The 2023 Gen Z Gift Guide, According to TikTok

after school weekend edition

Welcome back to After School Weekend Edition. Think of the Monday-Thursday letters as the CliffsNotes; this is the extended version for paid subscribers.💫

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Today we’re talking about:

• What Gen Z wants for Christmas!!!

• The rise of the dairy girl (I went long on this one 🥛)

• Charli D’Amelio’s Tamagotchi sponcon

• TikTok Jesus

• Grandmacore

• The #officesiren aesthetic

• Fandom fashion

• Nugget buddies

• An amusing Gen Z culinary preference

• The “things I suffer from” meme

• Boyfriend hoodie drama

And everything else that happened this week in youth culture. Before we jump in, my favorite TikTok of the week:

@nicolepellegrin0Why did noone tell me slay is out #genalpha #genalphatok #genalphaslang

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So, what is Gen Z asking for this year?

I’ve done a version of this for the last two years, and it’s always fascinating to see what has and hasn’t changed. I mentioned last year that Gen Zers were turning their Christmas lists into decks to share on TikTok, a trend I hadn’t noticed in 2021. This year, they’ve gone one step further, not just creating power points but presenting them to their parents on TV screens and documenting it all for TikTok.