In this striking mixed media and collage work on paper, Deborah Roberts layers fragmented imagery to construct a bold commentary on identity, beauty standards, and Black girlhood. The composition features a young figure adorned with grillz, a symbol of cultural pride and self-expression that challenges conventional notions of femininity and respectability. Roberts's signature collage technique disrupts and reassembles the subject's form, reflecting the complex and often fractured ways Black identity is perceived and policed by society.