy their products” is virtually impossible, not to mention not possible for many individuals and families who can’t afford anything else. Not to mention that it is not a strategy the union is asking you to use.

That’s right- the union and the strikers are NOT asking for a boycott.

(If demand for products keeps going at its usual rate, but there is no one creating a supply, that creates building pressure on the Company to actually be forced to listen to the union in order to be able to meet the demand.)

According to the link above, here are the union’s ACTUAL requests:

Notice how “don’t buy Kellogg’s products” is NOWHERE on this list.

The link above does include things like a link to the petition, lists of picket lines in need of support, address lists to send support letters, and links to Strike Funds that need help.

The boilerplate “don’t buy their stuff” doesn’t help anyone, and doesn’t help the union or the strikers. In fact, it’s sometimes the opposite- if enough people go around claiming that the strikers want a boycott, the company can use that at the negotiating table to say that the strikers are in “bad faith”, and refuse to talk, or worse, try to use it to fire them.

Whenever there is a strike, find out what that PARTICULAR union wants as help. Now, it might actually be a boycott. But the union & the strikers will tell you that. I know this goes against popular preconceived notions about “what a strike is” and “how a strike works”, but in most cases, it will NOT be a boycott.

And in this case of the Kellogg’s strike, it is definitely not.

Keep buying the products. It’s putting pressure on Kellogg’s that a solution needs to be found.

Donate to Strike Funds, write letters of support, drop off food at picket lines. Make posts on social media about how reprehensible you think it is that the company would rather hire scabs than listen to their employees and treat them with dignity.

The best way to support any strike is to listen to what the strikers want you to do, and then do that.

Obligatory plug for the IWW union, “Industrial Workers of the World”, iww.org

You do not have to be an industrial worker to join it, or even employed at all. If you have a union to join, go for it! Or check out this one too. Unions are a great power- if they weren’t, companies and corporations wouldn’t be fighting against them tooth and nail.

#UnionStrong #SolidarityForever

article dated dec. 14, 2021! please pay attention to sources!

When they were negotiating, they didn't want a boycott, now they are explicitly asking for one.

If you can avoid it, don't buy Kellogg's brands. Support unions.

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There is a reason why all things are as they are. (Dracula, Bram Stoker)

-Dracula, Bram Stoker. Adapted by Nicky Raven. Illustrated by Anne Yvonne Gilbert. (Templar Publishing, 2009)

And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died, a gallant gentleman.

- Bram Stoker, Dracula

Movies for Monsterf*ckers (or, Things I watched as a kid that did things to me)

*Rated R for Rrrrrwaaaar*

Meridian: Kiss of the Beast (1990)

90's Italian soft-core horror/porn. Saw this many years ago late one night on HBO After Dark or Skinemax or whatever. Made me feel funny and slightly wrong. Didn't stop me from rewatching it several times.

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Definitely one of my all-time favorite films on the subject of sex and monsters. Red Riding Hood at its most visceral. Written by Angela Carter and based on her feminist retellings of fairy tales from her book of short stories, The Bloody Chamber.

The Golden Child (1986)

Pretty solid Eddie Murphy 80's action/comedy vehicle. Watched it 90% for Charles Dance as the demon Sardo Numspa. Trust me, he's worth it.

King Kong (1976)

So this features Jessica Lange being a very Sultry Southern Siren and a young and hot Jeff Bridges. But Kong...what are you doing? Why are you looking at Jessica like that? No, don't touch here there. Wtf. Don't do that! Omg that ain't right.

Re-Animator (1985)

This one is even less right, if you can believe it. There are things I've seen in this movie that are seared into my brain for eternity. Not for the faint of heart.

The Fly (1958/1986)

A classic monsterf*cker tale. The remake might've been disgusting, but naked Jeff Goldblum? No way I can pass that up. And what's worse, Eric Stoltz starred in The Fly II.

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

I mean, duh. This movie has all of the sex in it: vampire sex, bat sex, werewolf sex, even 3-on-1 Keanu Reeves sex. He's awful in this film btw. Absolutely dismal. Most of the main cast is, in fact. But then there's Tony Hopkins and Gary Oldman eating every scrap of scenery. How can you not watch?

