#BoobQuake in the News #IranElection Special

 

Article relevance   Page 19   Breasts go large online as women battle cleric BREASTS were big on Facebook on Monday as a female blogger called on women to prove wrong an Iranian cleric who preached that cleavage causes earthquakes. As a cyber-organised event dubbed "Boobquake" got underway, a temblor measuring 6.5 on the...BY GLENN CHAPMAN The Phnom Penh Post  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Cambodia Article relevance   Page 2     Two women stand topless during a Boobquake event in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday.DaRRyl Dyck/ THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Sun  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 3     A woman who wished to be identified only as Amy gets dressed after going topless during a "Boobquake" event in Vancouver on Monday.DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto Star  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada  Article relevance   Page 28   ‘Boobquake’ triggered Taiwan tremor? San Francisco: Breasts were big on Facebook on Monday as a female blogger called on women to prove wrong an Iranian cleric who preached that cleavage causes earthquakes. As a cyber-organized event dubbed “Boobquake” got underway, a temblor measuring...SHOW & TELL: Times of India New Delhi Edition  |  28 Apr 2010  |  India Article relevance   Page 15   Taiwan shakes as ‘Boobquake’ starts Breasts were big on Facebook on Monday as a female blogger called on women to prove wrong an Iranian cleric who preached that cleavage causes earthquakes. As a cyber-organized event dubbed “Boobquake” got underway, a quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter...  Edmonton Journal  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 8   QUAKING IN THEIR BOOBS Facebook effort pokes fun at Iranian imam If the immodest women of Western world have anything to do with it, there should have been a whole lotta shakin’ going on yesterday. “Boobquake” — global effort to induce earthquakes by exposing flesh is catching on here and elsewhere, as hundreds of...By KATY JORDAN and SYDNEY LUPKIN Boston Herald  |  27 Apr 2010  |  USA  Article relevance   Page 1   The Earth shook Taiwan shake challenges Boobquake JenMcCreightdoesn’tbelieve she caused a Taiwanese earthquake by convincing women worldwide to show their skin. Monday marked Boobquake, an event launched by McCreight to prove an Iranian cleric wrong. McCreight, a 22-year-old student at Indiana’s...  Winnipeg Sun  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 25   World boob power takes on Iranian cleric Breasts were big on Facebook yesterday as a female blogger called on women to prove wrong an Iranian cleric who preached that cleavage causes earthquakes. More than 55,000 people were backing the official ‘‘Boobquake’’ page of Jennifer McCreight, a...  The Press  |  28 Apr 2010  |  New Zealand Article relevance   Page 32   ‘Boobquake’ bounces argument against cleric SAN FRANCISCO: Breasts were big on Facebook as a female blogger called on women to prove wrong an Iranian cleric who preached that cleavage causes earthquakes. More than 55,000 people were backing the official “Boobquake” page of Jennifer McCreight, a...  Star (Malaysia)  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Malaysia Article relevance   Page 10   Doing their breast SAN FRANCISCO. Breasts were big on the internet yesterday as a female blogger called on women to prove an Iranian cleric wrong. ‘‘Many women who do not dress modestly . . . lead young men astray, corrupting their chastity and spread adultery in... The Age  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Australia Article relevance   Page 2   Boobquake has ’em shakin’ all over Jen McCreight doesn’t believe she caused a Taiwanese earthquake by convincing women worldwide to show their skin. Monday marked Boobquake, an event launched by McCreight to prove an Iranian cleric wrong. McCreight, a 22-year-old student at Indiana’s... Toronto Sun  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada

 

 

