Betty

It's a shame that Ugly Betty didn't come out sooner. It might've convinced me to do a doctorate in Communication, as it would have made an awesome dissertation topic. It has everything a media critic could want: representation of men, women, minorities (especially Latinos), homosexuality, consumerism, beauty. If I were crazy rich and had time to spare, I'd totally consider it.

These are the kinds of crazy thoughts that one gets while writing a dissertation chapter on a book that is so dull that critics debate not only when it was written, but also how knowing when it was written can tell us why it's such a dull book. I kid you not.

I *so* heart the Persiles, if you haven't guessed already. ;)