La Belle et La Bête (1946/2014)

Two surprisingly mature versions of the well-worn fairy tale. Both visually lush and sensual. The '46 version is unquestionably better but Vincent Cassel is yummy. This is a very old and often reworked tale, and even though it's not a movie I wanna mention that the Hans My Hedgehog episode of Jim Henson's The Storyteller is quite good too.

The Shape of Water (2017)

I mean you can't not include this one. Probably the purest, most heartfelt monsterf*cking movie in existence. This movie has echoes of Creature from the Black Lagoon and both of the Swamp Thing movies from the 80's. Yeah, those got kinda kinky but nothing like this.

Honorable Mentions:

I wanted to include Strange Magic (2015) but that's more of a monsterkissing movie. Very cute, very innocent. Good movie once you get to the meaty part of the plot.

I didn't include any Phantom of the Operas because the only sexy versions of that story I've seen make Erik into a very sympathetic and non-monstrous figure. They also tend to either not show his face or make it not so bad-looking, like he's really overreacting to it, honestly. But if you ask, I'd recommend the 1990 tv miniseries version with Charles Dance over the movie of the ALW musical. It's just better in every way, imho.

Movies for Monsterf*ckers (or, Things I watched as a kid that did things to me)

*Rated R for Rrrrrwaaaar*

Meridian: Kiss of the Beast (1990)

90's Italian soft-core horror/porn. Saw this many years ago late one night on HBO After Dark or Skinemax or whatever. Made me feel funny and slightly wrong. Didn't stop me from rewatching it several times.

The Company of Wolves (1984)

Definitely one of my all-time favorite films on the subject of sex and monsters. Red Riding Hood at its most visceral. Written by Angela Carter and based on her feminist retellings of fairy tales from her book of short stories, The Bloody Chamber.

The Golden Child (1986)

Pretty solid Eddie Murphy 80's action/comedy vehicle. Watched it 90% for Charles Dance as the demon Sardo Numspa. Trust me, he's worth it.

King Kong (1976)

So this features Jessica Lange being a very Sultry Southern Siren and a young and hot Jeff Bridges. But Kong...what are you doing? Why are you looking at Jessica like that? No, don't touch here there. Wtf. Don't do that! Omg that ain't right.

Re-Animator (1985)

This one is even less right, if you can believe it. There are things I've seen in this movie that are seared into my brain for eternity. Not for the faint of heart.

The Fly (1958/1986)

A classic monsterf*cker tale. The remake might've been disgusting, but naked Jeff Goldblum? No way I can pass that up. And what's worse, Eric Stoltz starred in The Fly II.

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

I mean, duh. This movie has all of the sex in it: vampire sex, bat sex, werewolf sex, even 3-on-1 Keanu Reeves sex. He's awful in this film btw. Absolutely dismal. Most of the main cast is, in fact. But then there's Tony Hopkins and Gary Oldman eating every scrap of scenery. How can you not watch?

La Belle et La Bête (1946/2014)

Two surprisingly mature versions of the well-worn fairy tale. Both visually lush and sensual. The '46 version is unquestionably better but Vincent Cassel is yummy. This is a very old and often reworked tale, and even though it's not a movie I wanna mention that the Hans My Hedgehog episode of Jim Henson's The Storyteller is quite good too.

The Shape of Water (2017)

I mean you can't not include this one. Probably the purest, most heartfelt monsterf*cking movie in existence. This movie has echoes of Creature from the Black Lagoon and both of the Swamp Thing movies from the 80's. Yeah, those got kinda kinky but nothing like this.

Honorable Mentions:

I wanted to include Strange Magic (2015) but that's more of a monsterkissing movie. Very cute, very innocent. Good movie once you get to the meaty part of the plot.

I didn't include any Phantom of the Operas because the only sexy versions of that story I've seen make Erik into a very sympathetic and non-monstrous figure. They also tend to either not show his face or make it not so bad-looking, like he's really overreacting to it, honestly. But if you ask, I'd recommend the 1990 tv miniseries version with Charles Dance over the movie of the ALW musical. It's just better in every way, imho.

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