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AFTER CERTAINTY

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Naomi Osaka

Tennis champion whose TIME essay framed mental health and media refusal as athletic agency.

Why this matters

First-person account of saying no to a demand the event treats as mandatory.

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It's O.K. Not to Be O.K

Naomi Osaka. "It's O.K. Not to Be O.K." *TIME*, July 8, 2021, https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/.

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