Jennifer McCreight

Boobquake was a rally which took place on April 26, 2010. The rally served to protest news reports of controversial beliefs espoused by Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi, an Islamic religious authority in Iran. Seddiqi blamed women who dress immodestly for causing earthquakes. On April 19, it was reported that Seddiqi advised his listeners that "Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes" and Iranians should "adapt their lives to Islam's moral codes" to avoid being "buried under the rubble".

In response to Seddiqi's comments, a blogger named Jennifer McCreight invited people to dress "in your immodest clothing to represent Boobquake." She described Boobquake as a scientific experiment: "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."

McCreight's idea was popularized by prominent blogs and soon caught the attention of the international media. The event also drew criticism from people seeing it as objectifying women. Following repeated inquiries from the BBC and other news agencies, McCreight planned two meetings for participants: one in West Lafayette, Indiana, and one in Washington, D.C. Soon, what originated as "a humorous exercise in scientific and skeptical thinking" had begun to ignite serious debate regarding the organization of the feminist community.

Jennifer McCreight (born November 2, 1987) is an atheist, skeptic, and feminist. Since 2010, she has been pursuing a Ph.D. in genome sciences at the University of Washington. She attributes her activism to reading Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion and attending a relatively religious college. While working on her undergraduate degree, she co-founded the Society of Non-Theists at Purdue.

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