Editing Jennifer Lopez (section)

===Cultural influence===

Lopez was named one of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''{{'}}s [[Time 100|100 most influential people in the world]] in 2018.<ref name="Time 100">{{cite magazine|last1=Reilly|first1=Katie|title=Jennifer Lopez and Shawn Mendes to Perform at the 2018 TIME 100 Gala|url=https://time.com/5246023/time-100-2018-jennifer-lopez-shawn-mendes/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]].|access-date=April 30, 2018|date=April 19, 2018}}</ref> In 2012, ''[[Forbes]]'' ranked her as the [[Celebrity 100|world's most powerful celebrity]] and the [[Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women|38th most powerful woman]].<ref name="Forbes2" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Goudreau|first1=Jenna|title=The World's Most Powerful Women: 16 New Faces|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/08/22/worlds-most-powerful-women-new-faces-jennifer-lopez-laurene-powell-jobs/|website=[[Forbes]]|access-date=November 23, 2016|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> ''[[Latina (magazine)|Latina]]'' magazine founder [[Christy Haubegger]] attributed Lopez's influence to her being "the first icon that generationally fits" young Latino Americans who followed [[celebrity culture]].<ref name="TWP">{{cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Sandy M. |title=Jenny's Image On the Block: Latinos Say Lopez Is Selling a Shift in Culture |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 21, 2005 |page=4}}</ref> Lopez was featured on the first cover of ''Latina'' in 1996, with editor Galina Espinoza writing in 2011 that there is "no recounting of modern Latina history without Jennifer".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Espinoza|first1=Galina|title=Lessons Learned From 15 Years of Jennifer Lopez|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lessons-learned-from-15-y_b_957796|website=HuffPost|access-date=December 26, 2021|date=September 12, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:TIFF 2019 jlo (1 of 1)-2 (48696671561) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lopez at the [[Toronto Film Festival]] in 2019]]

Jonathan Van Meter of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' described Lopez as having "changed the face of modern celebrity."<ref name="Van Meter" /> Her ability to start trends has prompted the usage of the phrase "the J.Lo effect" in popular culture, which has been used in various different contexts,<ref name="Allure">{{cite journal |last1=Hauser |first1=Brooke |title=The Lopez Effect |journal=[[Allure (magazine)|Allure]] |date=November 2007 |pages=196–201 |url=https://www.brookehauser.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jennifer-Lopez-ALLURE-NOVEMBER-2007.pdf |access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bakar |first1=Faima |title=What Is The J-Lo Effect And How Can You Channel It? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-the-j-lo-effect-and-how-can-you-channel-it_uk_61164766e4b07c140313d3de |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=August 17, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Bahr">{{cite web |last1=Bahr |first1=Sarah |title=What Is the 'J. Lo Effect'? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/style/j-lo-effect.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 13, 2024 |date=August 5, 2021}}</ref> including the trend of networks hiring "big name" judges for reality competition programs after Lopez's successful casting on ''American Idol''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The J.Lo Effect: $15 Million Becoming the New Standard as Reality Salaries Soar|url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/reality-salaries-american-idol-jennifer-lopez-howard-stern-290871|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=July 4, 2013|author=Lacey Rose, Shirley Halperin|date=February 15, 2012}}</ref> With her moniker J.Lo, Lopez started a trend of celebrities being given abbreviated nicknames, while "[[Bennifer]]" began the convention of celebrity couple [[name blending]].<ref name="Statesman" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Pattinson disdains 'hypocritical' activist celebrities |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/robert-pattinson-disdains-hypocritical-activist-celebrities-20120613-2095m.html |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=June 13, 2012}}</ref>

