If this woman were a puppy, she'd get more sympathy

            Candid unposed shot of a Big Issue seller in Bath. (Note to non-UK followers: Big Issue sellers are people who are struggling with homelessness, and they sell the charity magazine as a way to raise money for future long-term accommodation.)

After taking this candid, I got talking to this lady and took a portrait of her (she has a great smile). I asked her long she had been homeless and she told me 7 years. I asked whether she was roofless, and she told me that she is in a hostel at the moment. 

Her name is Klaudia and she is from Romania. This is where the lack of sympathy comes from, for many Brits feel she should go back home and is taking a British person's place in the hostel. Perhaps she should go home, perhaps she shouldn't (and don't get me wrong, I don't agree with borderless immigration and I also think charity begins at home) but the irony is many of those same Brits will fund or adopt homeless dogs from Romania and pay a lot of money to get them medical attention and then imported. Dogs are ever so cute but isn't that just a little messed up?  Maybe? For those saying "ah, but those dogs are ill-treated etc in that country", I say man can be pretty horrible to each other too. What are poor people to the rich? To corporations? Etc? Let's be kind to animals AND people alike.

Taken in: UK / England / Bath (show map)

Taken on: February 10, 2023

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