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[TaimuRadiu]

Ah, yes. This person.

Some of the best quotes from the "George" book, courtesy of a Tumblr post I found a while ago.





And he also chimped out when some kid did a letter to the author assignment for him, so decided to put the literal child on blast for making him do "labor" somehow.

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I posted about his second book in the Deaf Community thread a while back. Crossposting that here now.



(There were several chapters focusing on how a character was super racist for asking another character for their recipe for sweet potato pie.)

1. "Why would someone in my target demographic in a place where my book might be being taught want to find out what I think about things?"

2. "You fucking super advantaged nine year old boy, you have so many PRIVILEGES compared to I, a published author and a full grown adult"

 

[augment]

Has there ever been a more disheartening time for, say, people who are English literature majors. Absolute stool like Ready Player One, 50 Shades, sell millions. If that wasn't enough books like "George" get carte blanche because of political correctness points.
I'm just trying to picture some poor student up to his neck reviewing essays while Alex Gino c/p something out of fucking text messaging.

 

[QuokkaCaptain]

Ah, yes. This person.

Some of the best quotes from the "George" book, courtesy of a Tumblr post I found a while ago.





And he also chimped out when some kid did a letter to the author assignment for him, so decided to put the literal child on blast for making him do "labor" somehow.

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I posted about his second book in the Deaf Community thread a while back. Crossposting that here now.



(There were several chapters focusing on how a character was super racist for asking another character for their recipe for sweet potato pie.)

Oh my God, I think I actually ran across that thread somewhere on here! I remember seeing that Letters to the Author bullshit and wondering what sort of idiot gets into writing kid-lit and throws a fit when letters get sent to them- especially when they're writing about something so ~*super important and necessary*~. It comes with the territory, and if you're so opposed to it, work something out with your publisher to establish to teachers/whoever that you're not responding to letters. (I also seriously, aggressively hate it when grown adults use baby-words like "yucky" and "icky" to describe discomfort. Especially when that adult is a grown man larping at being agender or whatever, I don't even know if he's trans or if he claims to be nonbinary.)

And yeah, I read pieces of that You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! book and it was a fucking nightmare. Jilly gets treated like the world's dumbest, most ignorant bitch for daring to suggest that Derek was misinterpreting the situation when he claimed that someone staring at him in a restaurant was "ableist and racist", because he's black and deaf. Because, you know, obviously it is racism and ableism, and Jilly just doesn't get that because she's white and not disabled. And because this is written by an SJW, she gets to eat all the crow and the poor, black, deaf boy is elevated as the True Voice of Equality and Education.

This whole goddamn book was like a Tumblrina's fantasy: Humiliating Educating the poor, ignorant, privileged fools of the world and smugly assuming that being offended automatically makes you right. And if that wasn't enough, the self-righteous, smug, self-abusing white/hearing apologetics author's note at the end made me want to yeet the book into the fucking sun. I actually have a copy of it in my computer because I was considering doing a formal review of the book a while back, but fuck it.

I don't believe this is the author's note in its entirety- iirc it was much longer- and I don't recall if the bolded parts were my emphasis or Gino's, but I think what I have here is enough to explain my desire to yeet with great prejudice:

Thank you for honoring me with your time, both to read Jilly’s story and now to read a bit more context that underlies it. I believe that books and stories are tools for talking about contemporary issues and that young readers need and deserve these tools just as much as the rest of us. As Aunt Alicia said, nothing changes if we don’t talk.

I am white. I’m more Italian than anything else, but my ancestors come from throughout Western Europe. I was raised on Staten Island, NY, on the unceded land of the Lenapes and currently live in Oakland, California, home of the Muwekma Ohlone people. I have a college degree, U.S. citizenship, and English is my first and primary language.

It is impossible to see my privilege myself. The nature of privilege is that it feels “normal”. It is only in conversation with others, whether by reading and reflecting on their work or by talking with them directly, that I am able to see the differences between what we have and how we are treated. I wouldn’t know about racism if not for the work and thoughtfulness of many Black and other People of Color in my life and in the world.

