There is a storm brewing in Sacramento, and it consists of a raging gaggle of grannies.
It all started back in 1987, in Victoria, British Columbia, when middle-class ladies started protesting the environmental threat that U.S. Navy warships were posing to their woods and harbors. The underlying sexism and ageism running rampant through society at the time only added ammunition to the Grannies’ outrage. From dressing in lab coats while holding Geiger counters as they tested radiation in puddles with turkey basters, to steadfastly crouching under umbrellas freckled with holes in the rain, the original Grannies rallied against a lack of protection that Canadians had against nuclear fallout at that time.
Today, the Raging Grannies have found a foothold in the U.S., including in California’s Capital City…