article_snippet: In our childhood eyes, these were powerful, all-embodying beings, and these brands were merchandised on T-shirts, caps, lunchboxes, toys, and just about everything.
article_snippet: So many years later, in the year 2015, it is somewhat bewildering to experience today the same disillusionment when I see so little representation of cultural minorities in popular media.
article_snippet: This is a big deal to me.
article_snippet: I am of that school of thought that believes that radio, television, film and other media of popular culture provide the symbols, myths and resources through which we constitute a common culture.
article_snippet: The danger of excluding cultural minorities from popular media is that this limited view starts to paint a constrained picture of what a person should look like, how they should behave and live to the negation of alternative experiences of being human.
article_snippet: These deliberations are the basis for my graphic novel, "The Revolutionist.
article_snippet: Social conformity in the interest of the collective is subliminally reinforced through symbolism and iconology, while the economy is purely corporate-driven.
article_snippet: With this literary and visual offering, I describe a world that is both like -- and at the same time very much unlike -- our own.
article_snippet: Read this: Why I'm still sad about child marriage .
article_snippet: The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.