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[kosherrobot]

For only $20 you too can fuck Satan

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CREAM. TAKE A GOOD LONG LOOK. 

MEMORIZE THE PACKAGING SO YOU MAKE SURE YOU NEVER BUY THIS CREAM FOR YOURSELF OR ANYONE YOU LOVE.

This post is about vaginas. My vagina in particular. I get yeast infections pretty regularly, and until recently I was able to afford to see a doctor who could prescribe me fluconazole.

Fluconazole, a drug also known by the brand name Diflucan, is a small pink pill. You take two pills a few days apart from each other to restore balance and harmony to your bountiful folds. I’ve never ever had a bad side effect from taking this pill.

Cut to November 2016. I’m a recent college grad without reliable health care coverage in the process of finding a job. And I’m dealing with a yeast infection. Before I moved out of state, my previous doctor told me about Miconazole. She said it was as effective as the pill and hallelujah, it’s over the counter! I decided to purchase the cream pictured above. This treatment only lasted 3 days, a convenient time frame for my schedule.

The application process was a little messy, and some of the cream came in contact with my vulva and labia. Within 5 minutes every piece of skin that had come in contact with the cream, excluding my hands, was on fire. I wanted to scream it was so painful. I began frantically searching for what I should do online. 

I found a whole forum of people on drugs.com who had experienced something similar. These comments saved me, and these were just on the first page. There were 33 pages total, the earliest dated July 2009.

I was writhing in pain at 2AM when I found this forum (which I found by searching “my vagina burn itch hurts after miconazole” on Google). As soon as I read these comments I threw the devil cream directly into the trash and jumped in the shower. I didn’t feel any actual relief until I reached in and scraped the cream out of me. I paid $17 plus tax on this bullshit, but I could have just as easily ripped up my money or paid someone to not hurt me. 

The moral of the story is that vaginal health care is is completely fucked up because we don’t have access to an over the counter cure for yeast infections that is safe for our bodies and also YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY THIS CREAM EVER.

Reblog to save a vagina.

[usobukii-deactivated20170126]

Okay so I used to get yeast infections every month after my period ‘cause my pH levels were fucked up or something (idk that’s what my doctor said) and I actually used to take this stuff and it was fine. Then a couple years down the road I had a yeast infection for the first time in ages and I used this again and it burned so bad I had to sit in the bath and like physically dig it out of my vagina

AND THEN I LEARNED THAT IT’S BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE A YEAST INFECTION. I had a bacterial infection, which is honestly pretty much identical to a yeast infection depending on the severity. The only difference is that IF YOU HAVE A BACTERIAL INFECTION AND TRY TO USE YEAST INFECTION MEDICATION IT WILL HURT

But it’s not actually the medication’s fault. The medication DOES do what it’s supposed to do, provided you’re actually suffering from a yeast infection. Chances are though that you and every one who commented on this did, in fact, have bacterial infections instead.

FORTUNATELY they also make over the counter tests so you can know if you need to call your doctor or just grab some yeast medicine off the shelf. Next time if you aren’t sure, pee on a stick and save yourself a world of fucking pain

[sushinfood]

AMEN.

[newwavefeminism]

It’s unfortunate that I’m 27 and never knew that last bit of information. The world of vaginal health is so obscure and inaccessible.

[neimhaille]

I was 12 when I had this kind of world of burning pain. And I was examined, again 12, imagine the fear and shame that involved. So I was given the most painful solid pill applied internally. It.. was effervescent. And 6 days? I did and it was a pessary, not going to name it because the formula may have changed. But do check for that as it means a solid pill.

Both yeast and bacteria can be transfered in many ways not just STDs. Obviously surface to surface contact? Yeah, but you can pick it up from so many places. It doesn’t just spontaneously arrive after antibiotics, it has to come from somewhere. There are gut “fonts” so if you think of the bacterial annihiliation in the gut after antibiotics then it makes much more sense!

But also surfaces, they get picked up from IV lines.

The less shame about this the better, more people especially may seek treatment faster if they are treated as if candida was not some mystery and sent to punish them.

http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/356223

1985

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/12/1959.short

2009

I recommend using google scholar to find papers, most are abstracts so quick reads.

