Stop shopping like a zombie. Start giving like a feminist.
The holiday season is here, tugging at us with the usual rhetoric of more, more, more. More deals, more boxes, more consumption that somehow never brings us closer to the world we want.
So here’s your annual nudge from us: what if your holiday spending actually shifted power? Even a single $40 gift, moved from a big-box giant to a small business owned by a woman of color or a gender-expansive creator, makes a difference. Multiply that by even a fraction of us, and we could redirect billions into our communities. Into care. Into liberation.
That’s the kind of math we like.
This year, we pulled together another Feminist Gift Guide—filled with thoughtful, joyful, useful gifts that allow you to shop small, invest in community, and materially support the people building a feminist future.
GIFT LIKE A FEMINIST
1. Gifted by FreeFrom — For the self-care lover who wants their candles, bath salts, and treats to also be acts of survivor-led empowerment.
2. La Defensa Merch — For the ally who wants to wear their support for community-led defense like a badge — literally.
3. Jackie Fawn Art — For the auntie who deserves art that’s as grounded, gorgeous, & unapologetically Indigenous as she is.
4. Choosing to Lead Against the Current— For the organizer running on courage fumes and three iced coffees — a book that might actually refill the tank.
READ LIKE A FEMINIST
5. A New Era of Philanthropy: Ten Practices to Transform Wealth Into a More Just and Sustainable Future — For your philanthro-bestie who loves justice, hates donor drama, and listens to audiobooks at 1.5x. a new era…
6. Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us — For the family member who’s always shocked by what’s happening — it’s by design.
7. The Double Tax: How Women of Color Are Overcharged and Underpaid — For the friend who’s curious, committed, and ready to think bigger about equity.
8. Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning — For anyone done with tokenized diversity — and ready to transform how leadership really works.
SNACK & STREAM LIKE A FEMINIST
9. La Cocina Gift Box — For the feminist who is dismantling the patriarchy and working up an appetite — snacks as solidarity.
10. If You See Something — For the friend who’s ready to watch something real, necessary, and guaranteed to spark a conversation at dinner.
11. Thoughts about Feelings Podcast — For the tender-hearted feminist who wants emotional growth, bookish vibes, and zero corporate sponsors in their ears.
12. Ms. Subscription — For the feminist who reads the news to imagine and build a liberated future — delivered quarterly.
You’ll also find picks from our Subversive Pages Collective—our not-quite-a-book-club book club. Think of it as a feminist library you can browse without homework. No weekly readings, no discussion circles. Just bold, essential books that help us think critically, act courageously, and imagine new ways of living and organizing.
Maybe to the uncle who insists patriarchy is “over,” gift Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs’ Erased. Or Choosing to Lead Against the Current for the friend who’s been running on fumes and needs a map back to themselves. Or The Double Tax for your sister who’s ready to understand why equity requires more than vibes. Also if you need an extra tshirt gift a Save Lyon-Martin tee — because supporting queer, trans, and community-rooted health care is always in season.
Shopping this gift guide isn’t charity — it’s redistribution, with style. Every dollar you redirect toward these feminist, community-rooted organizations and businesses helps strengthen the same ecosystem of care and resistance that we invest in through our grantmaking — including $3.3 million to 77 organizations this year. You’re funding liberation, literally.
These aren’t just gifts. They’re little acts of rebellion, wrapped in tissue paper and ribbon.
Shop small. Shop feminist. Shop with intention. This year, let’s make generosity mean redistributing power, not accumulating stuff.