Comments on: Deeply Penetrating Thoughts About The P3nis http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/ 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. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:12:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: lamesabassman...... http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117741 lamesabassman...... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:01:56 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117741 'Tis a shame that to exist on this planet that one is poured into a mold and ... there you be..... for all to see the person that all say is you 'n' that you know it's who you ain't.... ain't that a blip... whatever happened to drop dead gorgeous .... 'nuff said... who cares about the flavor when we all know ... it's the essence.... the core.... that every lasting center better than a " Clark bar.... " it made Miles smile a with learned wiles one will tend to bypass the Drama and enter the Trauma ... that only experimenting will bring forth the light to guide you to your senses we all taste good and we all are cool so... how much longer ya' gonna play the fool...... Life's too Lovely to rain on..... lamesabassman...... let no one stand in your shadow.... rock on.... ‘Tis a shame
that to exist on this planet
that one is poured
into a mold
and … there you be…..
for all to see
the person
that all say is you
‘n’ that you know it’s who
you ain’t….
ain’t that a blip…
whatever happened to
drop dead gorgeous …. ’nuff said…

who cares about the flavor
when we all know …
it’s the essence….
the core…. that every lasting center
better than a ” Clark bar…. ”
it made Miles smile
a with learned wiles
one will tend to bypass
the Drama and enter the Trauma …
that only experimenting
will bring forth the light
to guide you to your senses
we all taste good
and we all are cool

so… how much longer
ya’ gonna play the fool……

Life’s too Lovely
to rain on…..

lamesabassman…… let no one stand in your shadow…. rock on….

]]> By: bogart4017 http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117560 bogart4017 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:17:46 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117560 That went completely over my head. That went completely over my head.

]]> By: zindzhi http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117105 zindzhi Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:41:56 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117105 I agree there are issues that mostly other women of color will get. my  core friends group are people of color.  My closest partner in crime though is a European from the Mediterranean.  I can't wait to read the post on being a black woman in Europe. I agree there are issues that mostly other women of color will get. my  core friends group are people of color.  My closest partner in crime though is a European from the Mediterranean.  I can’t wait to read the post on being a black woman in Europe.

]]> By: Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117087 Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:45:04 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117087 <strong>A</strong>: I think Zwarte Piet is TOTAL bullshit, and it's ridiculous the Dutch still celebrate it. Sure, they can say "it's just a tradition" but that's an excuse. Oh now the Dutch (and Europe in general) love their traditions! BUT ... The French used to guillotine people, but that "tradition" fell by the wayside. The Dutch used to throw all their shit in the canals until they figured out that whole "organized garbage collection" stuff. Culture -- like people, like life -- changes everyday. We hold on to what helps and works for us. We let go or adapt what doesn't. I fail to see how Zwarte Piet "works for" or "helps" the Dutch as a nation -- besides, of course, furthering their legacy as colonizers who enslaved people. If THAT'S what they want to hold on to, that's pretty fucked up.<strong> zindzhi</strong>: You mentioned, when you lived in The States, you "gravitated toward people from all the world over whose conceptions of blackness were not so narrow." Though I hang out with (and date and fuck) people of many different ethnicities & nationalities, I notice a lot of my close friends who understand me best are black women and other women of color. (That's not to say I don't have really good friends who aren't people of color and/or aren't female.) By the way, yep stereotypes about black women abound in Europe. However, that wasn't always a bad thing :) Will write about that soon in long form, need more space than this comment. A: I think Zwarte Piet is TOTAL bullshit, and it’s ridiculous the Dutch still celebrate it. Sure, they can say “it’s just a tradition” but that’s an excuse. Oh now the Dutch (and Europe in general) love their traditions! BUT … The French used to guillotine people, but that “tradition” fell by the wayside. The Dutch used to throw all their shit in the canals until they figured out that whole “organized garbage collection” stuff. Culture — like people, like life — changes everyday. We hold on to what helps and works for us. We let go or adapt what doesn’t. I fail to see how Zwarte Piet “works for” or “helps” the Dutch as a nation — besides, of course, furthering their legacy as colonizers who enslaved people. If THAT’S what they want to hold on to, that’s pretty fucked up.

zindzhi: You mentioned, when you lived in The States, you “gravitated toward people from all the world over whose conceptions of blackness were not so narrow.” Though I hang out with (and date and fuck) people of many different ethnicities & nationalities, I notice a lot of my close friends who understand me best are black women and other women of color. (That’s not to say I don’t have really good friends who aren’t people of color and/or aren’t female.) By the way, yep stereotypes about black women abound in Europe. However, that wasn’t always a bad thing :) Will write about that soon in long form, need more space than this comment.

