http://www.kamalapuligandla.com/writing daily 0.75 2023-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1665599761316-7NTRKNRA2CJL4EVQ0KVP/image-asset.png Writing - Falling In Love On Zoom Revel in my personal essay on romance in quarantine and, for me, a very different way of falling in love via Zoom and FaceTime, for Dyke Queen Zine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1665599761316-7NTRKNRA2CJL4EVQ0KVP/image-asset.png Writing - Falling In Love On Zoom Revel in my personal essay on romance in quarantine and, for me, a very different way of falling in love via Zoom and FaceTime, for Dyke Queen Zine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1602550293408-HV3XC0ZGT7WFST1HWH7W/image-asset.png Writing - One: Sometimes It's Lonelier In Relationships I wrote a podcast episode of the Radiotopia show The Heart, on learning to love my own emptiness and loneliness, produced and sound designed by Phoebe Unter and edited by Nicole Kelly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1602049060734-OOLKHOGY1P4N3HU0EJEN/image-asset.jpeg Writing - The Illusion of Safety An essay of mine that looks back at my own family history to the different kinds of risks generations before me took to make me the person I am today. This was for Autostraddle’s first Asian Pacific Islander American month, which I curated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1595311301376-7L65ZL3YG2KS6CDHAVCH/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Courting Loneliness An essay on learning to love the perpetually lonely parts of myself for Autostraddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1567211297361-OKWL0K8QJ6KSR8P9CEK1/cover_Queering-Clothes_1.jpg Writing - The Necessity of Queering Clothes My rumination on what queer style is, how it’s created, and its greater significance to culture on Perfect Number Mag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1544742835047-27TM9VBTTSATUGOVEXRL/IMG_6953.JPG Writing - In Defense of Dyke Style My personal essay on how I came around from thinking dykes had bad style to defining my very own, for the Autostraddle But Make It Fashion issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1486534504768-7IZT1QPRDMPA4BLW3IMS/Clueless.jpg Writing - On Being Totally Clueless A reflection on my life-long obsession with the movie Clueless, written and performed for the show Literary Pop on The Tusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474951325115-NBHX5CVKDOS4ZL66S80R/All+Aboard+2.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future that I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1457375896197-79PS86MKWRNUX0FV3O3C/image-asset.jpeg Writing - She Used To Be A Yogurt Model Listen to me read a humorous story I wrote for the competitive writing event Write Club SF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1454965464875-RGQ73YDQJOBUUJRT7ZQ4/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Private Property The Establishment published this essay of mine on trying to be honest about what I want and how hard it can be to share my life with people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1454955936684-R43ENQYE24XO7WBSKPPW/image-asset.png Writing - My Friend Jesus My Friend Jesus is a short story about unexpected portals opened up by new friendships, and was published in The James Franco Review. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474952019602-514729ISGXFDF2OB8T8N/tanning-pool-101019-02.jpg Writing - A Day in the Life of a Totally Normal Teenage Magnate Shipwreck is a brilliant San Francisco literary event in which "six great writers destroy six notable characters from one great book." I had the pleasure of writing an erotic fanfic piece about Francisco d'Anconia from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, which is in the Shipwreck anthology, Loose Lips from Grand Central Publishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1455229025887-DEGTCZCDZK89DTEDI686/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Elsie And The Puke My short fiction piece about a young woman encountering vomit-related horrors was published in the first issue of Max It Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1452039957178-CY6XVN9OR20RRE4CB9OM/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Private Property The Establishment published this essay of mine on trying to be honest about what I want and how hard it can be to share my life with people.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1486534311805-9P8CRMZVYFQNYS4JNA7L/clueless.png Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474951908114-2MCOZ3FETZBZFSMCANC1/Bromethalin1.jpg Writing - Poison This is a story I wrote about mice and relationships published by The Tusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1461028075332-FY5EXIT0SF45PGZE5JI3/image-asset.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1461027734224-80C8046IJ2BKF34Z59V8/image-asset.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1461028026759-5B42ICI8EOWJWZPY0BV6/image-asset.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1461028169321-V2LP8GG3M1C8N4VSTIHZ/image-asset.