The first time I was called a bitch, I didn’t really know what it meant. I was in the lunch line at my elementary school, and when one of my male peers tried to cut me, I voiced my sense of injustice quite loudly. He turned to me and said, “Don’t be such a bitch.” That shut me right up. …
These words are derogatory, and as students studying communication, we have a duty to expand our vocabulary to be more inclusive.
Read Katie Prisco-Buxbaum’s op-ed about words that hurt.