Article relevance   Page 11   Tremblor not related to experiment – organizer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jen McCreight doesn’t believe she caused a Taiwanese earthquake by convincing women worldwide to show their skin. Monday marked Boobquake, an event launched by McCreight to prove an Iranian cleric wrong. McCreight, a... North Bay Nugget  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 63   Taiwan jiggles during Boobquake Jen McCreight doesn’t believe she caused a Taiwanese earthquake by convincing women worldwide to show their skin. Monday marked Boobquake, an event launched by McCreight to prove an Iranian cleric wrong. McCreight, a 22-year-old student at Indiana’s...QMI AGENCY Edmonton Sun  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada  Article relevance   Page 21   DID THIS CAUSE THIS? Maybe the world really is hanging on by a bra strap. The same day that women showed off their cleavage to disprove an Islamic cleric’s claim that such displays cause seismic activity, there was, in fact, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan. “Maybe I...By HELEN FREUND and JEREMY OLSHAN New York Post  |  27 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 21    RACKING CREW: On the same day an earthquake hit Taiwan below), women in Washington bare cleavage yesterday on Boobquake Day to dispute an Iranian cleric’s claim that scantily clad ladies cause temblors. New York Post  |  27 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 16    From left: Amanda Willis, Kimberly Workman, Karen Daily and Diane Tepfer showing their cleavage during a protest in Dupont Circle in Washington, DC for Boobquake Day, yesterday. The women were protesting against recent comments by a senior cleric in...Photo:MandelNgan/AFP The Times, Malta  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Malta Article relevance   Page 4   Did the earth move? Boobquake — Monday’s international protest over remarks by an Iranian cleric that immodestly attired women cause earthquakes —saw not just women baring flesh outside the Vancouver Art Gallery as hordes of mostly male cellphone photographers clicked... The Province  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 6    Jen McCreight (left) talks with Matt Kerns as students gather for ‘Boobquake’ Monday at Purdue University in Indiana.JOHN TERHUNE/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Winnipeg Sun  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 9   „Boobquake“ gegen Geistlichen Mit tiefen Dekolletes´ haben zahlreiche Frauen in den USA gegen den Ausspruch eines iranischen Geistlichen protestiert, freizügig gekleidete Frauen seien für Erdbeben in der ganzen Welt verantwortlich. Die Studentin Jennifer McCreight hatte auf... Die Presse  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Austria

 

 

Article relevance   Page 19    An estimated 200,000 women took part in Monday’s “Boobquake” experiment. Their provocative attire did not cause more earthquakes./ Toronto Star  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 56   Žene golim grudima pokušavale izazvati potres na Zemlji NEW YORK – Tisuće žena diljem svijeta jučer je odjenulo košulje i bluzice koje najviše otkrivaju grudi, ne bi li tako izazvale potres. Akcija je nazvana “boobquake day”, a pokrenuta je nakon što je jedan iranski ajatolah izjavio da raskalašene žene... Vecernji List  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Croatia Article relevance   Page 2   ‘BOOBQUAKE’ PROTEST 1 Protesters wore cleavage-baring shirts during a Boobquake Day rally in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The women were protesting against comments by an Iranian cleric linking earthquakes to the failure of women to abide by Iran’s strict dress code. Check... Calgary Herald  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 8    LOW BLOW: Emerson College freshman Sonam Parikh, 19, heard about the ‘Boobquake’ movement yesterday. Below, Emerson student Anita Vukovic laughs about the movement that started in retaliation to an Iranian leader’s comments about cleavage. Boston Herald  |  27 Apr 2010  |  USA Article relevance   Page 3   » Boobquake a bust in Raincity Only three people showed up at the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery Monday at 4 p. m. for Boobquake to protest remarks made by an Iranian cleric who connected women who don’t dress modestly to earthquakes happening around the world. On Facebook, 150... 24 Hours Vancouver  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 19   And the Earth stood still at Purdue University. Now the data is in from the United States Geological Survey and, according to McCreight’s analysis, it seems Boobquake did little to spur shifting of the planet’s tectonic plates. falls well within the 95% confidence interval for... Toronto Star  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 11   Des Américaines répondent avec leurs seins SAN FRANCISCO | (AFP) Des Américaines ont entrepris hier de répondre à un dirigeant religieux iranien, selon qui le sexe serait fauteur de séismes, en arborant des décolletés provocants, histoire de voir si la terre tremble effectivement. Répondant à... Le Journal de Montreal  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Canada Article relevance   Page 12   Cleavage protest’s quaky start A GLOBAL Facebook campaign calling on women to flash their cleavage to disprove a claim that saucy minxes cause earthquakes got off to a bad start — when a tremor, measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale, hit Taiwan. Jennifer McCreight’s Boobquake project... Daily Sport  |  28 Apr 2010  |  UK Article relevance   Page 8   Men focus on breast protest BETH Mann, blogging at Salon, plunges into the controversy over ‘‘Boobquake’’. Monday’s event was started by Jennifer McCreight, a Purdue University student, in response to Iranian cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi’s theory that scantily clad women...open.salon.com/blog/beth—mann/ The Australian  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Australia

