Articles by Annie Muse
Annie Muse is an Anchorage poet and essayist who earns her keep as an engineer. She's a fan of yoga & Christo & sewing & Schiele & Barlach & biscuits and blackberry jam.
On the power of my brand new passport
…in which Annie takes a forward look on this Independence Day, 2012 — and celebrates getting an “F” in passports.
Privilege as a character reference
…in which Annie Muse, who’s been quietly enjoying the benefits of citizenship, attempts to show that besides blinding us, privilege also is allowed to impersonate good character.
Proposition 5, in three acts and a colophon
In which Annie comforts the prophets and foresees a Sea-change.
If I dare speak
In celebration of National Poetry Month, Bent Alaska presents “If I Dare Speak”, a poem from the pen of Annie Muse.
How have the gods
With Annie Muse’s poem “How have the gods,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.
Calves
With Annie Muse’s poem “Calves,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.
Twirl
With Annie Muse’s poem “Twirl,” Bent Alaska is pleased to continue featuring the creative writing of LGBTQA Alaskans.
White lines and a bell-shaped curve: The Rule of the 68%
If I paint a couple of white lines that the 68% can easily conform to, I will have at my disposal a powerful conforming force. But if the lines are white enough, thick enough, enforced enough, and I land out in the tails, I can even cease to be considered human. I could become Other.
Who are you? I really want to know!
In our TBLG community (yes, TBLG — let’s get the initials in the right order for once, shall we?) we really do want to “get” each other. It’s just that there are some places we, ourselves, cannot go. And that’s Okay. We just need to be very careful to be aware that our own orientation is not the only “right” orientation. We need to be very careful not to be mean.
Trans-suicide: I nearly became a statistic myself
The National Transgender Discrimination Survey in 2011 found that 41% of its respondents had attempted suicide at some point in their lives . Annie Muse suggests that keeping oneself safe from self-harm is not so much about “coming out” to others as it is about “coming in” to oneself.
