There's also the purely American problem of struggling with dorky Hall of Presidents-style flashes whenever we see representations of our founding fathers.
Mathews agrees: "Like any minority group, when you start making your own media it might be really exciting just to see representations of yourself," he says.
This brought more Indians to campus who, seeing representations of Indians on football jerseys, in murals, in songs and at football games, wanted such stereotypes out.
When not taking advantage of the young and pretty, we also see representations of physicians flirting with the old or unattractive.
So is the inclusion of relatively straightforward multiplayer, allowing two or more people to connect their computers together and see representations of each other in the world.
People who report seeing representations of passivity or helplessness in the blots are thought to have a dependent personality, meaning they rely on others to satisfy their needs.
"It's really important that disabled children are able to see representations of people who look a bit like them in the media so that they can see all the different things that they have the ability to do".
It's easy for students to see representations of the past in videos as reality, so it's important that they're taught to question the reliability and utility of video evidence.
"How quickly people want to see representations of a war up on the screen really depends on the war and the public's understanding of the war," said Philip D. Beidler, author of "The Good War's Greatest Hits: World War II and American Remembering" (University of Georgia, 1998) and an English professor at the University of Alabama who specializes in representations of war in literature and film.
Of course there are still ways that I'd like to see representations of disability improve, but even though there's still a long way to go, we do now have voices out there, actual representation that can be that comfort and make a difference.
