Jennifer Lopez: Role Model From The Block? Or Blockhead On A Roll?
30 May 2008, 6:45 PM. By Alex Alvarez
We thought the reader-submitted email on our Jennifer Lopez coverage, and some of the responses to it, were pretty damn entertaining. But they also got us a bit worried, because we have to share subway rides and stand in lines with some of you guys and, frankly, that scares us. We’ve never understood why some people feel the need to defend celebrities who don’t even know their names or that they exist, much less why people try to convince us that famous people are worthy of our admiration and love simply for… what? Being famous? Not flashing the general public? Having their names splashed on a clothing line? We have no idea.
We hate everyone, true, but deep down in that cold, barren wasteland where our heart should be, we really do admire a lot of hard-working Latinos, some who happen to be famous and even act or sing for a living. But the notion that we should celebrate someone just because they happen to be Latino? Well, quite frankly, we find that offensive. We don’t want Jennifer Lopez, who is known for being a diva who, for instance, requests all-white rooms with unscented candles and various bouquets, to present us. We’re embarrassed every time her name comes up in conversations about “groundbreaking Latinos.” La Lopez can’t sing, can’t act and simply does not resonate with us as a woman of substance and intelligence. Because that’s not how she markets herself. She’s all glamour and glitz versus some odd concept of “realness” or “being down” that she’s fabricated to pull when its necessary to cater to specific urban demographics.
So, sorry, homophobes and 16-year-olds. We’re not going to stop hatin’ and start participatin’ anytime soon. But we appreciate your thoughtful and carefully executed pleas to try and get us to think otherwise. Oh and, by the way? Having an ass doesn’t mean much if you’re not going to get off and do something positive. But thanks for promoting the idea that all Latinas have to have a certain body type to join the club. We appreciate it!
xoxo
Assless & Talentless
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dude all i said was that ur a fag hag which u r.
that always sets u off.
you are so predictable
millions of latinas in the bronx and brooklyn do not agree w ur lame reasons for hatin..jlo
also…
callin u fag hag is not homophobic…thats unfair to the pure homophobes out there.
and finally texas needs u
guanabee a cool latina anyway i can….
se was bustin her ass tryin to make it way b 4 u showed up in brooklyn wantin to bee whatever…
hey ass less hard work and perserverence always deserves to be rewarded regardless .its hard to succeed in a whites man world baby doll….
grow up in the bronx then come talkin shit ok stupid!
dont be embarrassed when u hear her name
i am proud of my home girl…she really did make it.
Oy vey…
Guanabee,
I realize the Bronx J-Lo liking demographic are homophobic and 16 and yeah, homophobic is usually a prerequisite when you are 16 and from the Bronx but, hey… if you’re not 16 and you like J-Lo then you probably are homosexual. Even if you are from the Bronx. I recall hearing that she performed for the White Party a few years back, I think it was even on Queer as Folk?
I think J-Lo is shooting for the real money-having demographic: the gays. Haha I said “the gays.” What!
ok
out of site w george clooney
U turn w sean penn
blood and wine w jack nicholson
these are very good films she did not suck in
also see in living color fly girls circa 1990 s
see who has no talent….
the lame bands at guanabee southbysouthwest latino version…wow
LMAO dickster queso boy, you must be really ghetto. I love when people say so-and-so “made it”, and by “made it” they mean “made a career shaking her booty and being objectified on film and in music”. Hilarious. You know, because apparently life is like a race where whoever gets a record contract or a film role first wins, and success is measured only via mainstream media visibility as an entertainer and not, say, by having a good education and a successful career. I am sure many, many people grow up in the Bronx and become successful professionals, but apparently if you are not prancing around in your panties on film next to George Clooney then it doesn’t count. Not that I should mind prancing around in my panties next to Clooney or anything, but you know…
but she was great as a fly girl……..no?
what is LMAO?
Mr. Know-it-All Queso doesn’t know what LMAO is? Well, how could he? He still uses terms like “fag hag” and uses Jennifer Lopez references from more than 10 years ago. Nobody likes old cheese, you dick.
But keep drowning yourself in La Lopez pride. It’s nice to know her low-level marketing tactics work on at least one idiot out there.
me
wasup why doesn t anybody like j-lo..wwaaaaaaaaaa…..is she….that ……fucked…….up?
ok u found me out..i m your 50 year old tio who hangs out in the back roon of your mamitas house,smoking dope and drinking beer listening to war….always talking about the old days….and how much pussy he used to get when he was your age….like george lopez says….you guanabees wouldn t last a fuckin minute in our childhood.
laughing my brown ass off
LMBAO see i just invented another one…ha
Nobody likes old cheese, you dick.
and nobody likes the truth to stick
and everybody thinks their stink dont shit
and nobody can take it,no not one bit !
dqb
nice ,but i just found out that yo mama likes swiss cheese and old dick…..
ouchie….sorry could not resist………the bronx in me
maybe you need a little bronx in u?
@dqb: That was the stupidest thing I’ve ever read and it only proves why idiots are stupid enough to fall under the Jennifer Lopez spell. Come back here and comment when you can use real vocabulary, good spelling and, for the love of God, some punctuation.
And, no, I need nothing of you in me because I don’t particularly like prune juice.
come on that was pretty funny
i took your insult
made it a poem
wasn t that romantic…
wow thats funny :| While I used to respect Jennifer in her early days where she did all these raza flicks, what pissed me off more than her acting disability was that this Puerto Rican was portraying a Mexican woman, as if there are not enough Mexican actresses in L.A. , but I digress.
I read a story of her in her “In Living Color” days, and an aspiring comedy writer who worked as a lower level worker on the set sought out Lopez’s help. She was thinking that Lopez would help a fellow latina in her ambitions. So she approached La Lopez at a lunch they gave the cast, right, and she asked her to read a script she wrote, and La Lopez looked at her, mugged the fuck outta her, then asked for a Diet Coke. True story. Now, thats why I don’t like her, she isn’t trying to even put her own people up, how “down” is that? Down right dirrrty I say.
ok i just figured ur problem
you chicana types really look down on boricuas
cant stand the whole selena thing u never did and never will get over the fact the casting director picks roles not the lulac.
dont be such latina haters gals….whoever or whatever
The White man is the real enemy…please dont forget that!!!!
@ dcb: FYI -
You keep referring to me (along with other commenters here who, I’m sure, come from all different places) as a Texan and now as a “Chicana type.” I’m from Miami and Cuban.
My dislike of Jennifer Lopez has nothing to do with where she came from and everything to do with where she is now.
thanks for clearing that up
cubans are notorious boricua and mexican haters….
its a well known fact.
come on lets get the white man for once k ?
what should she b doin if it was a perfect guanabee world i wonder?
cubans hate themselves more than any other race
If it interests you gay guys at all, JLo goes both ways.
i agree with xica, at the beginning Jennifer could do no wrong. she brought an important story to life and reached all cultures with her portrayal of Selena. then, she went black and cool and rapping, so TOUGH. but when the police came, she nutted up and got rid of p.diddy(smart move) but there went her street credibility! next, she whited herself out with affleck and her movies, that didnt work, so she came back latina. what a chameleon! now, what is she? just an empty shell of what she used to be. she still fine and all that, what gets me is that stupid stupid insipid look she has for the cameras; you know, dazed, lips slightly parted, like she is thinking of “doin it”
so laughable…