Holiday Gift Ideas 2017: Younger Siblings Gift Guide
In this time, it might seem hard to make a change, but sometimes you can make a big change just by educating someone else. Your younger sibling might make you bonkers, but they look up to you. The future seems bleak, but don’t forget: your little siblings, regardless of gender, are the future! Give them hope and the tools to grow up and become as amazing as you are this holiday season.
1/13A Green Box Shop tee, $18-$20, greenboxshop.us
Support this business run by 18-year-old Afro-Latina Kayla Robinson and help your sib make a statement: “Save the Bees, Please”, “Black Lives Matter”, and “Pizza Rolls Not Gender Roles”, among plenty of other options, come on a plain or tie-dyed tee. If it’s good enough for Frank Ocean, it should be good enough for your family too.
2/13Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by Ann Shen, $15, amazon.com
This amazing book -—with beautiful full-color illustrations — includes the stories of Sojourner Truth, Gloria Steinem, and Selena, among many others, giving a thorough and complex peek into the histories of history-shaping women.
3/13Wildfang Badass Babes Notebook Set, $18, wildfang.com
Only the coolest kid in school would rock rock Michelle Obama and the women of the Supreme Court on their notebook. (And if your sibling doesn’t recognize, say, Dolly Parton — a gift for you, too!)
4/13Political pins for their backpack, $5.00 for pack of 5, strandbooks.com
Your siblings can rep political icons ranging from artist Frida Kahlo to Ruth Bader Ginsberg on their backpack — just watch out for some of their more “grown-up” pins which have swear words. If you’re not satisfied with the Strand’s selection, check out Etsy: just typing in “social justice pin” retrieves thousands of options.
5/13Rookie Yearbook Four, $29.95, rookiemag.com
Rookie’s most recent yearbook — full of interviews with the biggest names of 2017, including Solange and Lorde, as well as a collage kit and other goodies — is perfect for the sibling preparing to transfer from middle to high school.
6/13Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Katie Schatz, $12, amazon.com
Introduce your sibling to 40 women who pushed our world in a more progressive direction.
7/13A cool subscription box
Subscription box services are all the rage, and for kids that’s no exception. Whether you want to support your black younger siblings and remind them they’re beautiful, encourage your white younger siblings to explore allyship, want to promote “girl power”, or get some English-Spanish bilingual books, there’s definitely a subscription box for that.
8/13The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, $17.99. harpercollins.com
This year’s bestselling and biggest book for young adults focuses on 16-year-old Starr Carter, a black high school student who watches her best friend fall victim to police brutality. While we wait for the upcoming film featuring our fave Amandla Stenberg, give your sibling a chance to read this current and important novel. (Read our interview with author Angie Thomas here.)
9/13A history lesson
Check out this list from Social Justice Books, sorted by topic, that can help you address the gaps in knowledge your sibling might be experiencing. Gender identity, Jewish culture and history, immigration, voting rights: this page has got it covered.
©Walt Disney Co./Courtesy Everett Collection10/13Star Wars: The Last Jedi tickets, price ranges by area
Make it a date: go see the series that broke gender norms decades ago and features women and people of color at the helm. And with a December 15 release date, no better timing than the holidays!
Leah Hogsten11/13A donation to an important organization
Make it fun for the both of you and pick an organization together to give a donation to, big or small. If you can give, it’s important to instill the value of supporting activist work.
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12/13A protest playlist - curated by you
We all remember the first time we heard songs that expanded our consciousness. Make your younger sibling a mix of songs that spoke to you: they’ll appreciate being let in on your interests, and maybe it’ll strike a chord with them too.
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