The Good Word

By Kelli Alvarez

This piece is part of a series by the Global Vision Initiative titled “Lost in Translation”. To read more, please head to our Medium account or to our website here.

Anyone who knows me knows that I swear a lot and with enthusiasm. Part of it is that I recognize that they are just words. Like most other words, they only have power if you allow them to have power (obviously racism and hate are excluded from this). If me saying fuck offends you, then that’s a you problem. If you don’t want your kids to say swear words, then that’s how you teach them. Those are your…