Kanye asked and we answered: is the word “bitch” ever acceptable? Read some highlights from the SPARKteam below, then click through to read the whole piece and add your input:

“ To be honest, my main problem with the word bitch is the way so many people use it to perpetuate the myth of girl hate - we’re often encouraged to resent girls who work hard or are leaders, because, as we’re told, for a girl to be so successful automatically makes her a bitch, right?” - Georgia

“People need to stop saying “bitch” when we refuse to talk to them or answer their calls or respond kindly to their street harassment. People can’t call us bitches to dominate us or hurt us or murder us or disempower us or ruin our swag. They’re using the word wrong. And it’s our job to be bitch enough to fill them in.” - Carmen

“I think that if women were equal to men in every way possible referring to women as animals probably wouldn’t even be a thing anyone would consider doing.” - Ty

“Yet this word that made me feel like a terrible person, by being called a bitch or naming someone a bitch, a few years ago now makes me feel empowered; the look of surprise on people’s faces, especially on the faces of androcentric, misogynist men, when I openly call myself a bitch, it deters people from calling me or other women bitch.” - Jenny