Vendor interview: Christine
Photos: Emil Lombardo
How did you get involved in selling DOPE Magazine?
I first got involved in selling the magazine when I became homeless. It helps. A lot of people are really interested in it... Everything is money, and it all helps you to cope and eat and survive and whatever out there.
Where do you sell the magazine?
I sell in Bethnal Green, Stratford and all over. Anywhere I sell, I walk to it, so I can get to meet lots of new and different people every day and introduce them to DOPE Magazine.
Do you ever get bother from anyone?
No no, not at all. A lot of people know about the newspaper.
If you could change one thing about the world tomorrow, what would you change?
I would like to have world peace.
What do you like to do when you’re not selling the magazine?
I haven’t put thought into what I like to do, I don’t have the time.
What would you want people to know about your life?
How DOPE Magazine helps me while I’m homeless. How it feeds me and puts a roof over my head.
Is there anything else you want to talk about in the interview?
The one thing I want to do is get into pubs and bookshop. I’d like to go in and talk about the magazine itself. How it helps homeless people like me.
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