Quaking in their boobs
Facebook effort pokes fun at Iranian imam
I f the immodest women of the Western world have anything to do with it, there should have been a whole lotta shakin’ going on yesterday.
“Boobquake” - a global effort to induce earthquakes by exposing flesh - is catching on here and elsewhere, as hundreds of thousands of women exult in the mystical powers an Iranian imam has attributed to their cleavage.
Imam Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi reportedly said last week: “Many women who do not dress modestly . . . lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.”
That prompted a piqued Purdue University senior, Jennifer McCreight, to declare yesterday the first international “Boobquake,” with a Facebook page that had more than 207,000 fans as of last night. McCreight implored women to flesh it up in one 24-hour period to see if a concerted sporting of racy outfits could cause earthquakes.
McCreight says on her page: “With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. If not, I’m sure Sedighi can come up with a rational explanation for why the ground didn’t rumble.”
The suggestion that women are to blame for destructive tectonic disturbances wasn’t sitting well with Boston women and Boobquake enthusiasts yesterday.
“It’s not right. I thought it was very strange,” said Emerson College freshman Sonam Parikh, adding, “The premise of Boobquake is to embrace your body.”
Emerson student Cara McKeown, 21, agreed: “It’s hard to find a correlation between science and the culture of women’s fashion. We shouldn’t be criticized. If there’s a statement being made, I’m all for it.”
Japan and the South Seas were hit by several moderate 5.0 earthquakes yesterday, among at least 310 tremors U.S. Geological Survey recorded in the past week - even before women started trying to shake things up.
“Honestly, it’s just a coincidence,” said Molly Kaplan, 19, of Boston.
source: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1250351