I want to name that you have just read another story that centers on a white hearing main character. Readers of Color and Deaf readers, particularly Black Deaf readers, I appreciate your patience as I bring this story aimed at white folks into the world. I hope that you will forgive me killing two Black youth on the page, and injuring another, for the edification of my white main character. I hope that my choices are worthy of forgiveness.

[...] Like so many American children whose grandparents spoke a language other than English, I only knew a few dozen signs as a kid and communicated with my grandparents without much language. It wasn’t until I started taking American Sign Language classes in college that I began to sign conversationally, and still, my skills are shaky.

[…] While a handful of signs are mentioned in this book, none is meant to be a complete description. That is, please don’t try to figure out how to make these signs from my words. Instead, visit an online American Sign Language dictionary like (link). And if you really want to learn sign, it’s much more valuable to take classes and interact with fluent signers than to study from a website. The grammar of ASL is very different from English, so if you try to translate sentences word-for-word, you might not make much sense.

Note that the “sign” Jilly created for Emma improperly blends two ways name signs can be formed and should not be used. And thanks to Deaf reader Ayisha Knight-Shaw for gifting Derek with a name-sign. (You didn’t think I was going to make up a name-sign for him, did you?) For a video of Derek’s name-sign and more information on Deaf culture, visit (link).

Thanks again for reading.

This fucker's going out for an award: Not only does his apologize for being white and having a white main character that has to be educated by a black deaf one (and that they- gasp- killed and injured three characters of color); not only does he smugly reassure us that he would never step out of line by making up a name-sign for Derek without asking a real Deaf person; but he also makes a point of saying that Staten Island, NY is the "unceded land" of the Lenapes and Oakland, CA belongs to the Muwekma Ohlone. Like, you have to be kidding me: I don't think I've ever seen anyone SJW so hard that they actually apologize for where they fucking live.

This person should not be allowed within a mile of any child, and he shouldn't be writing anything that they might read and internalize. Any kid that takes this shit seriously is going to end up so fucked up in the head.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Oh my God, I think I actually ran across that thread somewhere on here! I remember seeing that Letters to the Author bullshit and wondering what sort of idiot gets into writing kid-lit and throws a fit when letters get sent to them- especially when they're writing about something so ~*super important and necessary*~. It comes with the territory, and if you're so opposed to it, work something out with your publisher to establish to teachers/whoever that you're not responding to letters. (I also seriously, aggressively hate it when grown adults use baby-words like "yucky" and "icky" to describe discomfort. Especially when that adult is a grown man larping at being agender or whatever, I don't even know if he's trans or if he claims to be nonbinary.)

And yeah, I read pieces of that You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! book and it was a fucking nightmare. Jilly gets treated like the world's dumbest, most ignorant bitch for daring to suggest that Derek was misinterpreting the situation when he claimed that someone staring at him in a restaurant was "ableist and racist", because he's black and deaf. Because, you know, obviously it is racism and ableism, and Jilly just doesn't get that because she's white and not disabled. And because this is written by an SJW, she gets to eat all the crow and the poor, black, deaf boy is elevated as the True Voice of Equality and Education.

This whole goddamn book was like a Tumblrina's fantasy: Humiliating Educating the poor, ignorant, privileged fools of the world and smugly assuming that being offended automatically makes you right. And if that wasn't enough, the self-righteous, smug, self-abusing white/hearing apologetics author's note at the end made me want to yeet the book into the fucking sun. I actually have a copy of it in my computer because I was considering doing a formal review of the book a while back, but fuck it.

I don't believe this is the author's note in its entirety- iirc it was much longer- and I don't recall if the bolded parts were my emphasis or Gino's, but I think what I have here is enough to explain my desire to yeet with great prejudice:



This fucker's going out for an award: Not only does his apologize for being white and having a white main character that has to be educated by a black deaf one (and that they- gasp- killed and injured three characters of color); not only does he smugly reassure us that he would never step out of line by making up a name-sign for Derek without asking a real Deaf person; but he also makes a point of saying that Staten Island, NY is the "unceded land" of the Lenapes and Oakland, CA belongs to the Muwekma Ohlone. Like, you have to be kidding me: I don't think I've ever seen anyone SJW so hard that they actually apologize for where they fucking live.

