(April 26) -- Women across the country are showing a little skin today to prove they aren't responsible for recent earthquakes.
After Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi claimed "women who do not dress modestly" cause earthquakes, a Purdue University senior rallied up her gals -- and thousands of other women -- to show the world they can't be blamed for seismic activity.
"When I heard what the Iranian cleric had said, I thought it was ridiculous -- but it was also something we could test scientifically," Jennifer McCreight told WGN.
McCreight took to her blog, Blag Hag, to urge women to show some cleavage for an experiment she dubbed a "Boobquake."
More than 200,000 people have responded on Facebook to say that they will participate in Boobquake events in West Lafayette, Ind., and Washington, D.C., today.
More than 200,000 people have responded on Facebook to say that they will participate in Boobquake events in West Lafayette, Ind., and Washington, D.C., today.
And although some critics have said the event objectifies women, McCreight -- who posted a photo of her Boobquake outfit on Twitter -- says she has supporters from around the globe.
"I've actually received lots of e-mails from people in Iran who said that they love the idea," she said.
"I've actually received lots of e-mails from people in Iran who said that they love the idea," she said.
I love a good boobquake. I don't know why there aren't more of them. Good job Jen. You sure showed that Iranian! I'm sure you really pissed him off, not to mention got a bunch of girls to shake their boobs around for a pointless experiment. You've made thousands of men unbelievably happy. I wasn't lucky enough to see anyone participating in the boobquake but I thank you on behalf of all men.
Oh by the way Jen, I heard Iranians believe that sex causes blindness. I trust you will know what to do to prove them wrong.
THIS MOMENTOUS DAY!
ReplyDeleteNot one day in anyone’s life is an uneventful day, no day without profound meaning, no matter how dull and boring it might seem, no matter whether you are a seamstress or a queen, a shoeshine boy or a movie star, a renowned philosopher or a Down’s syndrome child.
Because in every day of your life, there are opportunities to perform little kindnesses for others, both by conscious acts of will and unconscious example.
Each smallest act of kindness – even just words of hope when they are needed, the remembrance of a birthday, a compliment that engenders a smile – reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it’s passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away.
Likewise, each small meanness, each thoughtless expression of hatred, each envious and bitter act, regardless of how petty, can inspire others, and is therefore the seed that ultimately produces evil fruit, poisoning people whom you have never met and never will.
All human lives are so profoundly and intricately entwined – those dead, those living, those generations yet to come – that the fate of all is the fate of each, and the hope of humanity rests in every heart and in every pair of hands.
Therefore, after every failure, we are obliged to strive again for success, and when faced with the end of one thing, we must build something new and better in the ashes, just as from pain and grief, we must weave hope, for each of us is a thread critical to the strength – the very survival – of the human tapestry.
Every hour in every life contains such often-unrecognized potential to affect the world that the great days for which we, in our dissatisfaction, so often yearn are already with us; all great days and thrilling possibilities are combined always in THIS MOMENTOUS DAY! – Rev. H.R. White
Excerpt from Dean Koontz’s book, “From the Corner of His Eye”.
It embodies the idea of how the smallest of acts can have such a profound effect on each of our lives.