The BoobQuake event which started as a joke by skeptic atheist feminist blogger, Blah Hag, has taken hold with nearly 130,000 Facebook participants and thousands of tweets on Twitter, as of this moment. (Yes Skeptic Feminists *do* have a sense of humor!).
"In the name of science, I offer my boobs" says she :-) who is also a Biology/Evolution major.
Blag Hag has proposed that women around the world dress immodestly (show cleavage, etc.) on Monday April 26, 2010 to determine if Iranian cleric Sedighi's claims that feminine immodesty causes earthquakes (yes he actually said that!).
"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt
their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently)
increases earthquakes," Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying
by Iranian media. Sedighi is Tehran's acting Friday prayer leader."
One tweet on Twitter commented that this was a win-win event for women because if there wasn't an earthquake we have dispelled a very silly superstition and if there was an earthquake we will have established boobs as Lethal Weapons of the WMD (weapons of mass distraction) variety :-).
It works for me either way.
The media has become quite entranced with the event being reported everywhere from the US, Canada, Australia, India, et al.
Vancouver has decided to have a rally on April 26 called BoobQuake in front of the Art Gallery. Immodestly (but legally) dressed women will parade their immodesty from 4PM to 8PM.
The organizer of the Vancouver rally will have a computer with a geiger counter to test for any shaking in the area.
Blag Hag was quoted by CNN as saying:
“It’s not supposed to be serious activism that is going to
revolutionize women’s rights, but just a bit of fun juvenile humor,”
she wrote. “I’m a firm believer that when someone says something so
stupid and hateful, serious discourse isn't going to accomplish
anything - sometimes light-hearted mockery is worthwhile.”
And I couldn't agree more.
Participate and Enjoy!
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Bug off Kenny. These comments are moderated :-)
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