This person should not be allowed within a mile of any child, and he shouldn't be writing anything that they might read and internalize. Any kid that takes this shit seriously is going to end up so fucked up in the head.

The absolute worst part of Jilly P, to me, was Gino portraying doctors as villains for suggesting a Deaf baby get hearing aids early so that she will benefit the most from them and have an easier time adjusting in life.

I'd like to read a review of it if you ever do decide to do it. Tired of seeing reviews licking the ass of these books when they read like they were written by twelve year olds whose entire formal education took place on Twitter.

 

[Mola Ram]

Oh my God, I think I actually ran across that thread somewhere on here! I remember seeing that Letters to the Author bullshit and wondering what sort of idiot gets into writing kid-lit and throws a fit when letters get sent to them- especially when they're writing about something so ~*super important and necessary*~. It comes with the territory, and if you're so opposed to it, work something out with your publisher to establish to teachers/whoever that you're not responding to letters. (I also seriously, aggressively hate it when grown adults use baby-words like "yucky" and "icky" to describe discomfort. Especially when that adult is a grown man larping at being agender or whatever, I don't even know if he's trans or if he claims to be nonbinary.)

And yeah, I read pieces of that You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P! book and it was a fucking nightmare. Jilly gets treated like the world's dumbest, most ignorant bitch for daring to suggest that Derek was misinterpreting the situation when he claimed that someone staring at him in a restaurant was "ableist and racist", because he's black and deaf. Because, you know, obviously it is racism and ableism, and Jilly just doesn't get that because she's white and not disabled. And because this is written by an SJW, she gets to eat all the crow and the poor, black, deaf boy is elevated as the True Voice of Equality and Education.

This whole goddamn book was like a Tumblrina's fantasy: Humiliating Educating the poor, ignorant, privileged fools of the world and smugly assuming that being offended automatically makes you right. And if that wasn't enough, the self-righteous, smug, self-abusing white/hearing apologetics author's note at the end made me want to yeet the book into the fucking sun. I actually have a copy of it in my computer because I was considering doing a formal review of the book a while back, but fuck it.

I don't believe this is the author's note in its entirety- iirc it was much longer- and I don't recall if the bolded parts were my emphasis or Gino's, but I think what I have here is enough to explain my desire to yeet with great prejudice:



This fucker's going out for an award: Not only does his apologize for being white and having a white main character that has to be educated by a black deaf one (and that they- gasp- killed and injured three characters of color); not only does he smugly reassure us that he would never step out of line by making up a name-sign for Derek without asking a real Deaf person; but he also makes a point of saying that Staten Island, NY is the "unceded land" of the Lenapes and Oakland, CA belongs to the Muwekma Ohlone. Like, you have to be kidding me: I don't think I've ever seen anyone SJW so hard that they actually apologize for where they fucking live.

This person should not be allowed within a mile of any child, and he shouldn't be writing anything that they might read and internalize. Any kid that takes this shit seriously is going to end up so fucked up in the head.

On behalf of all Staten Islanders, I would like to apologize for not beating the living shit out of this potential sex fiend when it might have made a difference. Clearly our bullies are falling down on the job.

EDIT: By the way, I think this gentleman's appearance is relevant and, alas, unsurprising.

 

[Cool kitties club]

And he also chimped out when some kid did a letter to the author assignment for him, so decided to put the literal child on blast for making him do "labor" somehow.

Middle schooler: "Hello what inspired you to write your book and why did you make the ending that way?"

Author: "OMG !'m so oppressed I can't believe the privilege in expecting me to answer that question. I wrote my book why way dumb kid don't like don't read"

 

[Chan Fan]

You know, I get that the Handmaid's Tale came out thirty-odd years ago and was written for a very different time, but I have come to absolutely despise that book, and the TV show as well.

