This city is full of famous people, but I always seem to be completely oblivious — mostly because it’s tiring to look at every single face you pass on the street. But for some reason today I was paying attention, and Philip Seymour Hoffman, in all his normality, passed me on the street near Washington Square Park. I echo the sentiment of this blogger and think he is amazing. Yay!

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If you haven’t been paying attention to what’s been happening to reproductive rights in the U.S. over the last few years, you should read this.