September Editor Letter
Happy Birthday, Velvet Fields! Labor Day weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Velvet Fields Magazine launch, and it has been so ama
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Unconventional and Unapologetic
Hi, I’m Jordana. I am a Chinese American adoptee with two gay dads, a nonbiological brother and I grew up with a Jewish background. To...
Jordana Levine
May 21, 2021
Confessions of a Straight-A Student
My fixation with grades comes from a fear of imperfection; a desire to ‘get it right’. I feel it in my chest while doing my homework, and I
Maya Hollingsworth
May 6, 2021
The Art of Losing Yourself
I realized in order to cope with senses of loss, to cope with life’s changes, to cope in general, I had to strip myself down to my bones and
Cheyanne Beaumont
Apr 3, 2021
‘Through the looking glass’: Why self-reflection is important in pandemic life.
This time, more now than ever, we must reflect on ourselves, seek resolution and embrace everything life throws at us.
Amber Spalding
Apr 1, 2021
4 Lessons I Learned During Quarantine
I learned a lot during quarantine, and here are what I think are the four most important:
Bashaer Jaberi
Mar 30, 2021
The Myth of Cancel Culture
I do not believe in “cancel culture”, because it does not exist.
Kendra Franklin
Feb 28, 2021
I Miss You, World
Since the UK went into lockdown last March, I’ve been aching with wanderlust. In the first half of that long, isolated stretch, I managed...
Ella Sylvie
Feb 28, 2021
Gender VS Sex
You hold the power to choose what you are comfortable with, identify with, and feel in your heart.
Katie Frohlich
Jan 26, 2021
Why I'll Always be a Pessimist
All my life, I’ve seen the worst in things. I’ve tried to change that occasionally, but my pessimism always gets the best of me and I...
Ella Sylvie
Jan 26, 2021
Simple Salvation: The Necessity of Music During COVID-19
Like me, we all have certain music that helped us through the most difficult stretches of the pandemic, and continues to do so as the world
Allison Stein
Jan 21, 2021
Antisemitism and Hate in America
e year is 2021. Hate resonates throughout America. Violence and prejudice against minorities happen every day.
Katie Frohlich
Jan 17, 2021
All About Hygge (and how it can get you through this winter)
What gets you through winter? Endless mugs of hot chocolate? Sleeping until midday whenever you can, while the world thaws slowly...
Ella Sylvie
Jan 16, 2021
Has COVID Canceled the Influencer?
How social media influencers are snubbing the pandemic
Sarah Bennett
Jan 16, 2021
Our Education System is Ableist
How the current education system enables ableism.
Wendy Garcia
Jan 16, 2021
My Covid-19th Birthday
My birthday being covid positive.
Theresa De Benedetti
Dec 20, 2020
Social Media & Self Image: as Told by a Young Black Woman
Social media breeds insecurity in women and girls and I am no exception
Kendra Franklin
Nov 27, 2020
The True Villain of 'Among Us'
I'd always thought that the villain I struggled against in my life was time. Instead, it had been the app games that wiggled itself into our
Ai Jiang
Nov 24, 2020
Fifteen Minutes
Somewhere, a ticking clock clicks, tck tck tck. Each second a countdown for the unknown, or the regret of now knowing. It’s subjectivity is
Cheyanne Beaumont
Nov 14, 2020
Its 2020 and we still aren't a post racial society
A post racial society is a theoretical environment which is free from, racial preference, discrimination, and prejudice
Halimah Begum
Nov 12, 2020
Violent Ends
Where do I come from? Why am I the way I am? What am I going to be?
Cheyanne Beaumont
Oct 22, 2020
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