I have just has my round of anti-body infusions and will be asking for the gut  therapy- last time It was merry go round with creams. Controlling the gut site prevents more getting externally. And then other comfort adjustments during.

[runcibility]

[neimhaille]

This really meta! Okay assuming the sculptor intended to reflect “classmates” I guess they managed to make a statement about what that can really mean on campus.

The position of dominance given to the male figure is striking. If you can’t see how this is a dominance display go and sit like her and imagine that crotch being in your face. 

Even her pose is not of being relaxed but moving as far away from his crotch as possible while remaining polite. How to get out of this? Unless you are taller you wind up re-enforcing the display by simply standing up because that is why the dominant figure is exactly where he is, he has thought two steps ahead.

A cup of coffee on the seat accidentally knocked on that freaking foot would be quite satisfying.

Ditto possibly taking that book and gesture widely while getting up. 

Otherwise turning to the left to look over the side of the bench would give the best take off point to avoid any accidental contact.

I might also pull the “this bench is made for student sit on, please remove your dirty shoe.”

[trainedchimpanzee]

omg why do white ppl love cheese so mu-

[100-manslayer]

I actually didnt know that

[grifalinas]

The answer is apparently “because we’re actually able to eat it”

[bemusedlybespectacled]

Fun fact: white people (specifically Northern European white people) have a genetic mutation that allows them to digest lactose even after weaning, which is abnormal for all mammals and also most humans. It’s theorized that because Northern Europe doesn’t get a lot of sun, an alternative source of vitamin D (like milk) would be a useful trait. It’s a very recent mutation that would only have happened after humans started domesticating animals like cows and goats.

[neimhaille]

There are other animals that farm and they too tend to milk or otherwise get liquids from the animals they feed. There are ants that farm fungus too. Bees here in NZ milk honeydew from the butts of bugs while wasps just eat the bugs. They also eat the fungus the bugs live in which happens to ferment so we have actually drunk wasps in some of our Beech forests.

So we start there. We start with the idea that we have animals living with us and there are all these eggs and hey, these other animals can be milked while they lactate at no real extra cost...

Milk contains lactase so it’s likely that cheese and yogurt type goods were made first as they introduce bacteria that breaks that down and makes them edible for humans. 

In fact our proof of early cheese making is not european, but from the middle east. And when you read about anything being fermented it’s another form of breaking down that sugar.

And after that lactase persistence has popped many times, which suggests it’s not really abnormal, but it needs the right conditions:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700599/

http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297(14)00067-6

Basically lots of fermented and cultured products across East Africa.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22675/abstract

And even in Sub Saharan Africa.

A modern factor here is how dairy is no longer produced the way it was originally. There simply isn’t enough time for lactose to be converted. So even these foods that were made specifically to break lactose down can’t be eaten easily.

So basically modern food practices skipping the important parts to mass produce food?

The allergy humans have to proteins in milk is different. There is a lot of overlap of the symptoms as they obviously are gut related interactions but they are different. And sadly a lot of people who could eat real cheese or real yoghurt can’t.

And then there is the undeniable impact of taking people away from the food sources that were their staples. Over hundreds of years that has an effect. And that is far too important a topic for a tumblr blog. There are scholarly works out there though.

[sizvideos]

Discover the Tap Strap, the device that turns anything into a keyboard - Full video

[intel-i386-deactivated20160703]

This is another thing that’s really cool and interesting but no one is ever going to use it

[mtjester]

This is actually really excellent for individuals with certain kinds of limited mobility! Keyboards can sometimes be inaccessible, and this could be a great tool for people who need an accommodation to type.

[saeadame-deactivated20170624]

There’s probably a learning curve, but it sounds interesting.

[typingsdrawings]

Plus this also feels like jump-point technology more than anything which could lead into simplified gloves that can read sign language so that people who can’t speak can simply sign and have their mobile device speak for them. This could help people with autism who can type but find verbal communication difficult (or just anyone with verbal communication issues) it could work well since it could have military application too when needing to communicate clearly and silently but also to document in field what types of communications or commands are taking place. A lot of applications if utilized correctly.

