Comments on: But, But, But . . . Surely YOU Support Boobquake!!! Right??

By: Token Skeptic

Token Skeptic — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:27:05 +0000

http://tokenskeptic.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=610629 –

For this episode, inspired by the ‘Placebo Protest’ post that is featured on the SheThought site – I interviewed both Michael McRae, a science communicator employed by Australia’s government body for science and technology.
It also features an interview with Desiree Schell, a community outreach worker who specialises in protests and rallies, of the radio show, Skeptically Speaking.com.

Enjoy! :)

By: Miranda Celeste Hale

Miranda Celeste Hale — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:53:29 +0000

Something new: http://carnalnation.com/content/53861/486/feminist-defense-boobquake

Ooh boy, I’m EVER SO HONORED to have merited an “ETC.”

(sigh)

By: ZenMonkey

ZenMonkey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:00:14 +0000

@Masala Skeptic, personally I loved the opportunity you took to debunk boob myths. It was a great way to celebrate and educate at the same time.

By: FatOneInTheMiddle

FatOneInTheMiddle — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:59:07 +0000

Sorry Gwenny! No sense of humor here! Just fat, feminist, and skeptic :)

Now where is that pack of ketchup for my squishy?

By: Masala Skeptic

Masala Skeptic — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:34:26 +0000

@badrescher: FYI, Jen has more information discussing the science of Boobquake in her Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/29/boobquake-earthquake-immodest-dress-iran#

She discusses the ‘science’ of her ‘experiment’ as well as the flaws in the science. I don’t think she’s arguing that the experiment is flawed. I think the point was to bring this issue to light and to find an interesting and humorous way to DISCUSS the science that you could do to test this claim.

By: switchintoglide

switchintoglide — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:05:41 +0000

I think the issue at hand is that it was incredibly Islamophobic, not that it was “bad science.”
(I was linked here by PodBlack Cat :))

I wrote something about it earlier:
http://switchintoglide.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/where-were-all-of-the-feminists-oh-right-busy-planning-a-boobquake/

By: Gwenny

Gwenny — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:03:41 +0000

Boobquake was silliness. It didn’t have an agenda. It wasn’t really to prove anything. It was just supposed to be fun and it was. Why do you folks keep needing to read more into that was there. Freaking dead god on a pogostick, she made an offhand joke and it took off and everyone had fun. Don’t worry, I won’t bother you again. Followed a link thinking I had finally found a fat, feminist skeptic blogger with a sense of humor and this was going to be a joke.

By: badrescher

badrescher — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:40:22 +0000

Podblack: *I* would like to achieve the degrees I have.
(bad ABD joke)

By: Podblack

Podblack — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:02:54 +0000

I’d like to put my vote in for
a) reason :)
and
b) I want to achieve whatever degrees you two have. :/

By: badrescher

badrescher — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:17:02 +0000

Oh, TS. We must be psychically connected. Even typing the same thing at the same time now, apparently. Shall we apply for ‘the challenge’? Or is it more probable that we’re saying the same thing because it’s the logical response?

hmmmm….