New Moon articles from January 2006

New Moon archives from January 2006

Girl talk.
January 1, 2006... Yo, readers! This issue is about the back of your head--and the other things you don't notice. Ever close one eye just to see the back of you eyelid? Ever tried to lick your elbow? If so (or not), this issue is for you! Ina says, "Just...

Dear Luna.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... I'm Luna, the spirit of New Moon magazine. Do you have something to say to me? I love to hear from you. Write to me! Dear Luna, I love your magazine. I think it supports girls and does not make them think about how they look, boys, and...

Get published in new moon.
January 1, 2006... 3 Easy Steps to Publishing in New Moon 1 Girls can write for EVERY department in New Moon. Articles should be between 600 and 1,200 words. Write letters and poems as long or as short as you want. Artwork for "Draw Luna," "Luna's Art...

Draw Luna.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... Luna is the spirit of New Moon. What do you think she looks like? Every girl's idea is different, and that's the way we like it! Let your imagination run wild and send a drawing! I think Luna is a beautiful woman who loves nature and Earth....

Ask a girl.
January 1, 2006... Ask a Girl is an advice column for you and by you. We help each other and take our problems seriously. Dear Ask a Girl: I don't worship, go to church, or have a religion. Is that OK? Should I find a church to go to, someone to worship,...

Join the circus ... and make a Splash!(Girls on the Go)(Splash Circus Theater)
January 1, 2006... When I was little, I went to my grandma's house every Friday and climbed up her door frames. She'd say "Oh, you're such a monkey! You should join the circus." I often dreamed about it, but thought it was an unlikely goal. Then one...

Into Bolivian: a traveling girl takes a closer look at home.(Gloval Village: Bolivia)
January 1, 2006... Star Wars, art projects, and poetry--what do these things have in common? They're all things I love! My uncle is the president of the Star Wars fan club in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where I live. I also love inventing and writing poems and small...

Not the scary kind ghost: life as an invisible author.(Women's Work)(Candice Ransom)(Interview)
January 1, 2006... CANDICE RANSOM is the author of nearly 100 children's books, but 18 of them don't have her name on them! She's a ghostwriter, writing books that carry another author's name. Candice wrote under the name of Gertrude Chandler Warner. Gertrude...

The unblinking eye: a portrait of Dorethea Lange.(photographer, World War II, 1939-1945)
January 1, 2006... Dorothea Lange in Texas on the Plains in 1934, Paul Taylor, who studied labor and the economy, hired Dorothea to travel to migrant camps with him to document thousands who had lost their farms during the Great Depression and Plains...

Out of this world: the science & fiction of parallel universes.
January 1, 2006... What if there's another YOU reading a New Moon magazine much like this one, on a planet like ours in another universe? What if there's an infinite number of universes, and we just happen to be living in one of them? What if our universe is only...

Censor this! Notice something missing?
January 1, 2006... JUST TO CLARIFY... Censor: When someone in power doesn't let the public see, read, talk about, or listen to certain ideas. Dictator: Someone who has absolute rule of a government, a tyrant. DID YOU KNOW that in some...

Bus this now!(Coca-Cola Co. (Atlanta, Georgia)'s subliminal advertising)
January 1, 2006... Welcome to Voice Box, where we discuss hot topics. This time we're talking about SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES. In 1957, James Vicary claimed to have conducted an experiment during a movie where he rapidly flashed the words "Drink Coca-Cola!"...

Cache, cut, and curl: join a different kind of team.(Hannah Bevilacqua, Lindsay Daun and Grace Gabower's obscure sports )
January 1, 2006... Many girls play the usual sports: soccer, swimming, or running track. Meet Hannah, Lindsay and Grace, girls who play sports that are out of the ordinary. These girls love their obscure sports. Some are even serious competitors. The best...

Is this seat taken? a crowded cafeteria brings a friendly twist of fate.
January 1, 2006... I look at spiders and butterflies. I watch caterpillars and moths. Sometimes I think I'm the only one who notices these things. But if it hadn't been for a crowded cafeteria, I wouldn't have ever noticed Valeri. Alter all, I wasn't looking for...

