Twanna Hines

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Twanna Hines
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Twanna A. Hines performing in New York City
BornTwanna Angela Hines
(1975-01-20) January 20, 1975 (age 49)
Illinois, US
Pen nameFunky Brown Chick
OccupationWriter
CitizenshipUS
Education Illinois State University (BS)
Florida State University (MS)
Period21st century
Genre Memoir
Subject Human sexuality
Website
funkybrownchick.com

Twanna Angela Hines (born 1975) is an American writer, [1] [2] internet personality, [3] [4] [5] and sex educator [6] [7] who also discusses human sexuality and relationships on her website Funky Brown Chick. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

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Biography

Hines attended Illinois State University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology, and Florida State University, where she received her Master of Science and she also completed post-graduate education at Universiteit van Amsterdam and New York University. [14]

She appears on television, [15] [16] film, [17] and radio [18] programs including Spark (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), [19] [20] Maximum Radio (Sirius Satellite Radio), [21] [22] and NPR. [23] She was a sex columnist for Nerve, [24] and is currently a syndicated sex columnist for Metro International. [25]

Publications

Books: contributor

Articles

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  15. Is Foursquare the next Twitter? CNN, April 5, 2009.
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  19. Spark with Nora Young, Episode 91 CBC Radio, November 15, 2009.
  20. Spark with Nora Young, Episode 66 CBC Radio, February 11, 2009.
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