Kamala Puligandla, Author at Autostraddle

interview

the dyke kitchen

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The Dyke Kitchen: Defining Taste With Karen Tongson

Tongson’s personal cooking style relies on saving the ingredients or parts that traditionally, institutionally have less value — “something that you think is burdened by indignity, cheapness and trash” —…

Kamala Puligandla —

Dec 19, 2020

"personality cult"

13 Days of A+

the cover of Kamala's novel, Zigzags. the cover is a graphic that features two queer women lounging beside Lake Michigan as the sun sets into the purple water. in the right upper corner is the A+ symbol with a 7 highlighted for the 13 days of A+

af+

A Scene & Notes From Kamala’s Novel Zigzags

I’m sharing part of a scene from the book that captures the essence of why I love to write fiction: so I can write the fantasy dates with girls I…

Kamala Puligandla —

Dec 19, 2020

interview

NSFW

a collaged image with the cover of Best Lesbian Erotica Vol 5, featuring two women of color holding each other, and four photos of writers in the book, along with one photo of tattoo of a woman blindfolded and her wrists tied above her head.

book features

Meet The Writers Of Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 5

Six contributors to Best Lesbian Erotica Volume 5 tell us about how they think about erotica as queer writers. The book came out on Dec 8, so can get your…

Kamala Puligandla —

Dec 11, 2020

the dyke kitchen

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recipes

The Dyke Kitchen: Bold, Tingly, Spicy Mapo Tofu

When I went to college at Oberlin, where my parents met, I found out that my mom had not only been in the MOST hippie-dippie of co-ops, which was appropriately…

Kamala Puligandla —

Dec 5, 2020

a+ insider

af+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 74, November 2020

“kayla and laneia stumped me because of the long flowy mommi lounging situations in both photos, and then i got them mixed up because kayla put a set of four…

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 30, 2020

the dyke kitchen

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food and drink

The Dyke Kitchen: Golden Chicken Korma Pot Pies

It’s not like traditional chicken pot pie filing is knocking anyone’s socks off, so Sarah and I decided to try out chicken korma pot pies with a turmeric crust. She…

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 21, 2020

hbo max

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television

“We Are Who We Are” Doesn’t Do Labels

Are they dating, are they in love, are they having sex, are they best friends? It’s one of We Are Who We Are ‘s queerest pleasures that it’s not about…

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 10, 2020

the dyke kitchen

a bowl of gnocchi half covered in a red meat sauce topped with shredded cheese and a sprig of basil

food and drink

The Dyke Kitchen: That Meat Sauce So Delicious

Then in bold, at the top was one item called Spaghetti With That Meat Sauce So Delicious.

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 7, 2020

2020 election

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news

Some Good News: 2020 Legislative Wins So Far

These cities, counties and states passed some ballot measures last night that are worthy of at least one small sigh of relief.

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 4, 2020

a+ insider

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af+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 73, October 2020

i would also watch an incredible ryan murphy show about this with sarah paulson and jessica lange as the wronged lesbian penguin parents.

Kamala Puligandla —

Oct 30, 2020

Asian American

interview

a graphic of the cover of mcsweeney's queer fiction issue, and a photo of the author patti yumi cottrell. the cover features tendrils, foliage and plants with a hand at the bottom.

book features

What Is Queer Fiction? An Interview with Patrick Yumi Cottrell

The first time I encountered a book with queer characters must have been James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. At the time I remember feeling afraid of its intensity. Now it’s one…

Kamala Puligandla —

Oct 28, 2020

novel

literature

Kamala’s First Novel Zigzags Is Out Today!

Ultimately, Zigzags was fueled by the nostalgia of all the places I’ve loved and left and missed. There’s a lot of flirting and parties and witty banter, but it’s very…

Kamala Puligandla —

Oct 19, 2020

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