[thesylverlining]

Oh crap this is so freaking cool? It reminds me of those music gloves Imogen Heap was showing off a while ago (which I also Want) but a lot more practical. But yeah, tons of things to be done here and… there’s gonna be lots of Neat Stuff coming. Question of getting it readily available/accessible but oh wow. Yesss.

[neimhaille]

This would definitely have a learning curve but this could also help people like me who cannot use a screen to type on- I have neuropathy in my fingers so just can’t feel the screen until I have depressed and touched multiple letters. The angle of the keyboard is also not ideal- I use a qwerty slide out as I can feel the keys.

But this could work if I have all the fusions I may need.

So wide application for lots of people, it does require learning a new language but most devices also have that learning curve :)

[wilwheaton]

RE: religion and therapy. I am an active mainline Christian and I have never, ever been told or given the impression that seeking help from a medical professional is "bad" or "evil". The previous person was great in what they said about a loving God wants you to be your best you. Many pastors in my church have training in counseling & referring. They aren't experts-but they can help find them. Basically I wanted to say I that seems a strange and unrepresentative belief pattern the OP experienced

Signal boost.

[neimhaille]

Yes there are amazing religious communities, finding them can be the hard part. 

I’ve been isolated, it was indoctrination and it was very effective. It was masquerading as good. For me I was lucky, my family moved and we physically left that behind. Today there are chances to find those more welcoming communities by seeking beyond your physical boundaries. Respecting that is is more difficult for some than others is another barrier removed.

I have come to terms with my own disease (and there are people who do believe this is my burden- a physical punishment for some moral failing, and who judge me harshly for it) and I have just had to avoid people who tell me that I am wrong. 

I hope everyone is able to find that support, whatever their faith, we deserve every chance to heal, I wish we all had direct access, but being able to see that there is better, that there are places to find that support, my hope is that it is possible to find it.

[wilwheaton]

Celebrity Is NOT Consent: When Fandom Crosses The Line

Groping. Hugging. Kissing. Celebs put up with it all at conventions - things fans would consider a violation if it happened to them.

I’m glad to see that other people are talking about something I’ve tried to express to people for years.

[neimhaille]

I hope this starts to get through to people.

I have had my experience of mini fame (people knowing me from my various costuming websites) and it’s always been pleasant. Surprising, and I do run through my head ‘oh my goodness have they seen the terrible early photos, did I even email them on a list and got grumpy, what have I done wrong that I need to apologise for!”

But I did also do the whole acting student thing and this ownership of fans/audience was discussed along with laws around use of likeness and other not fun stuff. It was an entire intensive from memory so we still did our daily movement/acting/music classes.

But we heard about how Coronation Street Stars were booed and stalked when they went out in to public.

So yeah. it that has been part of the history of fandom, it is something we know happens but should not accept that it does.

[alyruko]

Draw something in celebration of Thrawn being canon again

I need to relearn how to draw him he looks so different now!

but anyway I can’t wait for him to arrive 3 seasons late with starbucks

[neimhaille]

I am so glad I’m not the only one with this same thought! Obviously mine was more random and imagining him reporting to the emperor and how that will go down. 

Yes my lord, but how many inquisitors are there? We have only allocated one time out step and we cannot requisition any more. We may need more firepower and space say the size of a small moon.

Just an idea.

Your choice as ever my lord.

[the-future-now-deactivated20170]

More about the Modobag

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[wilwheaton]

No. Just … no.

[thefrockchick]

A a disabled woman, yes. 

I could rarely find special assistance at US airports. I still have to go through security, I still have to wait for counters to open. I still have the get my seat the same way as anyone else who cannot check in online the night before.

At SFO the counter opened just before the boarding time- and it was the one flight operated each day, but we all were there 3 hours early for international screening. So with my bung knees, hips, ankles, and hands, I had to wait in the queue or be unable to actually catch my plane. And I suffered, oh boy was that difficult. I already had to remove all my orthotics (which I really needed) as they get extra screening in the US.

So yes. Very much yes. If nothing else it’s going to be a sturdy seat to sit on for those long lines.

Also the nifty tiny scooters for people like me,that you can get in the US not here, are classed as stowed luggage anyway and they are easily broken. I saw that first hand.

So yes. Very much yes.

I would though like to see them marketed as mobility aides to be honest.

