When I decided to compile my thoughts in a more organized fashion, my niece said, “Oh, a blog!” So I suppose I now have a “blog.” What I don’t have yet is many followers, so please come back often, share the content, and tell your friends to spread me wide. I hope to put out a thought or two regularly, and I do promise to read and respond to as many fan comments as I can get to! Oh Myy!
The mainstream media is barely covering this story, but it is of utmost importance. What began as a quiet protest last week in Taksim Square against the razing of one of the last green parks in Istanbul turned horribly violent as police fired tear gas and aimed water cannons against peaceful protestors. One death and a number of blindings were reported.
In celebration of reaching 4,000,000 fans on Facebook, let’s have a “make-a-meme” contest! Here’s how to participate: Using the image of me playing the role of “CAPTAIN” Sulu of the Excelsior as I sip my morning tea, submit your ideas for a Meme that captures what I am thinking at that very moment. Use the entry form below, and you’ll have a chance to win a personalized autographed photo!
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Last week, just before the attacks in Boston, I took a pilgrimage. I traveled to Arkansas to dedicate the Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee. The town lies between two places of great sadness: Jerome internment camp to the southwest, and Rohwer camp to the northeast. Over seventy years ago, my family and I were forced from our home in Los Angeles at gunpoint by U.S.
When I first saw the terrible images from the bombings at the Boston Marathon. I couldn’t help but be struck by a profound sadness. But it was nearly immediately followed by an even more profound sense of resolve.
In downtown Los Angeles, in Little Tokyo one block from the Japanese American National Museum, stands a statue of a man very few people know about or would ever recognize. His name was Chiune Sugihara, and he did an extraordinary thing seven decades ago.
When Jodie Foster spoke at the Golden Globe Awards about her long-time partner, and the kids they had together and the family they built, many people gave a collective shrug of “so what.” In some ways, it is heartening to see society greet an actor’s coming out as a non-event. It means we have made progress. At the same time, actors such as myself who spent years in the Celluloid Closet know what a big step it is, and continues to be.
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What the media is barely telling you about the historic and unprecedented civilian uprising across Turkey
The mainstream media is barely covering this story, but it is of utmost importance. What began as a quiet protest last week in Taksim Square against the razing of one of the last green parks in Istanbul turned horribly violent as police fired tear gas and aimed water cannons against peaceful protestors. One death and a number of blindings were reported.
Meme Me Up, Scotty
In celebration of having 4,000,000 fans on Facebook, let's have a "make-a-meme" contest.
In celebration of reaching 4,000,000 fans on Facebook, let’s have a “make-a-meme” contest! Here’s how to participate: Using the image of me playing the role of “CAPTAIN” Sulu of the Excelsior as I sip my morning tea, submit your ideas for a Meme that captures what I am thinking at that very moment. Use the entry form below, and you’ll have a chance to win a personalized autographed photo!
For inspiration, here are some examples of Takei Tea moments:
Why We Must Remember Rohwer
George Takei on Boston, Tule Lake and Rohwer Internment Camp
Last week, just before the attacks in Boston, I took a pilgrimage. I traveled to Arkansas to dedicate the Japanese American Internment Museum in McGehee. The town lies between two places of great sadness: Jerome internment camp to the southwest, and Rohwer camp to the northeast. Over seventy years ago, my family and I were forced from our home in Los Angeles at gunpoint by U.S.
Keep on running on, Boston
My thoughts on Boston, the marathon and our cherished liberties in the wake of these horrific attacks
When I first saw the terrible images from the bombings at the Boston Marathon. I couldn’t help but be struck by a profound sadness. But it was nearly immediately followed by an even more profound sense of resolve.
An Unsung Hero
How a Japanese Diplomat, and one of my personal heroes, Saved 6,000 Jews from the Holocaust
In downtown Los Angeles, in Little Tokyo one block from the Japanese American National Museum, stands a statue of a man very few people know about or would ever recognize. His name was Chiune Sugihara, and he did an extraordinary thing seven decades ago.
“I don’t even think of you as gay.” Well, you should.
Why Coming Out, and the Fact that Public Figures Such as Jodie Foster Go Public With their Sexuality, Still Matters
When Jodie Foster spoke at the Golden Globe Awards about her long-time partner, and the kids they had together and the family they built, many people gave a collective shrug of “so what.” In some ways, it is heartening to see society greet an actor’s coming out as a non-event. It means we have made progress. At the same time, actors such as myself who spent years in the Celluloid Closet know what a big step it is, and continues to be.