What To Give a Feminist for the Holiday Season

Are you bogged down with last minute holiday shopping? Not sure what to get for those secret santa office holiday parties? Tired of the same 'ol consumerist approach to gift-giving? Well, have no fear!

Here are some cool ideas for great purposeful and world changing gifts to make the season bright...with a little enlightenment!

• Stickersisters.com has a great collection of t-shirts, buttons, magnets, posters, and even school supplies that would entice any spunky young feminist in the making. Girl power!

• Books, books, and more books! It never hurts to build someone's personal library. So spread some holiday cheer with Scroogenomics: WhyYou Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holiday by Joel Waldfogel or They Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths About Immigration by Aviva Chomsky. I bet these would be great conversation starters during your holiday feast!

• We can't forget about the children. What better gift to give than schoolin' the next generation of leaders. Here are some great children's books to consider: A Kid's Guide to Hunger & Homelessness: How To Take Action by Cathryn Berger Kaye; Grace For President by Kelly Dipucchio; A Life Like Mine: How Children Live Around The World presented by UNICEF; and VOTE! by Eileen Christelow.

• Support your local independent book or video store by purchasing dvds like: Persopolis, an animated film based on the graphic memoir following the life of a young Iranian girl during the Islamic revolution of the 1970s. The documentary Lioness directed by Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers about women in the military is a great one to pick up. And, of course, one of my favorites, Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed, details the experiences on the campaign trail as the first African American congresswoman, Shirley Chisholm runs for president of the U.S.

• Subscribe a friend to a year's membership of progressive, feminist magazines such as Ms. Magazine, Bitch, BUST, and Off our backs. Let's keep these babies alive!
  

• Give to a cause you believe in! Offer a donation on behalf of a friend or family member to local shelters, charities, rape crisis centers, community organizations or your local community radio station and/or newspaper.

Lastly, if all of these ideas for some reason just don't do the trick, give a gift that keeps on giving by sponsoring a young feminist to attend our National Young Feminist Leadership Conference in Washington, DC on March 20 - 22.

You can also find more gift ideas at our feminist online store!

Be sure to share with us your holiday gift ideas.

Happy Holidays from your FMF Fam!!