Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 10, 2009, 10:29 am
If we’re friends on Facebook, you already know I’ve recently discovered Santigold. By “discovered” I mean, yesterday at lunch at FreeFoods, a great song blasted overhead. Wonde...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 9, 2009, 3:00 pm
Blowing dust off my inbox, I’m answering an old question from a Funky Brown Chick reader. A few months ago, someone asked: “I seem to like your taste in films. I was wondering if you could...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 7, 2009, 3:33 am
Gaaaah! I’m tired of this story already. When I heard about Tiger Woods car crash, I tweeted about it because I thought the guy was dying. As the story unfolded, it was clear his life and limbs ...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 4, 2009, 6:30 pm
The Washingtonienne gave me gonorrhea – figuratively, not technically speaking. Here’s now it happened. Last night, I bumped into Nichelle at the 5th Anniversary Cupcake Takes the Cake Par...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 3, 2009, 8:00 am
A few years ago, I met Ethan Hawke at an event where he promoted his book, Ash Wednesday. During the Q&A, I asked him: “So, you’re an actor, director and writer. Which role do you prefer a...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Dec 1, 2009, 9:11 am
If I’m going to have sex with a guy, I’ll ask him to slip a balloon on his dick. I use condoms. Almost always. It’s not the men, it’s me. I don’t want a baby. Or AIDS. Or...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 29, 2009, 8:16 pm
I’m still settling into my new apartment. (Don’t EVEN get me started on the ongoing kitchen table debacle!!) Anyway. Moving right along. My place is approx. 450 sq. ft., and I’m in l...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 29, 2009, 12:38 am
Just a quick shout out to say thank you to everyone who reads this site, follows my freelance articles and supports my other creative projects. Before boarding my outbound flight for the holiday weeke...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 24, 2009, 8:09 am
I don’t think I give extraordinarily stellar performances in the sack, nor am I particularly horrible. I prefer quality over quantity. I don’t sleep with everyone; so, if I sleep with a pa...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 23, 2009, 9:27 am
Who doesn’t love a (bi-curious) nice Jewish boy? If the mock cock suck at last night’s American Music Awards didn’t win you over, I don’t know what will!! For me, Glambert is a...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 18, 2009, 9:16 am
I’ve gotta hand it to Marty Beckerman and Shawn Hollenbach. Last month, at my friend Rachel’s In the Flesh Erotic Reading Series, they told a room stuffed with strangers & friends how they...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 17, 2009, 3:23 pm
I don’t get nearly as much action as men often think I do. Apparently, if you write about (shh, whisper it!) S-E-X — or condoms, dating, relationships and stuff related to getting it on &#...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 16, 2009, 10:53 am
Although I use condoms when I have sex, I’ve certainly gone riding without a saddle with longterm boyfriends but, luckily, I’ve never been pregnant, I’m not HIV+ and I’ve never...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 13, 2009, 8:56 am
If we’re close, you might know (or, maybe, you didn’t) I don’t generally wear supplemental clothing — no socks, pantyhose, underwear or other items of aren’t really ̶...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 12, 2009, 9:41 am
I think I’m going through something. Is there a name for the period between the quarterlife crisis and a midlife crises? Maybe 33 and 1/3 or something like that? Over the past month or so, IR...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 7, 2009, 8:53 am
(I’ve got a few pictures uploaded to Flickr. More coming soon.) If you see this note, you're reading my site via its RSS feed. If links, video clips, photos or other media don't work he...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 4, 2009, 7:35 am
“Romantic love is a drive. In fact, I think it’s more powerful than the sex drive. You know, if you ask someone to go to bed with you and they say “no thank you” you certainly ...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 3, 2009, 3:35 pm
It’s National Novel Writing Month. Basically, a bunch of people will to start writing November 1 and continue for 50,000 words / 175-pages until November 30. It probably sounds harder than it is...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Nov 1, 2009, 1:27 pm
Shout out and extra special thanks to everyone at Cafe 50 West for being so kind to our crazy group. If you see this note, you're reading my site via its RSS feed. If links, video clips, photos o...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 26, 2009, 11:51 pm
Since I’ve started cooking in my home again, I’ve become kind of obsessed with planning dinner parties, salons and other events. I connect to people more deeply when I have them tucked ins...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 26, 2009, 10:10 am
Saturday, on Facebook I stumbled across the clip below and shared it on my Wall. If you watch Rachel Maddow, you’ve probably already seen this “That’s not the way the Nobel prize alw...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 26, 2009, 8:39 am
As a kid running outside playing chase, double dutch or other games with my friends, whenever I needed to stop for a bit — to pee, tie my shoe or whatever — I’d hold up my hands in a...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 21, 2009, 7:09 am
Ooh la la!! Señor Weather Man says it’s gonna be unseasonable warm in New York. Nice!! I don’t like winter weather. I get moody and depressed when it’s cold, damp, dark and rainy. S...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 19, 2009, 9:05 am
Several years ago, I slept with a guy who faked an orgasm. Unable to complete The Final Act, he put on a performance. When he was done, he pulled out but he was still hard and the condom’s insid...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 17, 2009, 10:58 pm
I love New York, but I don’t necessarily see myself growing old here. In later life, I’d like less noise, more money. At the moment, given the current economy, I feel fortunate to have any...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 16, 2009, 3:00 pm
