Inception
The Boobquake rally served to protest news reports of controversial beliefs espoused byInspiration
The inspiration for this event was Jey McCreight, who attributes their activism to reading Richard Dawkins' book '' The God Delusion'' and attending a relatively religious college. While working on their undergraduate degree they had co-founded the Society of Non-Theists at Purdue. One year prior to Boobquake, McCreight had begun keeping a blog in which they described themself as an atheist and a feminist. On April 19, McCreight announced a protest against Seddiqi's comments on their blog, asking for participants to avoid "hateful or anti-Muslim or anti-Iranian messages". In the week leading up to Boobquake, McCreight received several emails from "thankful skeptics, feminists, andEvent
An estimated total of 200,000 people participated in Boobquake on April 26, 2010. The so-called "Evaluation
That morning, at 02:59 UTC (April 25, 10:59 pm EDT – 14 hours before Boobquake Indiana; 13 hours before the Washington, DC event), a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck 195 miles off the coast of Taitung,Responses
Support among expatriate Iranians
The event drew a favorable response from several expatriate Iranian political activists, includingBrainquake and objectification of women
A feminist critique and response to Boobquake was the brainchild of Golbarg Bashi, who created a counter-movement known as "Brainquake" in April 2010. Bashi, a feminist professor of Iranian Studies atOther notable responses
See also
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