Posts by Sharon McCarthy

If you see any of the same stuff as I do on social media, I’m sure you’ve come across posts lamenting 2016 as a terrible year.  To be sure, it was a year filled with tragedies and atrocities.  Fires, shootings, debates (and yes, even scary clowns) filled our collective consciousness and devastated families and communities.…

One of my favorite stories about the birth of the victims’ rights movement is how Anne Pride, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Action Against Rape in 1980, refused to produce a client’s counseling records during a rape trial.  There were no statutes protecting this information, but advocates assured everyone that they would do anything necessary to…

In 1995, some of you reading this may not have yet been born.  A gallon of gas cost just over $1; a stamp cost only $.32.  EBay and the DVD were brand new, and your cell phone (if you were lucky enough to have one) likely came in a large bag and charged you a…