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Color Her Coloring Book

For: The quirky, artistic feminist

Price: $15.00

Have you ever looked at your feminist friends and just felt they were magical? When they can survive and thrive in a world that seeks to tear them down at every turn, when they overcome unjust obstacles to achieve amazing things, how are they not mythical creatures? I kind of have this idea that every empowered woman has a spark of magic inside her, propelling her all the way.

So, in that way, Color Her is a big metaphor for feminism as magic. The coloring book features a mixture of contemporary feminist icons, mythological figures, and just regular, everyday women. But that’s not all. Each page is cut horizontally into three parts: the head, the torso, and the legs. In this way, you can mix and match all these figures with each other. In this way, you can end up with a skateboarding Frida Kahlo or Medusa as a mermaid, amongst countless other possibilities.

The drawings, by feminist artists Katrin Leblond and Iris Glaser, are gorgeous and allow for tons of creative freedom. And they committed to including a range of women in age, ethnicity, and recognizability. It’s the only coloring book I’ve ever seen with over 2,000 possibilities – and that’s before you add your own twist.

Give this to your friend who is always looking for new and unique ways to make art. Whatever medium she uses, the mix-and-match format of Color Her will open up dozens of opportunities for your artistic feminist friend to get creative!

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She’ll Love It If: Her idea of a good work day is being elbow deep in newspaper, tempera paint, or glitter; she makes her own quirky Halloween costumes; her feminist agenda leaves her less time for art than she’d like – with this gift, she can combine the two!

Buy It Here: Colour-Her, Amazon