The unhappy hooker
The Same Drugs
- Published
- March 14, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 0m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 6, 2026
Discusses society, culture.
Summary
Julie Bindel is a British journalist and author who has covered the global sex trade extensively in her work. Her recent article, ”The Unhappy Hooker,” published in Compact Mag, took her to Amsterdam, where she visited with Xaviera Hollander, owner of Happy House B&B and the woman who supposedly inspired the term, “happy hooker.”In this episode, Meg…
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Julie Bindel is a British journalist and author who has covered the global sex trade extensively in her work. Her recent article, ”The Unhappy Hooker,” published in Compact Mag, took her to Amsterdam, where she visited with Xaviera Hollander, owner of Happy House B&B and the woman who supposedly inspired the term, “happy hooker.”In this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Julie about Amsterdam’s legal sex trade and the truth about the so-called “happy hooker.”The Same Drugs is on X
Themes
- society
- culture