We'Moon
We'Moon: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn is an astrological and lunar calendar datebook, featuring art and writing submitted by, for and about women.
History
We'Moon was inspired by the women’s liberation and emerging people's movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and came to fruition in the 1980s as a vehicle for the creative expression of women's empowerment and
We'Moon '87 was the first edition created in the U.S., where production has remained. Mother Tongue Ink, d.b.a. We’Moon Company, was incorporated in 1995. [4] In 2009, Mother Tongue Ink published a children’s book, The Last Wild Witch, by Starhawk, illustrated by Lindy Kehoe. In the Spirit of We’Moon – Celebrating 30 years – An Anthology of We’Moon Art and Writing, was released in 2011. In the Spirit of We'Moon is "an anthology of writing and art originally published in the annual publication We'Moon, with commentary and other new material."[5]
Contents
We'Moon sends out an annual Call for Contributions to women internationally, and publishes approximately 250 pieces of original art and writing in each year’s datebook. We'Moon’s thematic focus includes feminism, goddess and earth-based spirituality, world community, environmentalism, peace and justice. [1]The datebook includes articles by astrologers Gretchen Lawlor, Heather Roan Robbins, Susan Levitt and Sandra Pastorius. Lunar phase and astrological aspect data are listed for each date. [6]
Over the years, We'Moon has published work by thousands of contributing women, including writings by
References
- ^ a b Woodward-Smith, www.goddess-pages.co.uk winter 2008 issue
- ^ Eisenberg, Sage Woman Magazine #66
- ^ Musawa, In the Spirit of We'Moon, MTInk 2011 p.24
- ^ Musawa, In the Spirit of We'Moon, MTInk 2011 p.49, p,58
- ^ University of Oregon www.libweb.uoregon.edu/
- ^ Sydney L. Murray, Vision Magazine 2010
- ^ In the Spirit of We'Moon, MTInk 2011 p. 242 - 249