[theslaybymic]

Is men in beauty ads the next step for the makeup industry?

Recently Maybelline posted a photo of a beauty blogger on its Instagram - not uncommon. The difference: This blogger happened to be male. Manny Gutierrez joins a growing number of male beauty bloggers with a belief that makeup is ungendered. Will someone like Gutierrez join the likes of female models on makeup billboards? Mic decided to ask male beauty bloggers for their first-hand perspective.

More like this on @this-is-life-actually

[laughterkey]

so here for this

[wilwheaton]

My friend Jaime introduced a new makeup line last week, and one of the cornerstones of her whole thing is that anyone can wear beautiful makeup, regardless of their gender.

I’ve always thought that eye makeup and lipstick are really pretty, and I wish I had the no-fucks-to-give confidence to try making myself fabulous with some of her makeup sometime.

[thefrockchick]

You know what, my advice to anyone is to just get used to the feeling of make up. It feels weird to have various paints and greases on your face. 

Foundation.. well I hate it. A lot use perfume, even in small amounts and often the oils/cones/binders have a scent anyway. 

Just saying it’s going to feel weird for anyone to try the first time. Not bad, just weird and it may have an impact on how you feel about the stuff in general.

But oh boy, brushing colour on? I love. It’s so fun. I used to feel really limited by my face contours, but with the right tools (especially flat top blenders and those stubby eyeshadow brushes) it’s just open game. And I’ve been playing with brow shape too- basically every beauty guide I grew up with was terrible. 

So, if you need privacy to feel safe, that’s a-okay. I practice my technique randomly but rarely record it :) But I am always happy to help anyone learning- because it’s one thing knowing that painting your own face using a mirror is going to be hard, another thing to know if a brush or product is a PITA to begin with :) 

[ballerinadellamusica]

@operafantomet i found this image on Google, is this the Dutch dress? Or is this from another production

[operafantomet]

I believe this is @i-chimaera screencap of an interview with the Sydney cast :) They had a costume presentation with a bit of performance back in the days. The Rooftop dress was one of those discussed, and Carlotta’s b/w dress was another presented. The Christine is Maree Johnson, while I think the Raoul is Peter Cousens?

I’m a BIT sketchy on the details, but remember reading about it in i-chimaera’s site back in the very early phandom days :)

[thefrockchick]

The image isn’t on google. Google shows results of searches. So I had a look. No this is from a video trading site.

I have the costume interview still up:

I have my original tape as safe as can be so that one day I can get a very high res copy of it.

This is from Midday at the Phantom, July 1995. It screened two days after I got back to NZ so my sister was able to take time off work to go home and record this in its entirety for me. I think other people also managed to grab the live broadcast.

The ads….

Anyway, they discuss the rooftop dress here as well.

Peter Cousens and maree Johnson were my favourite Raoul and Christine together. They had a fairly equal and mature relationship- which actually works really well to highlight the whole extreme stalking thing going on. 

[prokopetz]

Holy hell, Tumblr is actually running sidebar ads with third-party browser hijack scripts in them. I mean, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that this clownshow of a site isn’t vetting their ads, but this is a new level of amateur-hour horseshit even for them.

(If you’re not running an ad blocker plugin and have been wondering why your Tumblr dashboard is sometimes getting yanked to other sites, this is why.)

[thefrockchick]

Yep, had this happen twice now, to “win a prize” survey sites. 

Posting to my main blog for public service.

I like to avoid ad blocker things so support a site, but nope.

(Edited to add, some posts apparently also have code embedded, so definitely take care!)

[nu11-pointer]

Agreed - although I am not clicking that link because there is no way to tell where it goes. (Stupid tumblr)

[thefrockchick]

Sorry! On browser I can hover and figure it out- though yeah not a fan of how many site do a redirect thing- but I’ll edit to show the full url!

(it’s this:http://shortformblog.com/post/20592447584/tumblr-browser-hijack)

[nu11-pointer]

Shit - Tumblr’s recent edit makes this site’s tip in identifying bad posts completely useless.

Well that’s fucked up. How are we supposed to check our posts now?!?!

