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In the middle of her interview, Air Force veteran and single mom Colleen Bushnell pauses to ask someone behind the camera if her responses are helpful. After facing three years of homelessness, it isn’t that she doesn’t know how to articulate her experiences—she just isn’t sure what to say to get people to care.
“If workaholism is sexy, then compassion is an inconvenience,” says Bushnell, who likens homelessness to being in arm’s reach of people who are watching you drown.
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