Feral Cheryl is cool, so cool that my daughter, at the age of six,
saved 28 weeks of allowance to be able to afford to buy her. Her?
Yes. Feral Cheryl is a doll, a doll often described as the
"un-B-----". That's right up my daughter's alley.
Feral Cheryl's design is based on a group of
people in Australia who are known as "ferals". These
people are green extremists, not fashion models. According to her web
site, Feral Cheryl's motto is "Live Simply, Run Wild".
That's the kind of role model we can get into in our family.
Feral Cheryl has hand-painted tattoos, a
variety of tasteful piercings and dreadlocks, several of which are wrapped
and beaded. She doesn't have a lot of changes of clothing, but what
she's wearing is hand-dyed and groovy. The plastic mold that she's
made from doesn't allow much anatomic detail, but the proportions of her
body look healthy and she has, to my daughter's eternal fascination, a
thatch of rooted pubic hair! Oh, and don't worry, the herb in her
little bag is just basil.
Feral Cheryl is made in Australia and is
available over the Internet for $48. Pricey, but she's coming from
Australia, and my daughter is happy to have a toy that she is certain was
not made by other little girls in third world sweat shops. Feral
Cheryl can be ordered at www.feralcheryl.com.au.
Be sure to include the "au"; I tried to find the site without it
and did not like where I got. I think that Feral Cheryl is a
great doll for little girls. It gives them a break from the cultural
conformity they see everywhere and a good alternative to that ubiquitous
blonde mutation.
Lone Star Ma
P.O. Box 3096
Corpus Christi, Texas 78463-3096
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