Look at you! 5 ways to get out of the body spotlight.(suggestion to deal with sexual harassment)
January 1, 2006... You can tell you're growing up. Whether you like it or not, other people can, too. Your relatives offer you extra helpings of dessert because "you're too skinny." Boys stare at your chest during gym class, and a perfect stranger asks if you...

Cat tails.(Cartoon)
January 1, 2006... Cat Tails Bye, you guys! See you all at the movies tonight! Later... Um, Lindsay... don't you think it's a bit weird that Isme and her crowd are suddenly hanging around with you? Why, because I'm a year younger? Listen,...

Lucky bug: can you spare a dime?(Girls Act Out)(The Ladybug Foundation Inc.)
January 1, 2006... It all started when I was 5. Out of the car window, I saw a man eating from a garbage can. My heart and stomach felt sick. I worried about that man for a long time. Every time I ate dinner or got into my bed or hugged someone, I wondered, "Who...

Mites, microbes, and you: it'll make your skin crawl.(Science Side Effects)
January 1, 2006... They're too small for you to see, but they're crawling in your eyebrows, swimming in your belly and lurking between your toes. Millions of them! At this very moment, you carry more microorganisms and mites on your body than there are people on...

How aggravating!(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... How Aggravating! is where we voice our opinions about what's unfair to girls and women. What makes you mad? What drives you crazy? What's unfair in your life? Tell us about it! I read all kinds of books, fiction and fantasy, with girl...

Howling at the moon.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... Howl out your moments of power and sing about the good things in your life! How do you make life better for girls? Do you know someone who creates equality? What do you see that's inspiring? Tell us about it! We were at camp working on...

Luna's Art Gallery.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Welcome to Luna's Art Gallery! We're proud to present the work of two fabulous artists. I drew this because like reading and animals. Danielle Lenart, 12 Minnesota I like drawing people how they really look. Drawing s one of...

My Poems Hide Under My Bed.(Poetry)(Poem)
January 1, 2006... My Poems Hide Under My Bed They listen to my dreams and even listen to me and my dogs. I say to them. I will find you. And then they tell me. "You will not." My poems forget to feed my dogs. They forget to do...

There's Something Beautiful.(Poetry)(Poem)
January 1, 2006... There's Something Beautiful There's something beautiful, once in a while, when twilight pauses to look into the corners of empty rooms. Dust gathering around what once had held unvaried entity; something quaint in the keys...

Come to our party!(Inside the Moon)
January 1, 2006... We published our first issue of New Moon 13 years ago, in March 1993. Now that New Moon is a teenager, we want to know how girls (of all ages) feel about being 13. To tell us, go to www.newmoon.org and click on "Take Our Survey." As a...

Get published!(Inside the Moon)
January 1, 2006... If you want to publish your writing on New Moon's "For Girls and Their Dreams" website, get a "Luna's Writing Gallery" pass at the New Moon Store. We'll post your stories, poems, and essays on our website for 3-6 months. There's even an option...

New digs.(Inside the Moon)
January 1, 2006... If you've ever moved, you know how hard and wonderful moving can be. You get to clean out all the stuff you don't need anymore, but moving also makes life kinda crazy for awhile. Our move gave us a great new place for the Girls Editorial Board...

Calendar.(Calendar)
January 1, 2006... Calendar.

In the wild.(Cartoon)
January 1, 2006... I'M STARVING!!! ME, TOO! ME THREE HELLO! AND THERE'S NOTHING TO SNACK ON!! AHEM YOU PSST I NEED SOME COOKIES! I WANT CHIPS! WHERE'S THE SODA? DONUTS! FRENCH FRIES! TRANS-FATS! SODIUM!! WHERE...

The last word.(Madeleine L'Engle's works)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... "That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along."--Madeleine L'Engle, from The Arm of the Starfish (1965). MADELEINE L'ENGLE began writing at age 5, and all through school she...