Robin Byrd, NYC Public Access Icon, Reflects on How the Internet Changed Porn and Ended an Era
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Ej Dickson
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A profile of Robin Byrd, the 71-year-old former adult film star turned NYC public access television icon, who reflects on her decades-long career hosting "The Robin Byrd Show" on Channel 35. She argues that the internet and streaming platforms have ruined the porn industry by eliminating the star quality, production value, and human connection that defined the adult entertainment world she helped build in the 1970s-1990s. Byrd also discusses censorship battles, her unique role as a sex-positive godmother figure to generations of New Yorkers, and her disillusionment with modern adult content.
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· 5 pulledThe internet ruined porn. There's no star quality anymore. It's just people in their bedrooms with iPhones.
I was the sex godmother of millennials. They grew up watching me after their parents went to bed.
Lie back, get comfortable, and don't forget to wear your rubbers.
Public access was the last bastion of free speech, and they took that away from us too.
There was a time when adult film stars were celebrities. Now it's all just content.
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