Anytime I hear people talk about The Handmaid's Tale (as in, in the media) I feel like I read a different book than they did. I read it three years ago and I wasn't sure I could based on all I had heard of it's subject matter. I took a chance and read it anyway and really liked it but I didn't have any 'problems' with it I heard people online complaining about. Then again I look at content in books as fiction (of course unless the book is nonfiction) so I don't read old books and think "OMG SEXIST!!!!" Even YT channels that I acutally like who review books will say they thought something as sexist or racist but that doesn't mean it was the opinion of the author, they may have just been attempting to make their characters more interesting or purposely unlikable. I think if all characters were without controversy books would be extremely boring.

I didn't watch the show made from The Handmaid's Tale but I also assumed it was going to have a different vibe than the book did so I didn't bother. I figured I wouldn't like it any better than the book, regardless. I could be wrong but I've one regret I've never had about my life was that I wished I'd watched more TV :p Perhaps the show's creation was them attempting to drive home the misery of the women in the book without showing that literally none of the characters were happy, men and women alike. Much like the tonal shift in Game of Thrones from book to show was endurance of the human spirit to 'torture porn' we also see the themes in The Handmaids Tale from "no one is happy" to "only women are unhappy."

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Anytime I hear people talk about The Handmaid's Tale (as in, in the media) I feel like I read a different book than they did. I read it three years ago and I wasn't sure I could based on all I had heard of it's subject matter. I took a chance and read it anyway and really liked it but I didn't have any 'problems' with it I heard people online complaining about. Then again I look at content in books as fiction (of course unless the book is nonfiction) so I don't read old books and think "OMG SEXIST!!!!" Even YT channels that I acutally like who review books will say they thought something as sexist or racist but that doesn't mean it was the opinion of the author, they may have just been attempting to make their characters more interesting or purposely unlikable. I think if all characters were without controversy books would be extremely boring.

I remember seeing some people bitching about the lack of POC in the book, when if I remember correctly the evil ruling class were white supremacists who committed genocide which was supposed to add to the horror of the dystopia. So, imagine being salty because a fictional dystopia has bad things happen in it.

 

[Jewthulhu]

Some of the best quotes from the "George" book, courtesy of a Tumblr post I found a while ago.

Kelly does a few cartwheels and “half the time her skirt would flip right over her belly, leaving her pink underwear showing.” Meanwhile, “Melissa was looking at her reflection from every angle she could.”

They’re almost ready but Melissa is still wearing boy’s underwear. “No one would be able to see them, but she would know all day that they were there.” Kelly gives Melissa a pair of her own underwear to keep, “light pink, covered in tiny red hearts.”

“She immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her. "

Those quotes, damn. I know it's really common to say that transkid activists are overly focused on children's genitalia, but this shit is taking it a little farther than most.

 

[Chan Fan]

On behalf of all Staten Islanders, I would like to apologize for not beating the living shit out of this potential sex fiend when it might have made a difference. Clearly our bullies are falling down on the job.

EDIT: By the way, I think this gentleman's appearance is relevant and, alas, unsurprising.

Tommy Tooter has really let himself go

 

[QuokkaCaptain]

The absolute worst part of Jilly P, to me, was Gino portraying doctors as villains for suggesting a Deaf baby get hearing aids early so that she will benefit the most from them and have an easier time adjusting in life.

I'd like to read a review of it if you ever do decide to do it. Tired of seeing reviews licking the ass of these books when they read like they were written by twelve year olds whose entire formal education took place on Twitter.

Well, gotta make sure we toe the Deaf community's line on hearing aids, because God Fucking Forbid we put a child's well-being and opportunity for an easier life ahead of a community's spiteful need to drag the other crabs back into the bucket.

I don't know if I'll ever review it, just because reading more than a few pages at a time has a way of making one feel like they're experiencing radiation poisoning. Perhaps one day the spite will strike me so again, and I will rant a glorious rant about how deeply stupid this fucking book is. That being said, if it brings any comfort, remember this:

Every single person leaving an ass-licking review for this book is an adult. Books like these are preaching and selling to the choir. Anyone with a brain who realizes what the topic is and knows that they're going to be preached to is going to skip right past George or Jilly P. and pick up the latest dragon/princess/Wimpy Kid book. They're not going to spite-read it, they're not going to spend money on it, and they're not going to waste time writing a review for it. They're just going to ignore it, hence why there are so many ass-licking reviews on woke books: People vote with their wallets.

