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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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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

Bashaer Jaberi

Jan 21, 2021

"Funny In Farsi" Book Review

In one day, I finished the 210-page memoir of author Firoozeh moving to the States from Iran with her family in 1972.

velvetfieldsmag

Jan 20, 2021

Meet Sophie Topaz

Sophie Topaz is a 19 year old French Musician.

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.

Serafina Hills

Jan 12, 2021

The Sky is Blue?

The sky is blue. That’s what we’ve always been told, right? The sky is blue as much as the grass is green. But no one talks about how the...

Ai Jiang

Jan 12, 2021

Tiny Pretty Things Review

A review of the new Netflix series 'Tiny Pretty Things"

Grand Army: The Goldilocks of High School Dramas

Veronica Martin

Jan 2, 2021

Grand Army: The Goldilocks of High School Dramas

Grand Army became the Goldilocks of modern soaps, depicting the high school experience in a new light rather than a utopian fantasy or adult

Celeste Martorana

Jan 2, 2021

Is Blood Always Thicker than Water?

A short story by Celeste Martorana

Hannah Young

Jan 2, 2021

The Costs of a Dream

I cannot believe this is it. This is the moment I have been waiting for. For as long as I could remember, this was always the dream.

Fill These Out to be Featured in Issue 02: ABSTRACT

velvetfieldsmag

Dec 27, 2020

Fill These Out to be Featured in Issue 02: ABSTRACT

Have your voice highlighted in issue 02 in just five minutes!

Theresa De Benedetti

Dec 20, 2020

My Covid-19th Birthday

My birthday being covid positive.

Ai Jiang

Dec 16, 2020

'The Good Place' Review

Talking about the smash hit that wrapped up its final season this year

Serafina Hills

Dec 16, 2020

Holiday Gift Guide for Teen Girls

Present ideas for even the toughest teens on your list.

Ai Jiang

Dec 8, 2020

'The Queen's Gambit' Review

"The series taught me far more than the rules of chess; it taught me some of the rules of life."

velvetfieldsmag

Dec 4, 2020

GOUDAXVF

Announcing our "Gouda Ultimate Holiday Cookbook" Collaboration.

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