This image captures the dissonance of womanhood in contemporary America. Framed by an American flag and bathed in the glow of the jukebox, the subject sits between icon and contradiction, the past and the present. She is the quintessential young American woman both poised and uncertain, but also defiant and symbolic. This portrait plays with Americana as the backdrop, asking the questions of who gets to belong, who gets to pose, and who has to pose. What do we choose to celebrate in a country where identity and freedom have looked different in every generation?