And kids, no matter how much adults try to force politics on them, will always prefer a fun read to a preachy one.

On behalf of all Staten Islanders, I would like to apologize for not beating the living shit out of this potential sex fiend when it might have made a difference. Clearly our bullies are falling down on the job.

EDIT: By the way, I think this gentleman's appearance is relevant and, alas, unsurprising.

To be fair, I'm pretty sure Gino just grew up there; he could've been there and gone long before he had a chance to send up any red flags.

(lol who am I kidding, this guy looks like he has creepy bred into his fucking bones.)

And personally, when I remember him, this is the picture that comes to mind:

I almost want to say he looks a bit like Nathan Lane, but I feel like I'm doing a god-awful insult to Nathan Lane, who I'm pretty sure is a very nice man and also not a freak who writes stories centering around children's sexualities.

 

[AnOminous]

And personally, when I remember him, this is the picture that comes to mind:

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Dude looks one imprudent DM session away from a permanent spot on the sex offender registry.

 

[Mola Ram]

Dude looks one imprudent DM session away from a permanent spot on the sex offender registry.

The really weird thing is, in this and every other photo I could find, he looks exactly like a pretty typical Staten Island middle aged male specimen. Take away the dangerhair and the cringy clothing, replace them with a greasy combover and a workshirt, and he'd look right at home in any automechanic's shop, bar, or KofC hall. It's like he's from Staten Island in some faggot parallel dimension.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

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I almost want to say he looks a bit like Nathan Lane, but I feel like I'm doing a god-awful insult to Nathan Lane, who I'm pretty sure is a very nice man and also not a freak who writes stories centering around children's sexualities.

Lol, does he not have teeth? He looks like some girls' grandpa mistook her hair dye for his shampoo. Then went on a coke bender.

 

[SnarkySperg]

Maybe it’s so woke that it unintentionally becomes a work of satire. It can be a new genre: naive satire.

I believe that's called 'so bad it's good'.

Asexuality in sexually mature adults isn't an orientation. It's a symptom.

Asexuality is actually a pretty misleading term for it. Ask any Tumblrina (aka the only people who actually care about this shit) about it and they'll tell you it's a spectrum. I'm not fucking joking. Asexuality isn't just zero sexual attraction or being repulsed by sex. It's also being 'demisexual' which is where you don't develop a sexual attraction without an emotional bond. So basically, the 99.9% of the population that wouldn't fuck some random person are asexual. I do think being freaked out by sex as an adult is a symptom of a bigger problem though. And calling yourself asexual is something I've only ever seen Tumblrinas do.

Also, it's dumb to claim some sixth grader (who is 10 or 11 years old) is 'asexual'. They haven't hit puberty yet. OF COURSE they don't have sexual feelings. Some kids don't even know what sex is at that age.

The author looks about how I expected. Why do they like danger hair so much?

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Asexuality is actually a pretty misleading term for it. Ask any Tumblrina (aka the only people who actually care about this shit) about it and they'll tell you it's a spectrum. I'm not fucking joking. Asexuality isn't just zero sexual attraction or being repulsed by sex. It's also being 'demisexual' which is where you don't develop a sexual attraction without an emotional bond.

I do believe people with no interest in sex exist, even without being traumatized or anything. And it's fine if somebody doesn't have those feelings, but if they have also been the victim of an assault then it may be a symptom of trauma and not just something ingrained into them, so it might be worth it to talk to someone.

Also, asexuality is not the kind of thing that can exist on a spectrum. You either experience sexual attraction or you don't. It's funny that now we have girls who like boys, but only the boys they know really well, insisting that they belong in the LGBT club.

Ten is just way too young to think that you're never going to be interested in anyone, while some kids might get their first crush around then, for a lot of them they just aren't there yet. I don't like this idea of pushing the asexual label on kids who likely just haven't reached the age where they're going to be noticing anybody in that way. Kids shouldn't feel like they need to know what their orientation is so soon, even if there are those who do know earlier on, it's not fair to pressure the ones who don't to call themselves a certain thing.

