Meaning of granarchist | Babel Free

Definitions

An older woman who espouses radical or militant political views.

UK, informal

Examples

“The anti-live exports campaigns saw⟳ animal rights move⟳ out of the anarcho-punk ghetto and become⟳ a street movement which ranged across generations (the so-called granarchists with their eldritch scream⟳ of “Eeeevil”).”

“Joan used her advancing age to her advantage with the media and as one of Cambridge's wonderfully infamous 'granarchists', she staged sit-ins, hunger strikes and chained herself to #railings.”

“But what if feeding pigeons reveals contours of a large-scale affective militancy among older people in the public space? When as "granarchists" they pursue⟳ their publicly condemned practice of feeding the pigeons, old women really do take⟳ on joggers, park⟳ wardens, and the like⟳.”

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