WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is free from a Russian prison, but what kind of future awaits her?
, sanctimonious and forced as they were. And of course Griner’s wife, Cherelle, who attended Thursday’s announcement with Biden and Vice President Harris, dressed in red and had joy all over her face even as she recognized the Whelan family and the plight of others whose hopes of a reunion with their loved ones remain unfulfilled.
But as she takes all the time she needs to carefully navigate into a future that looks so unclear, she also will discover that she may never be able to re-create her past. More people and groups will put claims on her time and her attention. Basketball fans and media outlets will care about her first practice, her first game, her first shot, if they ever come. Advocates will ask for her voice and her celebrity for their social and political platforms.
Her life is now a feather in the cap of the Biden administration. It is daily content for any screaming head who needs something new to complain about “the libs.” It might even be a story sold to the publishing house or production company that bids the most money. She is coming home with immensely more freedom than she had last week and yet less freedom than she enjoyed last year. In her new life and identity, part of her seems destined to remain confined inside other people’s agendas.
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