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SURVIVING THE 8OS
The fall of USSR, Chernobyl and my first years at school as a restless bookworm with the attention span of a mosquito.
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1987
1987
I spent most of my childhood feeling like an adult trapped in a child’s body.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Aug 13, 2019
1988
1988
In my mind I was already the first child astronaut, a faithful companion to Sherlock Holmes & a fierce arctic explorer.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Aug 15, 2019
1986
1986
I am sitting at the kitchen table in our home in Athens. My legs can’t reach the floor because I am four years old.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Aug 16, 2019
1982
1982
In June of 1982 E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial, wanted to go home. A few months earlier, I found the way to mine.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Aug 22, 2019
1991
1991
At that time I like most of my classmates, I was wearing imitation brands. I shyly tried to hide my ‘OLD STAR’ sneakers under the table.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Sep 14, 2019
Somewhere in the 80s: The Kiosk, Το Ψιλικατζίδικο
Somewhere in the 80s: The Kiosk, Το Ψιλικατζίδικο
My uncle Mimi and his wife had a kiosk. Kiosks at that time were a crossbreed between a gift and a convenience store. Their kiosk sold…
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Dec 30, 2021
1989
1989
I was with two friends in the garden when one of them had an epiphany: “My mum is not at home. Let’s go to my house and die”
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Nov 22, 2019
1985
1985
Recruiting my sister and my mom’s best friend’s two sons to the P.A.G (Party Against Grownups), or K.E.M (Κόμμα Εναντίον Μεγάλων), in…
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Mar 12, 2022
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Somewhere in the 80s: “Monkeys”/Μαϊμούδες
Somewhere in the 80s: “Monkeys”/Μαϊμούδες
I was only 12 but I quickly realized that the famous “one size fits all” and “unisex” was a cleverly constructed nightmare to haunts us…
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Jun 24, 2023
1984
1984
“Be prepared,” they said “The greatest gift is coming.”
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Feb 9, 2022
1983
1983
“The train is the safest way to go,” my grandpa used to say. Maybe that’s why he chose to die inside one.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Dec 24, 2021
Somewhere in the 80s: The Cassette Recorder/ To Κασετοφωνάκι
Somewhere in the 80s: The Cassette Recorder/ To Κασετοφωνάκι
“Unhappiness passes with time but misery is incurable,” my grandma told me more than once.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Sep 18, 2019
1990
1990
I read the book frantically. I used a flashlight and read all through the night under my blankets for three horrid days in a row.
Kaascat - Chrysa Chouliara
Sep 11, 2019
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