[thefrockchick]

I rarely reblog now but given I can’t control the reblogs of people I follow? I’ve had to basically strip my follow list to avoid as many reblogs as possible (sorry to everyone, I’m hunting out side blogs or content blogs of people who follow me!). That’s overuse of the term sorry.

But yeah, when a platform makes it impossible to use… I switch how I use it. 

(I’ll need to delete these to keep my blog clean, but it’ll go on my side blog :) )

[sloime]

xoxo

[fesworks]

I want this

[fesworks]

Anyone know what this is and how I can make it?!?!?!?

[spacecaptsteve]

Looks like a sort of cornflour slime - http://www.csiro.au/en/Education/DIY-science/Chemistry/Cornflour-slime

[fesworks]

Nah, this image shows it light and floofy, and consistently pliable. It’s the consistency of Marshmallow creme, but not sticky at all.

[spacecaptsteve]

Yup so more like this? https://youtu.be/yIfczoTB9aQ

[thefrockchick]

It’s weird you know, this is a rescendant of starch climes: 

http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/liquid-starch-slime-easy-sensory-play-recipe/

But has basically removed the slime factor :) 

(PS the XOXO link is of the original video which includes search terms :) 

#slimebarbiee #slimethailand #sweetdeco #sweetdecothailand

Also I shared a recipe for air dry “porcelain” that is similar in terms of ingredients, but is definitely meant to make a solid object at the end:

More traditional slime recipe:

http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/liquid-starch-slime-easy-sensory-play-recipe/

PVA and cornstarch clay;

http://www.things-to-make-and-do.co.uk/sculpting-and-modelling/cold-porcelain-clay/cold-porcelain-clay.html

(Don’t be fooled it is much lighter and fluffier than it looks. Also really really really mold free! I last looked at my batch simply wrapped in a bread bag more than a month after I made it and it was super fresh still! And it has been raining over winter here :)

[thatssothreeeyedraven-deactivat]

[thefrockchick]

Go you, do your good thing, and realise you are now One of Us- the sub culture groups throughout time who have been tarnished by the media and general public who feed off each other.

Me, I’m hoping that even if I can’t play Pokemon Go that I can chat with people who do and just to be happy we are all so happy. 

That’s all.

[thomaswinwood]

As if letting third parties post advertising materials under peoples’ names without their consent wasn’t bad enough, Tumblr is now playing the audio of ads for stuff from nowhere on my dashboard. What the hell, @staff?

[thefrockchick]

Ah. That’s what that is. Also if the sneak advertising is happening in my name, please let me know! I do not advertise anything anywhere. This is one of the reasons I refuse to be sponsored because I want full control of who I present as online. And if tumblr is exploiting me or people in my name then I will be out of here

[sheliesshattered]

Anyone else who is unable to use their dashboard because of invisible auto-play audio ads for fucking laundry detergent or whatever, THIS Stylish theme seems to block it completely.

[sheliesshattered]

Yeah okay I take this back, the invisible auto-play audio ads are still around. >_< The Chrome extension MuteTab is working as a stop-gap tho. ;P

[thefrockchick]

Further to my notes yesterday- this is not how you do ads for social media, or a modern audience.

The higher the annoyance factor the less we want to know about the brand.

Figure out some clever advertisers who know the users and listen to what they do follow through on.

It seems media and marketing is forgetting some really basic  principles. Click bait works, loud ads you are trying to disable don’t. It drives people off the page.

And how does it work anyway? I can’t see the ads to click on a product? If I can’t find the product I have no clue how to get it.

[do-you-have-a-flag]

technology related sensory memories from my childhood

sliding the metal cover on floppy disks

the slight resistance of inserting cassette and video tapes

ripping off the strips of holed paper off of dot matrix printer paper 

rolling the wheel on a disposable camera to take another photo

[mm-imagerie]

The heaviness and rubber texture of the roller ball in a computer mouse, and the little ring of lint

Unkinking the curly cord of a telephone while you talked

The -peww sound and slowly fading image of a crt monitor turning off, and then running your finger through the static on the dusty glass

The crunch of opening or closing a plastic Disney vhs cover

The sound effects in kidpix

Extending and collapsing metal antennas and using them as magic wands

[makeitagoodoneeh]

Manually rewinding cassette tapes by spinning them around my fingers

Playing with the rubber casing of the buttons on a Walkman–pulling them away, rotating them, slipping them from side to side on the stiff posts of the buttons

The audio and visual static at the end of a videotape

The satisfying thwap-thwap-thwap as you page through a well-filled CD sleeve book

How weird and small and light the first cordless phone felt

[dragons-bones]

Sticking your fingers into the holes of an older relative’s rotary phone they still have yet to replace, and pushing to get the dial to turn and the oddly-satisfying click-click-click to get to the right number.

