essays

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

from the editor

Jordana Levine

May 21, 2021

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...

Maya Hollingsworth

May 6, 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

Cheyanne Beaumont

Apr 3, 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

‘Through the looking glass’: Why self-reflection is important in pandemic life.

Amber Spalding

Apr 1, 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.

Bashaer Jaberi

Mar 30, 2021

4 Lessons I Learned During Quarantine

I learned a lot during quarantine, and here are what I think are the four most important:

Kendra Franklin

Feb 28, 2021

The Myth of Cancel Culture

I do not believe in “cancel culture”, because it does not exist.

Ella Sylvie

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...

Katie Frohlich

Jan 26, 2021

Gender VS Sex

You hold the power to choose what you are comfortable with, identify with, and feel in your heart.

Ella Sylvie

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...

Simple Salvation: The Necessity of Music During COVID-19

Allison Stein

Jan 21, 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

Katie Frohlich

Jan 17, 2021

Antisemitism and Hate in America

e year is 2021. Hate resonates throughout America. Violence and prejudice against minorities happen every day.

All About Hygge (and how it can get you through this winter)

Ella Sylvie

Jan 16, 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...

Sarah Bennett

Jan 16, 2021

Has COVID Canceled the Influencer?

How social media influencers are snubbing the pandemic

Wendy Garcia

Jan 16, 2021

Our Education System is Ableist

How the current education system enables ableism.

Theresa De Benedetti

Dec 20, 2020

My Covid-19th Birthday

My birthday being covid positive.

Social Media & Self Image: as Told by a Young Black Woman

Kendra Franklin

Nov 27, 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

Ai Jiang

Nov 24, 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

Cheyanne Beaumont

Nov 14, 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

Its 2020 and we still aren't a post racial society

Halimah Begum

Nov 12, 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

Cheyanne Beaumont

Oct 22, 2020

Violent Ends

Where do I come from? Why am I the way I am? What am I going to be?