You can’t make this up!
I just hope this protest doesn’t blow up in our faces.
From The New York Post:
New York women are ready to move heaven and earth to join the "Boobquake."
A worldwide protest against a wacky Muslim imam -- who claims that scantily clad women cause earthquakes -- is getting magnitude-9.0 support in the Big Apple, where women told The Post yesterday that they will flash some skin Monday as part of a female rebellion to fight back against the holy man's loony pseudoscience.
"I think [the imam] is a crock," said Maria Petrou, 29, a customer-service rep from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. "I normally dress on the sexy side, but on Monday, I'll be sure to dress sexier. I'll wear a low-cut shirt."
The protest, dubbed "Boobquake," is the brainchild of Purdue University senior and blogger Jennifer McCreight.
She is suggesting that women should wear revealing outfits Monday as a slap in the face to Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, who said, "Many women who do not dress modestly . . . [and] lead young men astray . . . which increases earthquakes."
Anger over Sedighi's goofy geological theory has prompted some 45,000 people online to pledge to join McCreight and take some off Monday in order to stick it to the cleavage-hating cleric. Yesterday, many New Yorkers pledged to join them by turning up their couture heat to volcanic levels.
"Science will let you know what causes an earthquake," said Carlotta Malloy, a 32-year-old lingerie- shop manager from Brooklyn. "It's science, not breasts, that contribute to natural disasters. It's not about women's fashion.
"Monday, I totally would dress sexy," she added. "I will probably wear something off the shoulder and some cut jeans. Sexy is your personality, not necessarily your boobs hanging out."
Eve Udesky, 32, of Sunnyside, Queens, said, "Sure, I'll dress up to prove a point.
"I think it's important for a woman to dress the way they want to dress."
Linda Piris, 29, a Health Department worker from Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, said: "I would dress sexy in solidarity if I wasn't almost eight months pregnant."
Meanwhile, the protest continued to boil at McCreight's Web site, where she was even getting comments from Sedighi's countrywomen.
"I live in Iran," one writer said. "Sedighi is . . . crazy. There is no logic behind his saying [this], and his talk is shameful.
"Most of the people in Iran always laugh at this [man] when he talks every Friday."
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