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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

With his 7 words delivered calmly and deliberately, Joseph Welch, a Boston lawyer, faced off against the ruthless Joe McCarthy in 1954. Here's my essay on what happened then, and how a similar moment can happen now.

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Let's Row Together

If only decency mattered! But like the penny, it's been devalued and discarded. So what's the hook to get us out of the mess we're in?

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Sure hope you'll be with us on October 28th, 7:30 PM, at 92nd Street Y in New York City for our spirited conversation. www.92ny.org/event/meliss...

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Exalting in the joy I'm finding in life these days. melissaludtke.substack.com/p/lets-row-t...

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

To enter #MARMV is to open the gates of hell; even with an “appointment” my wait is in its 2nd hour. So much for your boasts of improved service @marmv.bsky.social Thumb down review.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hard to take seriously your “scholar” guest Ilya Shapiro, @PBSNews, when he is so blatantly partisan in his claim that there is nothing to even suggest that we might be facing a Constitutional crisis. Let’s do better with choosing scholar commentators.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

What a great honor to talk about “Locker Room Talk”with Jenny Cavnar in her home city, Denver, at Tattered Cover Book Store.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I stand with my neighbor and US Senator, Elizabeth Warren, and millions of others against Musk’s “hostile takeover.” We’ll fight for our Constitutional principles and protections against at those who refuse to abide by the rule of law.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Words that come out of this man’s mouth sicken and disgust me. You know who and what I mean.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Gotta wonder what happens inside the brain of Fetterman. Really?

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Nice interview @Aimecuevas and good idea to play it again now.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Glad you jumped on the train, and when you got off you had your job!

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Incredibly kind of you to share your praise of my book, “Locker Room Talk.” Means so much to hear you say my storytelling worked for you- as I hope it does for other readers!

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Wonderful of you to remember this date, especially this year when my story finally became my book! Thanks @baseballandlaw.bsky.social

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Grateful to @jimalexander24.bsky.social for telling the story about my legal case and new book, Locker Room Talk, to your Southern California readers. My legal case happened a while ago, but some issues and topics we took on then are still in play for women in sports media today!

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I'm old enough to love seeing a newspaper on a page like this. A #sports column by Jim Alexander with Southern California News Group (11 newspapers). Jim did a great job telling my story. @latiliana.bsky.social If you want to read his words, go to www.presstelegram.com/2024/12/14/a...

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A huge THANK YOU to all who took a few minutes to write reviews of my book, Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside, on its Amazon page. These reviews matter, and for you to do this means so much to me.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

No better time to order Locker Room Talk, the book, as a gift for a special young person in your life -- use Code RUSA30 at www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/locker-room-... for a 30% discount + free shipping - and go here www.melissaludtke.com/shop for Locker Room Talk baseball cap.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

The Dodgers said “yes” for my entry to their clubhouse at the 1977 World Series, and the team’s okay led commissioner Kuhn to ban my locker room access “forever.” Find out what happened next!

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

She’s my best furry friend. Love having Cassie stretch out on my lap when our day is winding down. Such a sweet girl!

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Feels like BlueSky meets the cresting blue wave visual I chose for my essay feelings I know I share with many others, the same kind of feeling I've had when I'm sailing and the calm before the storm alerts me to a squall heading our way. melissaludtke.substack.com/p/lets-row-t...

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Let's Row Together

Feeling unhinged. Revisiting an essay I wrote in the heat of the 2016 campaign. I'd write it today.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Loved being on TV show, "A Novel Idea," with Noelle Boc, library director in Danvers, MA. Glad she found "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside," read it, and invited me to share it with those who view her show. #EqualRights www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Mn...

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A Novel Idea - Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside

YouTube video by Danvers Community Access Television

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

You won't find another baseball cap like this one, and it's a unique gift for your special someone you love who loves baseball. This custom-designed cap - a nod toward equal rights – comes in white, black, green or blue. Check it out - or order one – at www.melissaludtke.com/shop #baseball

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Can it still be this way for women sportswriters? That when a woman covers a game, the "fear" alarm goes off? "Suddenly a place I used to love morphed into an environment of hyper-masculine posturing and a place where I couldn’t even get a head nod in acknowledgement," she writes.

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OPINION: The invisible girl on press row

Despite the challenges of being a female journalist in a male-dominated space, Staff Writer Erin Ferrare calls for change in the field and encourages young women to take up space,

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Few moments as precious as ones spent in the company of dear friends when we share stories of memorable times in younger years. Betty Bingham and I did this in reliving our Sports Illustrated days in talking about "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside" at The Village in Duxbury, MA.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Betty White gets a stamp in 2025, which got me thinking about cringe-worthy Tonight Show skit that ends with her wrapped in a towel as she joins Johnny Carson in locker room shower. An odd memory, I know, but when Betty White plays YOU, the memory sticks around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJz3...

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Johnny Carson & Betty White in Funny Skit, Female Reporter in Locker Rooms, "Tonight Show" - 1978

YouTube video by Johnny Carson

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Sure was wonderful of Bryn Durgin at Sarasota’s Bookstore1 to jump in as my “Locker Room Talk” book talk moderator when former MLB pitcher Tommy John couldn’t be with me to describe his key supporting role in securing my equal access to Dodgers’ locker room at the 1977 World Series.

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melissaludtke73.bsky.social @melissaludtke73.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Good to be here as I followed lots friends to BlueSky.

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