Be forewarned. This post will be a bit scattered because I want to say so much, but I haven’t quite found the way to wrap it up neatly in a pretty package of the typical Funky Brown Chick post l...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 16, 2009, 6:24 am
I don’t owe a television. I watch everything online. I saw Lady Gaga’s MTV VMA performance, Jude Law’s “Poker Face” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and a bunch of other f...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 14, 2009, 11:45 am
I recently wrote about my teeny-tiny New York City apartment. In case you’re into house porn, here’s a little voyeuristic peek at one of my favorite things inside my home. (Yeah, yeah. Ign...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 10, 2009, 10:49 am
... This week, I’m talking about ethnicity. I’m a sex, dating and relationships writer. I’m also a black woman ... which included no minorities — that people of color have sex...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 10, 2009, 2:37 am
I don’t write as many any more, but I used to write open letters to random people living in New York City. Okay, so, some of them didn’t actually live here. But, most of did. Links below w...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 9, 2009, 10:47 am
When I tweeted I was considering writing about body image issues today, I got a few positive responses from the folks at Single Minded Women and others. So, here we go … I’m not a “T...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 7, 2009, 7:25 am
Last night, I went to the second of Single Edition’s three “Live The Life You Love” seminars at Saks Fifth Avenue, and I highly recommend the series. If you want practical advice abo...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 6, 2009, 10:53 am
Last night, I had a 94 minute 40 second telephone call with a friend (yes, I checked my phone). Topic of conversation? Yesterday’s Funky Brown Chick post about infidelity, “Single Women’...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 5, 2009, 10:39 am
Nearly half a dozen of my single girlfriends recently told me they’ve had (or are currently having) affairs with a cheating spouse. Interestingly, when I mention this to others — without o...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 2, 2009, 9:48 am
We now know who didn’t win the 2016 Summer Olympics bid. Man, I was root, root, rooting for my native Chicago! Check out their 2016 site as well as the all-star presentation. Exciting, right? Be...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Oct 1, 2009, 11:38 am
Sometimes I just want to get fucked. Seriously. I crave the sensation of a guy’s hard penis gliding inside my crevices. I love it when men know exactly how to handle and touch me in a way that m...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 28, 2009, 11:26 am
... Esquire magazine calls a “30-year-old case, on sex, justice, and the American way.” So, here we go … It seems no one doubts Roman ... brown at www.funkybrownchick.com to se...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 26, 2009, 5:49 pm
I’ve been running around like crazy this week and I haven’t posted as much as I’d like to. It’s the city. It’s fast, maddening, weird, fun, exciting and heartbreaking. I&...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 23, 2009, 6:29 am
My life would be easier if I didn’t like men so much :( If you see this note, it's because you're reading my site via its RSS feed. If video clips, photos or other media are missing, ge...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 21, 2009, 11:30 pm
... offerings include documentaries, biographies and other films related about sexuality, sex politics and great other topics. If you liked MILK, you’ll probably like this documentary: The Time...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 20, 2009, 2:22 pm
Ah, there’s nothing quite like watching a drunken dude in lederhosen sing Elvis tunes in German. After the 52nd Annual German-American Steuben Parade, I spent Saturday morning w/ Sherri and Kath...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 20, 2009, 1:41 am
I’ve had this blog for nearly more than 4 years, and I’ve written approximately 900 original posts. If you started reading me more recently, you might’ve missed some of the older stu...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 17, 2009, 8:49 am
Almost finished. I stayed up past 3:00am working on my book last night. It’s been a while since I’ve given you guys an update and a few of you have emailed me to ask about it. Instead of w...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 16, 2009, 10:08 am
I like my new apartment so much I’ve actually started cooking in it. :) I used these ingredients and more to make Spicy Vegetarian Chili w/ Ground Turkey. Here are the results. I think I’l...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 15, 2009, 3:48 pm
... where I live is about learning to be at peace with what I have and what I don’t. Actually, I highly recommend Apartment Therapy as a really helpful resource in this respect. Their mission:...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 15, 2009, 6:58 am
Oh, hello there! When did YOU get here? What? You say you’ve been here all along, checking in wondering: “Why hasn’t Twanna updated her blog?” Ummm, sorry. Got a little distrac...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 9, 2009, 10:37 am
I’m going to write another post later. In the meantime, I wanted to upload pictures from last night’s “brown love affair.” Okay, so, here’s the story … My friend Ju...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 5, 2009, 8:19 am
“Actually, in all honesty, I don’t even know where my uterus specifically is,” says Danielle from Knotty Yarn, “but I imagine it’s somewhere in the…middle..partR...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Sep 4, 2009, 11:18 am
Whenever I asked people, “How was your vacation” and they responded “It was nice, but it’s good to be home” I thought it meant they didn’t like their vacation. I fi...
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Twanna posted an article on FUNKY BROWN CHICK | sex. dating. relationships. - Aug 30, 2009, 11:01 pm
“UTAH?!?!” I was stunned. “There aren’t any beaches there. Who the fuck goes to Utah on vacation?!?!” Apparently, I do. Wanna know how I ended up here? Weeeeell, Single E...
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