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1461028358727-J9SJBW6UUP15BKS3P6MM/All+Aboard+2.jpeg Writing - All Aboard! A piece about the future that I originally read at Write Club SF, and then was published by The Establishment. http://www.kamalapuligandla.com/content daily 0.75 2020-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1565131071342-UZU3YTBAEHZWV1N2OIO8/SEO+Pages.png Copy & Content - City Spotlights Honolulu was one part of a series of over 40 SEO landing pages I wrote for Turo, highlighting phrases with cities and cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1565131071342-UZU3YTBAEHZWV1N2OIO8/SEO+Pages.png Copy & Content - City Spotlights Honolulu was one part of a series of over 40 SEO landing pages I wrote for Turo, highlighting phrases with cities and cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1557784575600-1X2GKQESPYWHDRIS9OWN/AfroTech.png Copy & Content - Blackest Conference in Tech I wrote this landing page for the Blavity’s AfroTech Conference 2019, the largest community for Black entrepreneurs and innovators in tech. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1557782780609-2XD6GLA0LVVULSP26TUN/Summit21.png Copy & Content - Black women's empowerment Landing page I wrote for the Summit21 conference, hosted by the Blavity platform 21Ninety, which brings together influential Black women from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534382501247-ZYEQQ6I1C62DHC7ECKRV/IMG_9626.JPG Copy & Content - A Car for Any Occasion Stills from the content marketing video with Hannibal Buress I concepted and managed production on for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534384737510-5TM5DOXR47JQUV3VF201/hannibal-email_v2.jpg Copy & Content - Are You Ready For Tonight? Content marketing email campaign I wrote to promote Hannibal Buress video for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1557786363166-NPVAL3CFVOZBXYXGWJAL/fb-static-corvette-b.jpg Copy & Content - Way Better Than A Rental Car One version of the bus and billboard ads I wrote for a Turo out of home campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1547065640309-HUT987NJA3FWO4BUHSPM/super-deluxe-hawkins-page.png Copy & Content - Flashy cars Landing page for new product feature that allows users to filter for high-end cars on Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534384853181-SZ07YV0YPGOOULBQ4WI4/hero-hosts.jpg Copy & Content - Become a Hero Host New product initiative I named for Turo and email I wrote to drive adoption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534384957033-2EDQD5ELQVEUYFBJMTJ9/beep-beep-jeeps-1.jpg Copy & Content - Beep, beep Summer Jeep-themed mechandizing email I concepted and wrote for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534384988522-H8STORF95L28OJNOVCHJ/Kamala+P+Sample+1.jpg Copy & Content - Oh my gourd Seasonal email marketing campaign I concepted and wrote for Turo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534381166813-JSENWZBC8NZUHVO8OQHS/beep-beep-jeeps-1.jpg Copy & Content - Beep, beep Summer Jeep-themed mechandizing email I concepted and wrote for Turo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1536802674750-0NXQ3KKHI5X0U7RYDJWP/Kamala+P+Sample+3.jpg Copy & Content - FOMO gift guide A holiday guide for Turo on which cars to rent for your friends and family to make everyone else jealous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474949140850-Y2B6YDMC1801TR0Z0EDF/monument-valley-53637.jpg Copy & Content - Lone Cars of the Southwest Blog post featuring the finest Southwest inventory for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474950818564-W2K9KP0V4RWEIAJKX32I/Dog+walkder.jpeg Copy & Content - Why Dog Walking is the Best Day Job on the Market A profile of a Blue Dog dog walker for Localwise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474947507851-CDXVY3MI24AHUPJUC8YD/photo-1446160657592-4782fb76fb99.jpg Copy & Content - The Off-Beat Guide to SF Summer A guide to the particular joys of summer in San Francisco for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474950064280-CRHT0SVGFA8S60HR8HO0/photo-1463694563373-1dc0e3e73410.jpg Copy & Content - Camp Out At The Swimming Hole A guide to great swimming and camping spots across the country for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474946539406-HX2W7I8M0EFIGITJDXMH/photo-1446160657592-4782fb76fb99.jpg Copy & Content - The Off-Beat Guide to SF Summer A guide to the particular joys of summer in San Francisco for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1534380962256-9CTKPEE1ZMOW5GII67QC/Kamala+P+Sample+1.jpg Copy & Content - Oh my gourd Seasonal email marketing campaign I concepted and wrote for Turo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1474948339942-WPRK0W8LZT52VIT70EL2/sw.jpeg Copy & Content - Lone Cars of the Southwest Car profiles of the finest SW cowboys for Turo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/568c49f357eb8d622b8a3302/1455223516079-0S4NMIT14JZ5325XIAQ7/image-asset.jpeg Copy & Content - Leftover Revival Burritos are a commitment. 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