25 Gifts For The Future Revolutionary In Your Life

    The holiday season might be a capitalist conspiracy, but sometimes even revolutionaries like presents.

    Hannah Giorgis
    by Hannah Giorgis

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. Stay Woke shirt, $20

    teespring.com

    May the force awaken you.

    2. Feminism Is For Everybody embroidery, $22.45

    etsy.com

    Because bell hooks said it best.

    3. I Love My Blackness And Yours T-shirt, $15

    teespring.com

    Popularized by activist Deray Mckesson, these shirts are available as hoodies, V-necks, and tanks. Proceeds benefit the digital organizing work of WeTheProtestors.org.

    4. Tina Belcher mug, $15

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    Let's be real. Tina is a feminist icon.

    5. Spook Magazine - Issue 5, $25 for print and digital copy, $7 for just digital

    magcloud.com

    Spook features a thought-provoking, resonant mix of photography, essays, poetry, and fiction from black creatives.

    6. Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives by Nia King, $15

    artactivistnia.bigcartel.com

    Mixed-race queer art activist Nia King interviews 16 queer and trans artists of color about everything from queer fashion to evading deportation to interning at Playboy.

    7. Assata Taught Me hoodie, $35

    teespring.com

    This hoodie bears the phrase often repeated by activists like Ashley Yates during last year's Ferguson protests, a nod to exiled revolutionary Assata Shakur. It's also available as a T-shirt.

    8. The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, $15.26

    amazon.com

    The BreakBeat Poets is a poetry collection "for people who love hip-hop, for fans of the culture, for people who've never read a poem, for people who thought poems were only something done by dead white dudes who got lost in a forest, and for poetry heads." You can also buy co-editor Nate Marshall's award-winning debut here.

    9. GET FREE pennant, $30

    rayoandhoney.com

    This pennant, from the rayo and honey shop, is a nice reminder to stay focused on the #work.

    10. "And Counting" sweatshirts, $45 each

    glossrags.com
    glossrags.com

    These cotton and fleece sweatshirts bear the names of (some of the many) black people who have lost their lives to police violence. You can buy the one listing the names of men and boys here and the one listing girls' and women's names here.

    11. Merry Capitalist Christmas card, $4.67

    etsy.com

    For all your comrades.

    12. "Lord, give me the confidence" shirt, $20-25

    teespring.com

    Bearing the always-relevant mantra/battlecry/affirmation from writer Sarah Hagi, this shirt is also available as a sweatshirt.

    13. Micah Bazant posters, $15 each

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    Get "Remember Trans Power" here and the Marsha P. Johnson poster here. For more on activist Marsha P. Johnson, follow along (or donate to support) the forthcoming film about her life, Happy Birthday, Marsha!

    14. "If you are neutral" sweater, $29.99

    wickedclothes.com

    This sweater features a powerful famous quote from Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

    15. Stop Telling Women To Smile tote, $17

    stoptellingwomentosmile.bigcartel.com

    Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh addresses gender-based street harassment with her public portrait series, Stop Telling Women To Smile. You can also buy prints, T-shirts, and lithographs from the series in her shop.

    16. I Am Black History T-shirt, $20

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    Hyp Kreationz also sells this as a sweatshirt.

    17. Alesia Fisher prints, $15-40

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    Get "Ain't I A Woman?" (from the iconic Sojourner Truth speech) here and "When You Sing" (a rendering of the powerful Billie Holiday quote) here.

    18. Plant These to Help Save Bees tote, $22

    etsy.com

    This adorable tote features an original illustration of 7 herbs, 7 perennials, and 7 annuals that attract bees.

    19. Ratchetness As Praxis T-shirt, $23.99

    teespring.com

    Ain't no movement more powerful than twerking.

    20. We All Can Do It poster, $20.35

    fineartamerica.com

    Artist Valentin Brown reimagines the famous Rosie The Riveter iconography.

    21. Audre Lorde crewneck, $37.50

    philadelphiaprintworks.com

    Lorde is the black lesbian feminist scholar who gave us the language to talk about radical self-care.

    22. Pedagogy of the Oppressed and Pedagogy of Hope by Paulo Freire, $21.41 & $16.90

    amazon.com
    amazon.com

    Link above is for Pedagogy of the Oppressed. To buy Pedagogy of Hope, go here.

    23. Cats Against Capitalism button pins, $1.25 each

    etsy.com

    Obviously cats know best.

    24. They/Them/Their mug, $25

    etsy.com

    Because pronouns are important.

    25. All Black Lives Matter hoodie, $35

    teespring.com

    Because it's really just that simple.

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