Julie DiCaro

Chicago

Journalist at Freelance

Journalist. Recovering lawyer. IU Alum. She/her Author - Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being A Woman in America

Articles

The War on Women Is a Fascist Trademark

1 month ago | damemagazine.com | Julie DiCaro

The Third Reich created a vicious playbook to strip women of their rights, and now the GOP, empowered by the Trump administration, appears to be following it down to the letter. How far will they go? This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism? The War on Women began slowly.
Sports Taught Americans to Ignore Sexual Assault

Dec 19, 2024 | damemagazine.com | Julie DiCaro

It should come as little surprise that an alleged sexual abuser has won a second presidential term and wants to appoint a cabinet full of sex pests, considering our long history of excusing our favorite athletes’ alleged assaults. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism?
Losing My Perspicacity October 4, 2024

Oct 3, 2024 | losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com | Julie DiCaro

Good morning and Happy Free Friday! Welcome back to another episode of Losing My Perspicacity, the newsletter where I doomscroll all day and you get to see the end result. LMP is entirely funded by premium subscriptions, so please consider upgrading to a premium subscription. Today: Some terrible reporting on the WNBA; Tina Peters loses it in court; Ron DeSantis gets skunked again; a budget crunch is coming for some MLB teams; and the Golden Owl has been found. Here we go:
Losing My Perspicacity June 26, 2024

Jun 25, 2024 | losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com | Julie DiCaro

Let the people mask! The NCAA does the right thing (?!?!?!); Michael Phelps tells Congress that WADA sucks,; and Kelsey Mitchell tells reporters a hard truth.
Losing My Perspicacity May 10, 2024

May 9, 2024 | losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com | Julie DiCaro

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Losing My Perspicacity

Apr 3, 2024 | losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com | Julie DiCaro

Let me read it first
MLB clubs don't want Trevor Bauer so he's signing with a Japanese travel team

Mar 7, 2024 | deadspin.com | Julie DiCaro

After yet another Spring in which Trevor Bauer posts pics of himself at Spring Training and tries to convince us all that he has just tons of support and interest among MLB teams who want to hire him but can’t, Bauer has finally been signed — by a Japanese travel team called Asian Breeze.
Chelsea's Sam Kerr said what to a cop?

Mar 6, 2024 | deadspin.com | Julie DiCaro

If you’ve been following the story that Chelsea and Matalidas star Sam Kerr has been charged with the alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in London, and scouring the internet to figure out what she may have said, we finally have an answer.
NCAA athletes are trying to unionize again — but this time it feels different

Mar 6, 2024 | deadspin.com | Julie DiCaro

On Tuesday, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team became the latest college team to attempt to unionize — voting 13-2 to join Service Employees Union Local 560, which currently represents other Dartmouth employees. As labor unions rise in popularity — more than of all Americans and 88 percent of those under 30 say they approve of unions — will Dartmouth’s unionization be the one that finally shifts the tide for college athletes? Was the punishment of Tennessee Volunteers football harsh enough?
NCAA athletes are trying to unionize again — but this time it feels different - IverifyU

Mar 6, 2024 | iverifyu.com | Julie DiCaro

On Tuesday, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team became the latest college team to attempt to unionize — voting 13-2 to join Service Employees Union Local 560, which currently represents other Dartmouth employees. As labor unions rise in popularity — more than of all Americans and 88 percent of those under 30 say they approve of unions — will Dartmouth’s unionization be the one that finally shifts the tide for college athletes?