Described by scholar Helene A. Shugart of the [[University of Utah]] as "arguably the most visible Latina in contemporary mainstream popular culture", Lopez has been the subject of considerable [[Academic writing|academic analysis]], including in relation to ethnicity, class, "body politics",<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shugart |first1=Helene A. |title=Crossing Over: Hybridity and Hegemony in the Popular Media |journal=Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies |date=May 8, 2007 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=115–141 |doi=10.1080/14791420701296505 |publisher=[[National Communication Association]]}}</ref> race, Latin culture, and gender.<ref>{{harvnb|Negrón-Muntaner|2004|p=232}}</ref><ref name="Baez">{{cite journal |last1=Baez |first1=Jillian M.|title=Speaking of Jennifer Lopez: Discourses of Iconicity and Identity Formation Among Latina Audiences |journal=[[Media Report to Women]] |date=Winter 2007 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=5–11}}</ref> While credited with opening "the door to [Latino culture having a] broader appeal",<ref name="BBC" /> Lopez has also been a polarizing figure, generating "often vehement disagreement about what is and isn't Latino."<ref name="TWP" />

As a result of the [[#Public image|public emphasis on]] her curvaceous figure, Lopez has been credited with influencing a shift in cultural [[Feminine beauty ideal|beauty standards]].<ref name="Statesman" /><ref>{{cite book|title=Mi Voz, Mi Vida/ My Voice, My Life: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories|year=2007|publisher=[[Cornell University Press]]|isbn=978-0801473869|page=179|first1=Andrew |last1=Garrod |first2=Robert |last2=Kilkenny |first3=Christina |last3=Gómez }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sayej |first1=Nadja |title='Halftime' Director Amanda Micheli on Capturing Jennifer Lopez's Resilience |url=https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a40437720/halftime-director-amanda-micheli-on-capturing-jennifer-lopezs-resilience/ |publisher=[[Shondaland]] |access-date=February 21, 2024 |date=June 28, 2022 |quote=[[Amanda Micheli]]: She practically redefined our cultural ideal of beauty by embracing her body when it didn't fit the mold.}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Ovalle|2011|p=131}}</ref> The surge in popularity of [[buttock augmentation]] surgery in the early 2000s was attributed to Lopez.<ref>{{harvnb|Mendible|2007|p=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Studeman |first1=Kristin Tice |title=Cultural Obsession With Butts |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/butts-vma-doctors-weigh-in |website=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]] |access-date=February 17, 2024 |date=August 27, 2014}}</ref> In ''Latin Sensations'' (2001), Herón Marquez wrote: "Because she wasn't rail thin, Lopez had broken the mold ... Suddenly, it was okay for women to have hips, curves, and a big backside."<ref>{{harvnb|Marquez|2001|p=47}}</ref> This has been considered a sign of Lopez's social power in "changing cultural standards within the mainstream media as a whole".<ref>{{harvnb|Redmond|2007|pp=282–283}}</ref>

In 2014, scientists named a species of aquatic [[mite]] found in Puerto Rico, ''[[Litarachna lopezae]]'', after Lopez.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/17/scientists-name-new-species-of-water-mite-after-jennifer-lopez |title=Scientists name new species of water mite after Jennifer Lopez |first=Harriet |last=Gibsone |date=July 17, 2014 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 19, 2014 }}</ref> In [[Tok Pisin]], a language spoken in [[Papua New Guinea]], the term [[palopa]] is used to describe non-heteronormative people whose identities may correlate with western definitions of homosexual men or trans women; its etymology is derived from the name Jennifer Lopez.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last1=Besnier |first1=Niko |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TTAEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Palopa%22&pg=PA327 |title=Gender on the Edge: Transgender, Gay, and Other Pacific Islanders |last2=Alexeyeff |first2=Kalissa |date=December 31, 2014 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-4019-8 |page=327}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LsbjBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Palopa%22&pg=PA33 |title=Name, Shame and Blame: Criminalising Consensual Sex in Papua New Guinea |date=December 2, 2014 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-925021-22-6 |pages=xxi}}</ref> In 2019, she was presented with keys to the city of [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], with July 24 being declared "Jennifer Lopez Day".<ref>{{cite web |title=Miami Beach Honors J-Lo On Her 50th Birthday, Making July 24th 'Jennifer Lopez Day' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-beach-jennifer-lopez-day-50th-birthday/ |website=[[CBS News]] |access-date=February 15, 2024 |date=July 24, 2019}}</ref>