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But disappointingly for Frank, the Instagram reel did not catch the attention of the esteemed fashion institute that was currently working on a show about Black male sartorial self-representation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Property owners facing civil forfeiture must navigate a maze of federal procedures which makes self-representation nearly impossible.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

Roof’s self-representation and desire to block any evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill — even if it could have helped him avoid the death penalty — has been a constant in his case.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Roof's self-representation and desire to block any evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill — even if it could have helped him avoid the death penalty — has been a constant part of his case.

From Fox News • Mar. 3, 2022

The actual, perfect God, who is intelligence, wisdom, goodness, is preceded by something which is merely the possibility of all this, an obscure, unconscious impulse toward self-representation.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard