page_title: Boobquake
section_title: Inspiration
hierarchical_section_title: Boobquake / Inspiration
caption_attribution_description: English: Derivative version of File:Jen McCreight Boobquake 2010.jpg that has been cropped.
context_page_description: Boobquake was a rally which took place on April 26, 2010 which served to protest news reports of controversial beliefs blaming women who dress immodestly for causing earthquakes. It was inspired by blogger Jennifer McCreight.
context_section_description: The inpiration for this event was Jennifer McCreight, who attributes her activism to reading Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion and attending a relatively religious college. While working on her undergraduate degree she had co-founded the Society of Non-Theists at Purdue.
  
  One year prior to Boobquake, McCreight had begun keeping a blog in which she described herself as an atheist and a feminist. On April 19, McCreight announced a protest against Seddiqi's comments on her 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, and Iranians".
caption: Jennifer McCreight participating in Boobquake
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