Twanna A. Hines
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Twanna A. Hines is a Manhattan-based sex, dating and relationships writer. She studied at New York University. Her B.S. and M.A. degrees are in sociology. Called one of "the internet's sultriest sharers" by the Village Voice, details about her rendezous have been printed in Glamour magazine. She has appeared on CNN, NPR, Sirius Satellite Radio as well as CBC. She has written for Lifetime, Nerve, New York Press, Fast Company and has a blog on the Huffington Post. AOL recognized her award-winning site FUNKY BROWN CHICK®. She has been quoted in New York magazine, Gawker Media, The San Francisco Chronicle, EbonyJet, The Baltimore Sun, Vibe and elsewhere. Having lived in London, Chicago, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and The Hague, she speaks English and Dutch fluently as well as conversational French. She enjoys passionate love affairs with faraway lands and intelligent men. Get down with the funky brown!™

Visit Twanna online at www.funkybrownchick.com.

Blog Entries by Twanna A. Hines

Black Women, White Men & Dr. Laura's Views on Interracial Marriage

Posted August 14, 2010 | 14:18:57 (EST)

"If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race," Dr. Laura Schlessinger advised.

What in the deep-fried hell is going on? Interestingly, coverage of Schlessinger's outbursts and apology have squarely focused on...

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Turn on Your TV. It's Time for Sex!

Posted August 13, 2010 | 19:16:30 (EST)

Want to know what Americans really think about sex and culture? Watch TV. In 1968, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage, Star Trek's Captain Kirk and Nyota Uhura smooched one of television's earliest interracial kisses. In 1974, streaker Robert Opel ran naked across...

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Sex Bombs and Legalized Prostitution in Times Square

Posted May 5, 2010 | 12:38:35 (EST)

Oh, to be alive when Deep Throat's Linda Lovelace, not car-bomb suspects, brought the FBI to Times Square. The porn star was likely less menacing. Given reports Lindsay Lohan is slated to appear in a biopic about the celebrity with a clitoris...

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Top 10: Movies with Steamy Interracial Couples

Posted January 30, 2009 | 01:27:05 (EST)

Sex pheromones flow freely as Americans make interracial sexytime. Since the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision struck down anti-miscegenation laws -- bans against domestic, marital or sexual intermingling between various ethnic groups -- the number of multicultural couples bouncing their mattresses to marital bliss has...

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I'm a Writer, Not a Child Pornographer

Posted December 31, 2008 | 17:09:49 (EST)

I heard Facebook removed an obscene picture of a breastfeeding woman, and Craigslist tightened the reins on their erotic services section. However, like many people, I wasn't overly-concerned with electronic censorship -- that is, until it directly affected me.

Typing in isolation with my tush snuggled...

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Gets "Raw" in JCVD

Posted November 6, 2008 | 12:55:30 (EST)

Exclusive Interview

Since we last saw the guy who played a karate jock ad nauseam, Jean-Claude Van Damme racked up serial marriages, spread his seed to produce six children, struggled with cocaine addiction, fought a custody battle and moved to Hong Kong. With more than a decade of life...

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Political Sex Scandals: Obama, McCain & Palin

Posted October 24, 2008 | 14:54:04 (EST)

Many politicians have fallen from grace with their trousers at their ankles. We know about couldn't-keep-it-in-his-pants adulterer John Edwards and cookie cutter practitioners of inappropriate conduct like Arnold Schwarzenegger. New York's very own Client #9, Eliot Spitzer, pinned down prostitute Ashley Dupré. David Vitter and Randall...

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Freakonomics: Interracial Sex Makes Us More Beautiful

Posted August 19, 2008 | 13:09:12 (EST)

I was raised to be a strong black woman who stuck it to The Man, but I've spent the past decade sticking it with him. Several of them. Although my American and European white ex-boyfriends have touched every inch of my body's brown flesh, I'm currently happy being

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