'Changing your name after marriage is an option - but I wish Jennifer Lopez wasn't'
Some 19 years after canceling the much-anticipated 2003 ‘wedding of the century’, Ben Affleck and Jenifer Lopez made something formally official over the weekend, tying the knot at the Vegas Little White Wedding Chapel. However, while the nineties baby was celebrating Bennifer 2.0’s big day, feminists around the world – myself included – sighed sadly when news broke that JLo had officially changed her surname to Affleck. The singer signed it at JLo newsletter on Sunday evening (17 July), with: “With love, Mrs Jennifer Lynn Affleck.” Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed watching the two relive their fairytale romance – after all, we’ve needed some positive news these past few years – but does Jennifer really need to change the elements that define her identity to prove her love? Especially since he’s actually spent the last three decades building his JLo brand? I’m not so sure… and neither are the fans. “I can’t believe JLo took Ben’s last name wtf?” one person tweeted with others add : “J