Sex, showering, breaking up: why Tanya Corrin and her boyfriend Josh Harris documented their every move (via Dazed)
Tanya Corrin on the cover ofFor the first time, viewers could get a peep show experience from the comfort of their own homes, newly fulfilling both their voyeuristic and sexual desires. Thoughwas free – and not a sex show – webcam stars did soon begin to charge viewers for the luxury of watching them. At a time when the porn industry’s revenues were declining due to piracy, camming enabled sex workers to generate independent income, and gave amateurs the opportunity to earn extra cash.
Despite the abuse – which Corrin later combatted by giving trusted watchers moderator capabilities – Corrin says she relished the wider attention. “I would get up and open the refrigerator door and feel really excited because I knew there was a camera in there,” she explains. Unlike modern camming, which one cam girlrequires “having a kind of alter-ego”, Corrin believed she would be able to be 100 per cent herself, even with the cameras constantly rolling. The reality was a little different.
While traditionally viewed as Harris’ project, Corrin was arguably the person who not only drew the audience – as she says, sex sells – but actually kept them around. When the couple began having problems within their relationship, viewers started to take sides. In a 2001 article for the, Corrin notes the hundreds of fan letters she received, and how she made sure to answer them all. Josh, who was too busy to reply, was soon getting just three or four a day.
“I knew I needed to leave, but I didn’t want to leave the watchers. They cared about me, and were trying to help me out of a bad situation even though it meant I would ultimately abandon them. I had to leave them forever” – Tanya CorrinA number of internet pioneers lost all of their money, as business ventures and capital investment waned. “Investors didn’t understand the technology of the internet, so were throwing money at young people in programming,” explains Rivera.
Corrin abandoned the internet quickly after exiting the apartment for the final time. Instead, she worked on carving out a career as a freelance journalist. By the time social media as we know it today began to blossom and emerge, Corrin had no interest in being online. “One thing that I am absolutely adamant about now is the importance of protecting our privacy,” she tells me. “Without privacy, we can’t be who we are – it’s fundamental to our integrity.
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