Twanna A. Hines is a New York-based writer, sociologist, blogger and sexpot. Her dating commentary has been heard on NPR, and details about her rendezvous have been printed in Glamour magazine. She has written for Lifetime, Nerve, New York Press, Fast Company and others. AOL placed her site, FUNKY BROWN CHICK®, on their Black Voices list of best blogs. She's been mentioned in the Village Voice, New York magazine and online at CNN, Gawker Media, The San Francisco Chronicle, EbonyJet, The Baltimore Sun, Vibe and elsewhere. She attended New York University and other schools. Her B.S. and M.A. degrees are in sociology.

Visit Twanna online at www.funkybrownchick.com.

Blog Entries by Twanna A. Hines

How To Boost Your Sex Life When Your Wallet's Bust

Posted August 20, 2009 | 03:25 AM (EST)


I wouldn't go out with a guy who refused to spend resources -- time, energy, effort or money -- on our date. It's not about the ca-ching. It's about value. I deserve a life filled with excitement, happiness and sexual richness regardless of my or my lover's bank account balance....

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Top 10: Movies with Steamy Interracial Couples

Posted January 30, 2009 | 01:27 AM (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 | 05:09 PM (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 PM (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 | 01:54 PM (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 | 12:09 PM (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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