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Since our last episode, the conversation around Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from press conferences grew so loud that it led to an actual withdrawal: her decision to pull out of Roland Garros completely to preserve her mental well being. The past few days have presented so many important questions -- especially around mental health, mental strength and the "bootstraps" mentality, race, gender, and the role of the press in tennis -- that we felt it warranted another stand-alone episode. Let's leave the mess in WhatsApp and instead have a real conversation about what we can do better and why tennis' first reaction was punitive rather than empathetic.
12:05 Naomi's statement and the French Federation's response - how did we get here, and how can we do better?
17:30 "Press conferences are part of the job description" - well, since you mentioned tennis being a workplace ...
24:30 Should the Player's Councils and the PTPA be vocal about this?
28:45 Many reporters took Naomi's initial statement as a personal or professional attack -- where is the reflexivity?
38:40 The demand for a disclosure from Naomi - the act of "confession"
42:30 What has this situation taught us about how society and sport view mental health awareness?
50:30 The unavoidable question of race and gender, and how Black athletes are expected to entertain without complaint
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Since our last episode, the conversation around Naomi Osaka's withdrawal from press conferences grew so loud that it led to an actual withdrawal: her decision to pull out of Roland Garros completely to preserve her mental well being. The past few days have presented so many important questions -- especially around mental health, mental strength and the "bootstraps" mentality, race, gender, and the role of the press in tennis -- that we felt it warranted another stand-alone episode. Let's leave the mess in WhatsApp and instead have a real conversation about what we can do better and why tennis' first reaction was punitive rather than empathetic.
12:05 Naomi's statement and the French Federation's response - how did we get here, and how can we do better?
17:30 "Press conferences are part of the job description" - well, since you mentioned tennis being a workplace ...
24:30 Should the Player's Councils and the PTPA be vocal about this?
28:45 Many reporters took Naomi's initial statement as a personal or professional attack -- where is the reflexivity?
38:40 The demand for a disclosure from Naomi - the act of "confession"
42:30 What has this situation taught us about how society and sport view mental health awareness?
50:30 The unavoidable question of race and gender, and how Black athletes are expected to entertain without complaint
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