The sheer loudness and weight of a typewriter: the loud clack! as keys struck paper, the high-pitched warning ding! at the end of the line, the whirring zip! of shoving the heavy carriage back to the start.

The blockiness of computer monitors and towers: huge boxes with sharp lines, cases a roughly textured matte beige.

Depressing the power buttons into the casing of various electronics - and if you didn’t push hard and deep enough, it wouldn’t turn on at all.

Turning the heavy handle on the inside of the car door, and the window lowering in soft jerks.

The weight of your parents’ camera and the strange milky brown of new film being installed before the back of the camera was shut with a soft click.

[dollsahoy]

The actual smell of the camera film.

The smell of the house after getting the first window-unit air conditioner.  (It smelled like other people’s houses, not ours.)

The high-pitched, barely audible whine of the television tube.

The sound and feel of turning the TV dial really fast, past the empty channels (and it was faster for UHF than for VHF, since there were so many more UHF frequencies.)

E v e r y t h i n g  about the slide projector–the back light when the man lamp isn’t on, the sound and feel of the fan, the motion and sound of the slides being pushed in and pulled out and the carousel advancing, the clunk when the direction is changed, and the glow of the images…

[robotsandfrippary]

The heavy feel of turning the film strip in class.  That God awful BEEP.

that awful squeak when you used the new piece of chalk on the board.

spinning the dial of the radio to find the right station and the joy of finding some obscure station that you could only get if you fiddled with the knob just right.

A scratched CD skipping in the same place every time.

Placing the arm of the record player down, how sharp that needle could be.

The gargantuan effort of trying to turn the wheel of a car with no power steering.

the cracked, sharp, extremely hot vinyl seats of your parent’s van.

Watching the analog numbers flip on the pump at the self serve gas station. 

[armeleia]

The heat expelled from the side of the teacher’s overhead projector and the smell of non-toxic transparency markers.

The gradual slowing of the Walkman as the batteries died.

Pulling a 5.25″ floppy disk out of a cloth-paper sleeve.

The heft of the gray, brick-like Gameboy and perching like a gremlin under a table lamp so you could actually see the screen.

The ksssshhhhh-boing-a-boing-a-beep-kssssssssh of the modem connecting.

Sticking your finger through the swinging silvery door of the coin return on a payphone and scooping forward to look for change.

Sliding the switch on the splitter from TV to AV to watch a movie.

Pressing your nose to the tv screen and seeing the tiny, tiny vertical bars of red, blue, and green

The smell and unnatural chill of freon when the car air conditioning came on.

[thefrockchick]

The smell of the ditto print and being allowed to hand out freshly printed copies to the class. And watching everyone sniff the prints.

Handing out prints from the first photocopier the school could afford. And watching the class sniff the prints and being confused.

The paper feeling rough and scratchy in the ditto prints and super smooth and vibrant on the photocopy.

Computer monitors that were single colour, and still playing solitaire.

Win 95- the sounds, the graphics, the interaction between mouse and what was on screen.

Loading emails, then disconnecting to write replies, then reconnecting to send, then disconnecting again. Saving data where possible.

Not sensory, but relevant- Realising all of these were years later than my peers overseas

[thefrockchick]

More to Tumblr and their ads. So I went through to see what I could do to change the advertising preferences, to you know accept the revenue gathering but on my terms.

Uhuh.

https://www.tumblr.com/docs/en/relevantads

Right so I went to yahoo and oh look, they had every single “interest” ticked. Including stuff I have never been interested in nor clicked on deliberately. 

So I started unclicking. I counted 65.

I now have to choose. Oh look, it’s actually that you can’t opt out of more than seven.

That is terrible.

You have to have more than 50 categories listed to be counted as “oping in”.