"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge"
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The subtext is control. She is not pretending the gaze does not exist; she is naming it, exaggerating it, and making herself the author of the joke. That kind of self-objectification can read like capitulation, but in Lopez's case it also functions as a contract negotiation with celebrity: if the world insists on reducing you to a body part, you can at least set the terms, collect the check, and keep the audience slightly off-balance by showing you are in on it.
Context matters because Lopez helped mainstream a specific body ideal - the celebrated, scrutinized "curvy" Latina figure - long before "thicc" became marketing copy. The quote plays in the tension between empowerment and commodification: a wink that acknowledges how women's bodies get turned into furniture, then flips it into a moment of gleeful, brazen self-possession.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Lopez, Jennifer. (2026, January 17). I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-could-serve-coffee-using-my-rear-as-a-ledge-31865/
Chicago Style
Lopez, Jennifer. "I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-could-serve-coffee-using-my-rear-as-a-ledge-31865/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-could-serve-coffee-using-my-rear-as-a-ledge-31865/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.






