Belated Alice Day Post
May. 22nd, 2011 09:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstillAlice Day was actually a week ago or so, but I was in Atlanta and having too much fun to tear myself away.
Which worked out fine, actually because I wrote a song yesterday that is a good candidate for posting anyway.
Quick backstory: The Tennessee General Assembly (State Legislature by any other name would smell...well) recently passed a law that teachers in grade school can't refer to homosexuality at all. It's called the "Don't Say Gay" bill. So George Takei (used to play Sulu on Star Trek back when there was only one Star Trek) who has been "out" for some time, put up a Youtube video offering the use of his name (pronounced "ta KAY") as a substitute [later edit--his video is here.]. Which I thought was kind of cool. And representative of the way that information will bubble up despite everything anyone can do to squelch it. And that gave me the idea for this song.
Okay, and this is me going to bed because I was up until 2 am last night and I'm tired.
Which worked out fine, actually because I wrote a song yesterday that is a good candidate for posting anyway.
Quick backstory: The Tennessee General Assembly (State Legislature by any other name would smell...well) recently passed a law that teachers in grade school can't refer to homosexuality at all. It's called the "Don't Say Gay" bill. So George Takei (used to play Sulu on Star Trek back when there was only one Star Trek) who has been "out" for some time, put up a Youtube video offering the use of his name (pronounced "ta KAY") as a substitute [later edit--his video is here.]. Which I thought was kind of cool. And representative of the way that information will bubble up despite everything anyone can do to squelch it. And that gave me the idea for this song.
It's Okay To Be Takei (pronounced “ta KAY”) mp3 here lyrics and melody by Catherine Faber, 2011 Dedicated to George Takei and to everyone who needs to be reminded. G D G Some boys love boys, some girls love girls C G It's simply how they're made G D G They too are normal kids, who shouldn't C D Have to be afraid G It's okay to be Takei C D D4 Some folks are just that way C D It's always right to say C D G It's okay to be Takei We all have things in common We're none of us the same Our differences and samenesses Were never cause for shame The way your heart is structured Is something you can't choose But keep this knowledge with you Like a light of many hues. The wide green earth beneath you, The open sky above-- Of all the things life offers, The best was always love
Okay, and this is me going to bed because I was up until 2 am last night and I'm tired.
Yay!
Date: 2011-05-23 06:34 am (UTC)Re: Yay!
Date: 2011-05-23 03:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-23 07:23 am (UTC)The song is great, though. And your voice is lovely :)
(And hey - new slang terms are a good thing, right? Even if they come about through something this bloody stupid... )
(here via ysabetwordsmith)
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Date: 2011-05-23 03:17 pm (UTC)Thank you, I'm very glad you like the song. And my voice :-)
I think new slang develops in part because of situations like this. It's a way to evade censorship.
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Date: 2011-05-25 05:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-25 05:26 pm (UTC)Thank you, but I don't have the faintest idea how to reach him. All I can think of is I could sign up for a youtube account and put a comment on his video, but I bet he's got hundreds of comments and probably doesn't have time to read them all.
But thank you.
And yes, he seems like a very cool guy.