 

Article relevance   Page 11   Post-it «Per ongeluk uitgevonden» Het ‘Boobquake’-experiment — dat maandag wereldwijd plaatsvond — was een idee van Jennifer McCreight. De 22-jarige Amerikaanse studente genetica en evolutie aan de Purdue Universiteit in Indiana had via haar weblog Blag Hag, Twitter en Facebook vrouwen...CHRIS SNICK Post-it, iStock Het Laatste Nieuws  |  28 Apr 2010  |  Belgium

 

Article relevance   Page 28   Aktion „Busenbeben“ gegen Irans Geistlichkeit - Mit tiefen Dekolletés haben Frauen in aller Welt einen iranischen Geistlichen auf die Schippe genommen. Ihre Aktion namens „Boobquake“ (Busenbeben) sollte zeigen, dass „unzüchtige Kleidung“ keine Erdbeben auslöst, wie der muslimische Kleriker Kasem... Der Tagesspiegel  |  27 Apr 2010  |  Germany  Article relevance   Page 24   „Busenbeben“ gegen Kleriker VANCOUVER (dpa) — Mit tiefen Dekolletés haben Frauen in aller Welt auf die Worte eines iranischen Geistlichen reagiert. Der Kleriker hatte in Teheran erklärt, dass die mangelnde Verhüllung von Frauen an Erdbeben s Posted via web from lissping Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Facebook Liss Nup | Create your badge Search This Blog Blog Archive Blog Archive August (1) June (1) December (1) November (1) June (6) May (11) April (12) March (5) February (2) January (19) December (2) November (15) October (15) September (12) August (12) July (13) March (9) February (97) January (111) December (130) November (64) October (97) September (104) August (81) July (91) June (109) May (54) April (61) March (79) February (50) January (14) December (60) November (55) October (163) September (144) August (15) July (9) June (18) May (21) April (16) March (18) February (32) January (10) December (21) November (18) October (32) September (29) August (20) July (13) June (61) May (65) April (72) March (86) February (105) January (145) December (61) November (11) My Blog List Death Penalty News Iran | Executions in Hamedan, Shiraz, Rasht 4 hours ago Radio Irava 6 days ago Sketching in Mauritania Mémoire, un cerveau que rétréci au Portugal 2 years ago Patrizia Frattallone ESTA VIDA 2 years ago Rostam Rostam 2 years ago A Tunisian Girl /بنيّة تونسية مجرد رأي 4 years ago Nathan's Economic Edge Mind Blowing Bill Binney Interview - Must See to Understand What's Happened to America and the World! 5 years ago PhD studies in human rights The Bemba Appeal: A Fragmented Appeals Chamber Destablises the Law and Practice of the ICC 6 years ago Africalandia Palabras inspiradoras: Dalia Mogahed 8 years ago in the mind of yorikirii Thinking about TEFKAS, the entity formerly known as Syria 9 years ago Pasitos para Cuba Francisco va más allá, no solo habla con Obama y Raúl 9 years ago Collectif Francophone pour un IRAN Libre et Démocratique Semaine 22 pour un Iran Libre et Démocratique 9 years ago Campagna di Un Milione di Firme Federazione Internazionale del Nuoto: Fai riconoscere il record di Elham Petzione 11 years ago BanooyeSabz MY BLOG HAS MOVED..... 13 years ago Cairo Comment 13 years ago maurichronique 11.Chronique sur mon Président 13 years ago homylafayette Iran News in English Half Iranian urban population under poverty line says report 13 years ago Irán Noticias Links English NY Times BBC Guardian LA Times The Daily Dish Informed Comment Enduring America The Newest Deal HomyLafayette Persian2English Farsi BBC Persian VOA Persian Gooya News Rooz IRNA ISNA ILNA Fars News Mehr News Balatarin Tabnak Kayhan Parleman News Norooz News Kaleme Khabar Online Saham News Jaras Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.