 

[SnarkySperg]

Parents sound off over graphic child rape, gay sex scenes in school books for 10 year olds – True Pundit

Parents in Grand Haven, Michigan recently got a glimpse of some of the books local schools are promoting to their kids, and they’re not impressed. In recent months, several parents have spoken out at school board meetings about novels involving graphic gay sex scenes, child rape, and the...

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[Bunny Tracks]

Parents sound off over graphic child rape, gay sex scenes in school books for 10 year olds – True Pundit

Parents in Grand Haven, Michigan recently got a glimpse of some of the books local schools are promoting to their kids, and they’re not impressed. In recent months, several parents have spoken out at school board meetings about novels involving graphic gay sex scenes, child rape, and the...

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“Another parent brought to my attention just this week that we have another book in our schools where a young man describes how much he loved giving oral sex to people in his neighborhood as a six year old child,” Stuppy told the board.

I'm sorry, fucking what.

 

[SnarkySperg]

I'm sorry, fucking what.

yeah, we discussed that book several pages ago.

I haven’t seen (and I searched) this book in this thread yet

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
Amazon UK
Amazon description
A 2015 Stonewall Honor Book
A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of transgender teens.

This book is available in UK (and I’m assuming American) libraries and is marketed to the YA audience and Binary had this to say about it
Transgender book describes oral sex by a 6 year-old
August 16, 2019
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out is an explicit book which is being promoted in the youth sections of local libraries.
The book contains explicit language, violent acts, and graphic descriptions of oral sex carried out by children as young as 6 years-old.
Written mostly in first-person, transgender people share their journeys without mentioning the illegal nature of their activities or the consequences of certain behaviours.
“From six up, I used to kiss other guys in my neighbourhood, make out with them, and perform oral sex on them. I liked it. I used to love oral. And I touched their you-know-whats. We were really young but that’s what we did.”
The account goes on to describe paedophiles masturbating. The author does not qualify that the acts were harmful or illegal.

More info here CBS News - Books Under Attack

Beyond Magenta - book preview

I’ve not read all of it - just couldn’t because it seems most of these children had/have mental health issues and the author finds it all just wonderfully romantic.
For example the transwoman who gave blowjobs at 6 years old was in State care a lot and seems to be happy that violence is the answer when misgendered or if people recognise their birth sex - but this presents no real pause to the author.

For me it’s non fiction and deals with very adult themes, so if a library wants to hold it, it should be reclassified for adults and the dilution of acceptable boundaries and promoting sexuality to children is a worrying trend as already mentioned in this thread.

I believe it was this one.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Parents sound off over graphic child rape, gay sex scenes in school books for 10 year olds – True Pundit

Parents in Grand Haven, Michigan recently got a glimpse of some of the books local schools are promoting to their kids, and they’re not impressed. In recent months, several parents have spoken out at school board meetings about novels involving graphic gay sex scenes, child rape, and the...

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The main book they discuss there involves a young teen having a sexual relationship with a young adult, which is described in detail. I haven't read the book, but I doubt it's meant to be read like Lolita where we are supposed to see the character's exploitation of a child as the horrible crime that it is. I also don't think a story like that, even if it were framed like Lolita was, should be marketed for a young demographic who likely won't pick up on everything that's wrong.

This is a horrible thing to say to teens questioning their orientation, and is honestly pretty homophobic. Them Gays are just so sex-hungry they can't stay tied down, yakno?

That one, I believe it's titled "Beyond Magenta", was brought up in this thread before. That particular section was disturbing, not just because the target audience is apparently kids that same age, but because it's obvious the person describing their experience was unaware that they had been the victim of molestation. And instead of being given help they were exploited by whoever put that book together.

I don't believe in banning books, and if I had a child I wouldn't forbidden them outright from reading any book, but I'd read them myself first. If my kid wanted to read anything like these I'd have to have serious discussions with them about how what is presented in them is seriously not okay in real life.

At least this one actually says that sexually assaulting kids is bad which is, sadly, more than I can say for the other two.