]]> By: zindzhi http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117050 zindzhi Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:13:01 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117050 Race is funny thing outside of America. I 'm a brown skin women and was told by a Brazilian friend that i was not black. They have like 60 word for skin color in Brazil! My friend who is also African American of Caribbean descent  would be considered white in my country, because he is light skin . He hates it ,but everywhere is different. As for Black people on Deviant art I say cool. When I use to live in the State the most maddening thing for me was having blackness so narrowly define, by black and white Americans. questions about my name being white, about being multilingual. In the last few years of staying in the States i gravitated toward people from all the world over whose conception of blackness were not so narrow.  Usually  in America they want  black women to act a certain way love certain music , art and etc . I usually found myself being the only black person in my circle of friends.  I remember being taken aback out when a black teacher told me that I was never going to find a black American guy to date me, because of my tastes I was 18 and lo and behold he was right. I never set out never to date a black man i just never happened. As for penis in your bathroom I say awesome. The peens are so fascinating and fun to look at lol. In term of living in Europe Twanna what are the stereotype attributed to black women?  Are there any? Race is funny thing outside of America. I ‘m a brown skin women and was told by a Brazilian friend that i was not black. They have like 60 word for skin color in Brazil! My friend who is also African American of Caribbean descent  would be considered white in my country, because he is light skin . He hates it ,but everywhere is different.

As for Black people on Deviant art I say cool. When I use to live in the State the most maddening thing for me was having blackness so narrowly define, by black and white Americans. questions about my name being white, about being multilingual. In the last few years of staying in the States i gravitated toward people from all the world over whose conception of blackness were not so narrow.  Usually  in America they want  black women to act a certain way love certain music , art and etc . I usually found myself being the only black person in my circle of friends.  I remember being taken aback out when a black teacher told me that I was never going to find a black American guy to date me, because of my tastes I was 18 and lo and behold he was right. I never set out never to date a black man i just never happened.

As for penis in your bathroom I say awesome. The peens are so fascinating and fun to look at lol.

In term of living in Europe Twanna what are the stereotype attributed to black women?  Are there any?

]]> By: A http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-117014 A Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:44:59 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-117014 Since we're on the subject of the Netherlands, I'm curious about your views on Zwarte Piet.  I once asked a Dutch friend of mine who is black (S.), and she said it was just a fun tradition.  An American friend of South Asian descent (N.) came to visit me around that time once, and he found it horrible.  I know there is a group of people in the Netherlands who don't like it, but from my observations they're a very small minority. Since I'm originally American, my view more closely mirrors N.'s than S.'s and I still can't say I've integrated in this respect (although I don't make a fuss about it; a white person complaining about it to people who don't find it offensive seems so patronizing).  Anyhow, this is one of the times when I've been most aware of my American views of race, thus I'm curious about how you viewed it when you lived here. Since we’re on the subject of the Netherlands, I’m curious about your views on Zwarte Piet.  I once asked a Dutch friend of mine who is black (S.), and she said it was just a fun tradition.  An American friend of South Asian descent (N.) came to visit me around that time once, and he found it horrible.  I know there is a group of people in the Netherlands who don’t like it, but from my observations they’re a very small minority.

Since I’m originally American, my view more closely mirrors N.’s than S.’s and I still can’t say I’ve integrated in this respect (although I don’t make a fuss about it; a white person complaining about it to people who don’t find it offensive seems so patronizing).  Anyhow, this is one of the times when I’ve been most aware of my American views of race, thus I’m curious about how you viewed it when you lived here.

