By now, a lot of us are starting to sober up, figuratively and literally, after the devastating outcome of the election. We deep-dived into the stages of grief, found solace in our safe spaces and communities, we jotted down our congressman’s phone number (find yours here) to make weekly calls that cannot be ignored. But the mind-blowing fact remains, that Donald Trump, a misogynistic reality TV show personality, is our president-elect.
While we process stress in different ways, retail therapy can help us contribute to good causes and small businesses (some of which are donating earnings to non-profits like Planned Parenthood!) So if you feel like throwing money at your problems, make it rain all over the items below and lets all wear our pride and solidarity on our beautiful, smart, empowered, pissed off bodies.
Stuff to buy, pieces to wear, share and use with pride:
Rainbow T-Rex Chomps Trump Tower enamel pin, $10, shop.ohplesiosaur.com
Boss Babes Unite enamel pin, $10, bandofweirdos.com
Girls Support Girls enamel pin, $10, helloholiday.com
Girls enamel pin, $10, shoptuesday.com
Birth Control enamel pin, $10, ThatNoiseGallery on Etsy
Votes for Women enamel pin, $10, PandCPoolside on Etsy
Wild Feminist bomber jacket, $88, wildfang.com
Support Your Babes tank, $26.50, strangewomensociety.com
The Future Is Female sweater, $50, otherwild.com
Set Fire to Those Who Have Hurt You T-shirt, $35, stayhomeclub.com
Don’t Tell Me to Smile sticker, $2.50, ladynobrow on Etsy
Go Get Your Almost Equal Pay pencil, $2, UglyBaby on Etsy
Smart Girls Thirst For Knowledge mug, $10.95, smartwomencompany.com
Smash the Patriarchy Social Justice Hoop art, $68, Femmebroidery on Etsy
Totally Legitimate Feelings journal, $18, emilymcdowell.com
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Cross Stitch Pattern, $3 BadassCrossStich on Etsy
Want to spend money not on things, but on causes? Donate to organizations that could be in jeopardy under the new fascist regime:
Planned Parenthood
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Trevor Project
RAINN / Rape Abuse & Incest National Network
International Women’s Health Coalition
ACLU
Subscribe to newspapers, magazines & blogs that report on issues that matter to you, and who value journalistic integrity (ahem, they check facts) :
BUST Magazine
Lenny Letter
New York Times
Ann Friedman Newsletter
Washington Post
ProPublica.org
GotaGirlCrush
Bitch
AmySmartGirls
This is just a sampling of where to start. We are stronger together. We can make things better.
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Megan O. Andersen is a writer, maker and mom. She has how-to crafting and photograohy videos on creativebug.com, lynda.com and eHow.com and creates craft content for magazines, TV shows, books and blogs. When she's not making year-round costumes for her son who loves to play dress-up, she's either practicing her Norwegian or in the garden with her carnivorous plants. Once, at a David Sedaris book signing, a monkey jumped on her shoulder fulfilling two of her bucket-list items. Follow Megan at www.radmegan.com and on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
