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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.

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...

Bottle Babies

09 Feb 2023

Diane Moriarty

fetal personhood, test tube babies

With the overturn of Roe and its emphasis on viability, “life begins at conception” has a chance of graduating from opinion to law in the form of fetal personhood legislation. This raises issues ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime. Ridiculous as in the abortion...

Be Careful What You Wish For

10 Jan 2023

Diane Moriarty

abortion law, constitutional rights, New York State

This Side Down

13 Dec 2022

Diane Moriarty

legal marijuana, Politics, transgenderism

Would a moving company that didn’t respect a “This Side Up” sign on the carton holding grandma’s precious china keep your business? No, they would answer for it. Yet today’s authorities turn precious common sense upside down and get away with it. For decades we were...

Pep Rally Politics

01 Nov 2022

Diane Moriarty

campaign issues, political divide

My country right or wrong has become my party right or wrong. There are pitfalls in its original version—such as extreme nationalism—but during war it has merit: To mobilize a population towards a common goal against a hostile invader. It can be toxic, however, in a...

Bottle Babies

27 Sep 2022

Diane Moriarty

fetal personhood, test tube babies

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Diane Moriarty

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

Bottle Babies

Be Careful What You Wish For

This Side Down

Pep Rally Politics

Bottle Babies

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