If you choose to swear around your kids, that’s your call. But you won’t hear it from me. CEOs do it. Psychiatrists do it. Your mom does it. Myself, I can swear like a sailor. Hell, I’m married to a retired sailor. But I choose my outlets carefully for the outpouring of expletives that simmer […]
The word ‘bitch’ is so pervasive, girls no longer ask: ‘Am I a bitch?’ But instead: ‘What kind of a bitch am I?’ This weekend the hashtag #YesAllWomen trended in Twitter in the wake of the mass shooting in California. I believe, like many others, that part of the reason for this response, one that […]
This originally appeared on Of Sugar-Baited Words. Republished here with permission. We all say things offhandedly that we don’t mean or wouldn’t want to communicate if we thought more about the implications of those words and phrases. Here are a few. Words matter. I spent seven years studying English literature and I really, really believe […]
