Welcome to Matinée with Julia & Maria! The podcast where we rewatch films that were formative for us... and see how they hold up.

In this episode, Christine McKenna joins us to discuss the film Pretty Woman (1990).

Though we did poke fun and use outdated, stigmatic terms such as "prostitute" and "hooker" due to their use in the film, we at Matinée firmly believe that sex work is real, valid work - even if you aren't a white, cis, straight woman with perfect hair like Julia Roberts.

Here's an article that we believe lays it out pretty well:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/why-sex-work-is-real-work



art by Alex Blackwell
music by Nick Nausbaum