]]> By: Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-116862 Twanna A. Hines | FUNKYBROWNCHICK.com Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:13:38 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-116862 <strong>mydria</strong>: My writing portfolio is over on <a href="http://www.twannahines.com/p/articles/" rel="nofollow">www.twannahines.com</a>. I've mostly posted my sex & dating stuff, but I wrote a chapter for the book "Migration and Immigration: A Global View" and that's available there. I was in a sociology PhD program, but I left it for many reasons. Can email you about it if you're interested. And, I'm including those years of my life in my book. Long story short, I didn't feel like I'd be as affective as a sociologist if I stayed in academia past my MA. More people read Glamour, Huffington Post and New York Times than they do American Journal of Sociology. That's not a slam against AJS. I'm just saying, for me, I'd rather write newspaper and magazine articles & blog posts about stuff that interests me (and stuff that people actually read) than go the academic journal route. You have my email address, right? Feel free to shoot me a message offline if you want to talk about that stuff more.<strong> A</strong>: I agree with you. I learned Dutch while I was in the Netherlands even though I soooo didn't need to because everyone there speaks English. But, I got tired of "noise" on the train being "noise" instead of conversations. I wanted to understand what people around me were saying. I had a bunch of other reasons for learning the language, too, but that's neighter here not there. I don't think integration is about letting go of your culture or whatever, I think it's about learning how to survive and THRIVE in a place that's not originally your own. I fared much better in Amsterdam and The Hague because I spoke Dutch. And, not to mention, even after I came back to the US, I scored a bunch of hot Dutch ass from male expats because they were impressed I speak that a little brown American woman spoke their language :)<strong> dkzone</strong>: You're too much! <strong> <a href="http://www.myopenletters.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow">No Nonsense</a></strong>: Yay for penises in my bathroom!! :)<strong> Aitch</strong>: I love it that you're on there, too!!<strong> JoeBmore</strong>: Bro's a woman. We were on the phone and I read the post aloud before I posted it. I actually said, "I'm going to write about this!" :) And, by the way, what are you smoking? ;) I wrote a post about hanging penises in my bathroom and you started talking about prison???? :)<strong> The Original Bro</strong>: What???? BRO reads my blog, now!??!!?! :)<strong> <a href="http://doodlius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Baba Doodlius</a></strong>: I ask myself this all the time, "Do I want to live in a world where I pig and a frog can't love each other without people talking shit about them? No. I don't want to live in that world." KERMIT + PIGGY = FOREVER!!! <strong>lamesabassman</strong>: Yep. Bro is wise. Goofy but wise :) mydria: My writing portfolio is over on http://www.twannahines.com. I’ve mostly posted my sex & dating stuff, but I wrote a chapter for the book “Migration and Immigration: A Global View” and that’s available there. I was in a sociology PhD program, but I left it for many reasons. Can email you about it if you’re interested. And, I’m including those years of my life in my book. Long story short, I didn’t feel like I’d be as affective as a sociologist if I stayed in academia past my MA. More people read Glamour, Huffington Post and New York Times than they do American Journal of Sociology. That’s not a slam against AJS. I’m just saying, for me, I’d rather write newspaper and magazine articles & blog posts about stuff that interests me (and stuff that people actually read) than go the academic journal route. You have my email address, right? Feel free to shoot me a message offline if you want to talk about that stuff more.

A: I agree with you. I learned Dutch while I was in the Netherlands even though I soooo didn’t need to because everyone there speaks English. But, I got tired of “noise” on the train being “noise” instead of conversations. I wanted to understand what people around me were saying. I had a bunch of other reasons for learning the language, too, but that’s neighter here not there. I don’t think integration is about letting go of your culture or whatever, I think it’s about learning how to survive and THRIVE in a place that’s not originally your own. I fared much better in Amsterdam and The Hague because I spoke Dutch. And, not to mention, even after I came back to the US, I scored a bunch of hot Dutch ass from male expats because they were impressed I speak that a little brown American woman spoke their language :)

dkzone: You’re too much!

No Nonsense: Yay for penises in my bathroom!! :)

Aitch: I love it that you’re on there, too!!

JoeBmore: Bro’s a woman. We were on the phone and I read the post aloud before I posted it. I actually said, “I’m going to write about this!” :) And, by the way, what are you smoking? ;) I wrote a post about hanging penises in my bathroom and you started talking about prison???? :)

The Original Bro: What???? BRO reads my blog, now!??!!?! :)

Baba Doodlius: I ask myself this all the time, “Do I want to live in a world where I pig and a frog can’t love each other without people talking shit about them? No. I don’t want to live in that world.” KERMIT + PIGGY = FOREVER!!!

lamesabassman: Yep. Bro is wise. Goofy but wise :)

]]> By: lamesabassman...... http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-116811 lamesabassman...... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:51:15 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-116811 K .... " Bro "...... that explains a lot...... lamesabassman..... are you an ex-nun..... you gots the traits ..... smile.... rock on... K …. ” Bro “…… that explains a lot……

lamesabassman….. are you an ex-nun….. you gots the traits ….. smile…. rock on…

]]> By: Baba Doodlius http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-116779 Baba Doodlius Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:33:26 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-116779 Black, white, whatever. Kermit the Frog and I will tell you that it isn't easy being green. Black, white, whatever. Kermit the Frog and I will tell you that it isn’t easy being green.

]]> By: The Original Bro http://funkybrownchick.com/2009/08/24/deeply-penetrating-thoughts-about-the-p3nis/comment-page-1/#comment-116768 The Original Bro Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:33:05 +0000 http://funkybrownchick.com/?p=2266#comment-116768 Hi, all, "Bro" here! Just wanted to stop by and say that I'm glad our (admittedly silly and very tongue-in-cheek!) conversation brought up some really good and thought-provoking comments! Also, I just wanted to point out that, despite my moniker, "Bro" is a she. :) "Bro" is a nickname coined by the FBC long ago that I just haven't been able to shake. :) Carry on, all! Hi, all, “Bro” here! Just wanted to stop by and say that I’m glad our (admittedly silly and very tongue-in-cheek!) conversation brought up some really good and thought-provoking comments! Also, I just wanted to point out that, despite my moniker, “Bro” is a she. :) “Bro” is a nickname coined by the FBC long ago that I just haven’t been able to shake. :) Carry on, all!

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