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I’m back!!! I started back up again for the summer and I decided to make keychains to ease my way into jewelry making again. They’re $10 and available on my Etsy!

https://strawberrynida.etsy.com

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Hi! I love the jewelry that you create and I was just curious if you are currently taking commissions?

Hello my love, I’m currently on my honeymoon and not taking any commissions! HOWEVER, trust that in spring I’ll be back home and I may take commissions again. I hope you don’t mind. Thank you for always considering me and my work!

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Winona Ryder on the set of Bram Stoker's Dracula

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Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)

"White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in.

White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

Take veterinary school for example:

In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%.

By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%.

By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%

A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling.

But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”

Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom.

For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied.

One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)

Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens.

Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!

It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:

“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”

Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges.

As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets.

Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary.

A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)

When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important.

Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)

School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine.

But we don’t seem to want to talk about that."

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UV Special 'MALICE MIZER FILE', pages 205-207

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talking about your feelings is SO important I won’t do it but u guys definitely should

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ARIANNA GRANDE-BUTERA as GLINDA UPLAND Wicked (2024) dir. John M. Chu

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RaspberryNida—errr I mean strawberrynida made a raspberry necklace!

A commissioned necklace made to replicate a one of one raspberry necklace I created nearly one year ago. It features a glass raspberry bead with glass faced red beads, and tiny pearls!

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Locket Commission

Handmade chainmaille necklace with giant glass faceted black beads, red glass hearts, red glass teardrops, and spikes!!! Such a heavy and beautifully themed necklace. I got to work very probably with the individual that commissioned me for this. I’m so glad they listened to my ideas and loved this!

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Commissioned Chainmaille Themed Bracelets

It’s so fun to create bracelets for people as they’re not only unique each time, but they’re super quick! I’m proud to say I’ve gotten the Byzantine style link down to a pat and I can include them in many works. Check out these wire wrapped tear drops, and the tiny beads imbedded into the chain!

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Clue’s Commission ❤︎

Christmas gift for his girlfriend! The earrings feature red hearts with spikes and wire-wrapped gunmetal-gray pearls.

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I’m very obsessed with the outfit malice mizer where there just so creative and pretty !

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"What do you want? What are you asking for? It's about love? You're being real specific." x