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Twanna A. Hines @ FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com | sex. dating. relationships.
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Twanna is a sex, dating and relationships writer in New York City. She's funky. She has brown skin. And, she's a chick. FUNKYBROWNCHICK™ chronicles her life.
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Should You Stay or Leave?

Psychology Today’s Are You with the Right Mate? is appealing. It’s a question we all ask: Is there something better? Homebuyers wonder if they’re picking the right house. Renters wh...

07 jan 12

Wishing You a Sexy NYE 2012!

I live in New York. During my first years in the city, I spent portions of New Year’s Eve standing in Times Square, excited about watching the ball drop live with the freezing crowds. By 2010, ...

31 dec 11

Dating: A HowAboutWe Review

Online dating is like shopping at Forever 21. You have to sift through a bunch of crap before you find that one cute dress. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I recently test-drove HowAboutWe –...

30 dec 11

Good Sex Is Still Just Sex

It’s been months since I’ve had contact with or enjoyed the New York dude’s penis. I miss it very much. But, not enough to have it again. Ah, if only the guy attached to it was a be...

29 dec 11

How HowAboutWe Works

Try online dating, if you haven’t already. You might like it. Rewind to last summer, before snow fell on the ground and grey skies clouded the heavens. I was sitting at an Italian restaurant...

29 oct 11

Sex: Pregnant During Period?

MYTH: “If you have sex while you’re on your period, there’s absolutely no way for you to get pregnant.” DIRECT VIDEO LINK: youtube.com/watch?v=EY49Y1y1zz 8 VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: &#...

25 oct 11

Sex + Chocolate: Meet the New Class

“When it comes to sex,” writes Arielle Loren, “fear is a catalyst for silence and preserving ignorance [...] If you’ve ever had a question about sex go unanswered, know that t...

20 oct 11

Why People Don’t Use Condoms

“[He] didn’t speak a word about condoms, and, in response, I didn’t either.” That’s from my friend Rachel Kramer Bussel‘s article, Dating Drama: No Glove, No Love? Not Always....

18 oct 11

Write Drunk, Edit Sober

New York induces poverty while, at the same time, affording the luxury of amazing creative friends and writers. If wealth is abundance, even though I am without significant financial means, this city...

20 sep 11

Life in New York on 9/11

“Be safe.” Lately, it’s the email and telephone sign off of choice for friends who would usually tell me “goodbye.” It’s September 10, and I live in New York City....

10 sep 11

In Pictures: NYC Exhibition of Nude Photography

MAYA let me be your mirror A SOLO PHOTO EXHIBIT BY YUNICE KANG 9/8/11 – 9/14/11 OPENING RECEPTION 9/8/11 7-10PM FRONTRUNNER GALLERY 59 Franklin Street (between Broadway & Lafyette) New York...

09 sep 11

David Beckham on Dating

I hope you’re all enjoying a relaxing start to the week! To kick (pun intended) things off right, let’s celebrate “Manly Monday” again, weekly festivities of everything with a...

05 sep 11

Boobs, Blood and Bonding

I survived what New Yorkers have called “Minor Inconvenience Irene.” Hardwood floors lining my apartment didn’t flow water nor did wind hurl elderly maple branches through my car...

30 aug 11

Rock You Like A Hurricane?

Mayor Bloomberg shut off our subway system, the MTA, from noon on Saturday. There’s talk of preemptively killing electricity in parts of the city. Across the water, New Jersey’s Governor ...

27 aug 11

Sex with Men Who F*ck Men

No Surprise for Bisexual Men: Report Indicates They Exist. The study in question is Northwestern University Department of Psychology researchers’ Sexual arousal patterns of bisexual men revisit...

24 aug 11

Not My Orgasm

Did you feel that, baby? ;) Yes, the earth moved. No, it wasn’t my orgasm. To learn more about today’s earthquake in my beloved New York City, see Gawker’s commentary, “Hey, C...

24 aug 11

How to Give Yourself an Orgasm

“Unlike sex, when it comes to credit cards, I don’t remember my first.” That’s the opener to Rachel’s piece It Happened to Me: I Declared Bankruptcy. Speaking of firsts, in ca...

17 aug 11

Sex and the Classroom

By now, you’ve probably heard that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a mandate requiring New York City’s public schools to teach age-appropriate sex education. In theory, according to th...

16 aug 11

Live Group Sex Therapy Show

Daniel Packard was the most recent guest on my TV show, LATE SEX WITH TWANNA. We had a GOOD time! If you live in New York and you’d like to drop by his theatrical performance at the Museum of S...

14 jul 11

Film Review: The Names of Love

If Marilyn Monroe was an Arab woman she might be Baya Benmahmoud, says filmmaker Michel Leclerc. “For Baya,” he continues, “nudity is totally unimportant: she acts the same way nake...

13 jul 11

It Sounds Sexier In French

Having studied French from junior high through my graduate school’s written fluency exam, I talk about France often. Remember when we fought over whether Frenchmen are hotter than Americans? In...

12 jul 11

FourPlay: Orgasm In A Box (For Her)

From Left to Right: Diana Falzone, me, Jen Kwok and Sara Benincasa. 4 women. 4 women. To use an analogy, think of it this way … The show I mentioned yesterday, The Late Sex Show with Twanna Hin...

02 mar 11

“Do You Like To Watch?”

When the New York Times called independent television “a colorful circus parade of often self-indulgent, occasionally incomprehensible entertainment,” I knew I belonged there ;) First, le...

01 mar 11

Protected: LSWT

This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: If you see this note, youre reading my site via its RSS feed. If links, video clips, photos or other media dont...

26 feb 11

Teen Dating: A 14-Year-Old Boy’s Thoughts on Love

“It’s almost like a drug. It’s like your friend might say, ‘Well, you haven’t ever tried, you know, this drug. Why don’t you try it?’” Ang, then, you t...

17 feb 11

Back with a Bang … As In Orgasm

Hello, lovers! So much has happened since you and I last spoke. Most of it’s private, hence I was light on posting. If you crave heavier FUNKY BROWN CHICK® doses, you can usually find me online...

16 feb 11

In Pictures: Bravo Media Holiday Party

If you see this note, youre reading my site via its RSS feed. If links, video clips, photos or other media dont work here, visit and join the conversation at FUNKY BROWN CHICK via the link below:In P...

16 dec 10

Would You Use Headshots for Your Online Dating Profile? [10% Discount for FUNKY BROWN CHICK® Reader...

In my writing / creative career, things are going well. Really well. Theoretically, I shouldn’t have anything to complain about. But, I will for a bit because I have to get something off my che...

09 dec 10

Movie Review: Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis Are “Frenemies with Benefits” In BLACK SWAN

First, an update. I’m ridiculously grateful. In recent weeks, new creative opportunities came my way — hence, the light blogging as I got everything sorted out. Expect exciting announceme...

06 dec 10

Top 20 Hottest Soccer Players

Hey sports fans! I’m going to be on MAD SOCCER tonight @ 7:30 pm. dishing sexy details about the Top 20 Hottest Soccer Players. If you live in New York, tune in to any of the following channels...

18 nov 10

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