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19-year-old sensation JuJu Watkins is taking the college scene by storm, and also her burgeoning basketball career will inevitably thrust her into the pro spotlight soon enough. But little does the public know, she’s planning an existential crisis – for every day she spends honing her hoop skills, she’s devoured another chunk of her own identity, much to her own dismay.
‘Look, I’ve lost interest in myself,’ she admits in an explosive interview. ‘Maybe the attention is suffocating, and honestly, who even am I if I’m just a name tag in the world of basketball? My entire persona is a marketing scheme crafted to sell merchandise – where does that leave my integrity? Should I be flattered, mortified, or merely accepting that I’ve been sold off to the highest bidder?
‘That thing,’ she continues, waving dismissively at her own hand,’ my ‘influence,’ can be used as leverage by big brands and power-hungry networks. They see my athletic ability as a mere pawn, just another pawn to control in the game of high-stakes celebrity chess. And for every point scored, I shed another sliver of my true self to satiate their appetites, one carefully crafted endorsement after the next.’
Can a social media superstar with as little as 20 followers survive?
While social media platforms boast the illusion of unlimited engagement, JuJu confesses it’s all an artificial construct built on false hopes – another facade. “No amount of ‘followers’ guarantees personal fulfillment,” she whispers solemnly. ‘You might collect adoration like stamps on an album, but ultimately, there is an infinite void of validation and that endless craving is merely perpetuating the cycle of disappointment and the ‘FOMO’ – forever a prisoner of an imaginary high-pressure world, you ‘waste away, craving ‘more,’ for even with all your efforts you’d never be satisfied.
You know about Caitlin Clark’s rookie WNBA salary, but do you truly care?
This could be an entire column for itself – yet while basketball fans frolic on sun-kissed hills savoring the triumph of yet another Cinderella story, Watkins warns about the darker forces shaping sports entertainment. ‘Let’s cut to the quick: we’re selling stories we don’t control.’ They’re creating legends like Skaiwater; people whose talent gets consumed – literally – in this hyper-connected world. You have their dreams, their hearts on these gilded platforms.’ Now consider this, there ‘fans’ are buying it.’
The USC freshman queen of self-promotion discusses her “other’ creative pursuits!
We all love hearing our athletes talk about art,’ this ‘Watts-was-born, raised LA-honed star splices between her latest adored song, ‘Funk for me’ by Skaiwater on Snapchat. It sounds less innocent when one examines a Pinterest board labeled “Relevant” that highlights everything. ‘That which matters and what they truly aspire? I can post for fame, or merely exist behind filters. The dichotomy intrigues me – that line.’ ‘You could claim me either way. This may look all fun but let’s go deeper; where, who, and how – can all be rewritten or reinvented whenever the need arises!
JuJu Watkins will no longer go quietly into that proverbial night. Not in these, so-called “Times when’ we’re losing ground
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