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Porn star turned late-night TV icon Robin Byrd: ‘Sex is a form of magic’

Porn star turned late-night TV icon Robin Byrd: ‘Sex is a form of magic’
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She was a sex-positive star in the 80s and 90s who became an ‘accidental activist’ and her life is explored in a HBO documentary produced by Sarah Jessica ParkerRobin Byrd has no doubt about where the archive of her life should end up. “I think it should be in the Smithsonian,” she said. “I like to think big.”But is such thinking “big” or just plain daft? After all, we’re talking about Robin Byrd, the self-described “orgy queen” who’s best known for promoting the work of strippers and porn stars on the no-budget, public access TV show she ran in the 80s and 90s that looked like it was shot by someone on mushrooms who was suffering from an advanced case of glaucoma. Continue reading...

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