“You are an attractive,intelligent,confident businesswoman.”
This is the mantra Betty Suarez repeated to herself on her first day at Mode. Of course, she then proceeded to walk face-first into a glass wall, but isn’t that the way it goes in the real world?
There are many lessons that young people could learn about the world of work from Ugly Betty, and that is the premise behind an upcoming book from Entertainment Weekly writer Tanner Stransky. “Find Your Inner Ugly Betty – 25 Career Lessons from TV Shows for Young Professionals” is a tome about the lessons young professionals can …read more

This could just be literary history repeating itself.  Or, maybe Sheila R Lawrence and Henry Alonso Myers, writers of Ugly Betty episode 2.13 (A Thousand Words By Friday) have been reading Jane Austen.
If you’ll remember, in episode 2.13, Betty thought she was going to interview Phillip Roth, a distinguished and accomplished author.  Instead she interviewed “Phil Roth”, author of the book “Tap That (How To Score With Hot B*tches)”.  Roth’s methodology was to insult the target woman (starting with a slight praise), then ignore her till she begged for attention.  For example, when Henry was trying out the method, he …read more