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Diane Moriarty is a free-lance writer living in Manhattan. She previously wrote an art review column for Able Newspaper as well as articles outside the column. At the close of the last century DISH!, an independent film she wrote, produced, and directed was given a run at Anthology Film Archives by Jonas Mekus.

When the Dirty Magazines Were Kept in the Back of the Store

24 Oct 2023

Diane Moriarty

dirty magazines, Freud, human desire, internet pornography

Sigmund Freud said there’s “a primary sexual drive that would not be ultimately curbed by law, education or standards of decorum.” Hell, anybody who’s ever had an “eyes across the room” moment knows that! The Beatles sang about it: My heart went Boom when I crossed that...

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Tinker’s Dam

19 Sep 2023

Diane Moriarty

post Roe results, pro-life challenges

The expression “not worth a tinker’s dam” means something is completely worthless. A tinker was an itinerant handyman who repaired small household items like utensils and pots and pans. A tinker’s dam was a piece of doughy material used to hold metal in place when...

Lawyer Land

15 Aug 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion propaganda, deflect, delay, deny, Roy Cohn

In Lawyer-Land, if you shoplift but the surveillance cameras are busted and you get out of the store without the alarm going off, you’re innocent. No evidence, no crime. It doesn’t matter what is true or false, it only matters what can be proven in court. It’s the...

Men Wearing the Bras We Burned in the Sixties

18 Jul 2023

Diane Moriarty

Glenique Frank, transgenderism, transsexualism

Seeing the photos of “trans woman” Glenique Frank after he won a marathon in London by competing in the female category gave me a moment of clarity about the current “men in women’s sports” phenomenon. They usually try to pull off what they presume is a feminine air...

The Godzilla in the Room

27 Jun 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion, Doe v Bolton, roe v. wade

There was a major freak-out when shortly after the fall of Roe Senator Lindsay Graham proposed a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks. I myself thought it was poor timing and impolitic. The pro-life stance had been about states’ rights, and the sudden change in focus...

Be Careful What You Wish For

07 Jun 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion law, constitutional rights, New York State

You know what killed Roe v. Wade? Roe v. Wade. New York State legalized abortion in 1970, and it didn’t need the Supreme Court to do it; it already had the option because of states’ rights. Hawaii was actually first, but its law had residency requirements whereas N...

In Praise of Things Breaking Down

23 May 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion policies, government machinery

My father was a master grade electrician and for a while he worked at the Ballantine brewing facility in Newark, N.J. Once, during a family car trip, he pointed it out as we passed by. I remember a huge expanse of buildings and cylindrical structures. He said an important...

Who Are the Barbarians?

25 Apr 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion rights rhetoric, barbaric acts

Mumbley Peg was a very popular game in 19th-century America, equal to marbles and jacks. In Mark Twain’s 1896 novel Tom Sawyer, Detective, mumbley peg, or “mumblety-peg,” was described as a favorite game of young boys. In it two opponents stand opposite each other with...

Taking Refuge in the Omniscient Narrator

21 Mar 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion culture, abortion pill, FDA

Back in the day, there was a Disney-sponsored “See If You Can Draw” contest in the back of the comic books. You were to draw the picture provided, send it in, and they would tell you if you had talent. This opportunity was brought to my attention by my big brother. There...

Jeweler’s Dust

21 Feb 2023

Diane Moriarty

"incels", gender differences, jeweler's dust

It was the end of my first day on the job as a shop girl in an antique jewelry store in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Long glass cases on mahogany legs, a grandfather clock in the corner—they didn’t just sell jewelry but made and repaired it as well in the workshop at...

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Diane Moriarty

When the Dirty Magazines Were Kept in the Back of the Store

Tinker’s Dam

Lawyer Land

Men Wearing the Bras We Burned in the Sixties

The Godzilla in the Room

Be Careful What You Wish For

In Praise of Things Breaking Down

Who Are the Barbarians?

Taking Refuge in the Omniscient Narrator

Jeweler’s Dust

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