Dr Jessi Parrott (they/them)
@messijessijumps.bsky.social
Performer | Creative | Researcher | Consultant on equity, diversity, inclusion, employment in theatre/TV/arts/publishing. PhD in disability representation & casting from Uni of Warwick (2019). Disabled/ND/queer/trans https://linktr.ee/messijessijumps
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Wordy and Wheely | Jessi Parrott | Substack
The whimsical wafflings of a wordsmith on wheels. A newsletter continuation of my previous blog, "Wordy and Wheely" charts the joys and struggles of navigating culture, creativity, and a career in bot...
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Hi! I’m Jessi. A performer-academic, my PhD (on #DisabilityRepresentation & casting in #Theatre & #TV) examined @touretteshero.bsky.social Not I; #Wicked (topical!) & #CallTheMidwife. I now mix creative practice w/ arts research & consultancy, & write a newsletter about this: tinyurl.com/WordyWheely
This week's #WordyAndWheely: personal-academic reflections on parents' relationships w/ disabled children in #CallTheMidwife Series 14, how the #DisabilityRepresentation resonates around my #DueDate as a #Preemie w/ #CerebralPalsy - & my relationship w/ my mother tinyurl.com/WordWheel13
Doughnuts – and Coincidences of Disability Representation on "Call the Midwife"
Reflections on my due date, and what disability means for me and my mother, offered via fictional parents’ relationships with their disabled kids in my favourite TV programme.
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February 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This week's #WordyAndWheely: personal-academic reflections on parents' relationships w/ disabled children in #CallTheMidwife Series 14, how the #DisabilityRepresentation resonates around my #DueDate as a #Preemie w/ #CerebralPalsy - & my relationship w/ my mother tinyurl.com/WordWheel13
Jill Trottwood reminds me so much of my own powerhouse single mum - bouncing wheelchairs up and down stairs, advocating fiercely for Andrew despite exhaustion (even in the 1990s!). I owe her everything I am today. Grateful to #CallTheMidwife for showcasing parents like them! #BrainInjury #Disability
January 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Jill Trottwood reminds me so much of my own powerhouse single mum - bouncing wheelchairs up and down stairs, advocating fiercely for Andrew despite exhaustion (even in the 1990s!). I owe her everything I am today. Grateful to #CallTheMidwife for showcasing parents like them! #BrainInjury #Disability
This week's #WordyAndWheely, on queering and cripping #Culture, and the power of community: tinyurl.com/WordWheel12 #Theatre #Disability #QueerTheatre #DisabilityTheatre #TheatreSky #Writing #QueerWriting #QueerLit #RepresentationMatters
Bunburying #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
On cripping and queering culture, and excitement with and for friends
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January 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This week's #WordyAndWheely, on queering and cripping #Culture, and the power of community: tinyurl.com/WordWheel12 #Theatre #Disability #QueerTheatre #DisabilityTheatre #TheatreSky #Writing #QueerWriting #QueerLit #RepresentationMatters
This week's #WordyAndWheely, on brain space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel10 #Disabled #Neurodivergent #BrainInjury #CerebralPalsy #AmWriting #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
Brain Space #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
On brains, bodies and gaps… and getting to know myself!?
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January 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week's #WordyAndWheely, on brain space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel10 #Disabled #Neurodivergent #BrainInjury #CerebralPalsy #AmWriting #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
Today's #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays entry, #NewYear'sDay musings on my word for 2025, space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel9 #Writing #AmWriting
Space #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
On my word for wheeling through 2025
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January 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today's #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays entry, #NewYear'sDay musings on my word for 2025, space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel9 #Writing #AmWriting
An extra #WordyAndWheely this week! My (spoiler-free!) perspective on themes of #DisabilityRepresentation in this year's #CallTheMidwife Christmas Special (with grateful discussion of @stephenmcgann.uk's own writing on accuracy and authenticity in medical period drama): tinyurl.com/WordWheel8 #CtM
Authentically Accurate: Themes of Disability Representation in the 2024 “Call the Midwife” Christmas Special
Grateful (non-spoilery!) personally professional musings on how watching this year’s CtM two-part episode made me feel as a disabled performer and adult – and kid, too
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December 27, 2024 at 4:13 PM
An extra #WordyAndWheely this week! My (spoiler-free!) perspective on themes of #DisabilityRepresentation in this year's #CallTheMidwife Christmas Special (with grateful discussion of @stephenmcgann.uk's own writing on accuracy and authenticity in medical period drama): tinyurl.com/WordWheel8 #CtM
As it's both Christmas and Chanukah, this week's #WordyAndWheely newsletter theme is traditions, secular and sacred. It considers the comfort of past #CallTheMidwife Christmas Specials, and CtM's continued commitment to #DisabilityRepresentation. No spoilers for this year: tinyurl.com/WordWheel7
Traditions, Sacred and Secular #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
On the comfort of “Call the Midwife” Christmas Specials, and continued disability representation in continuing – and period – drama
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December 25, 2024 at 2:30 PM
As it's both Christmas and Chanukah, this week's #WordyAndWheely newsletter theme is traditions, secular and sacred. It considers the comfort of past #CallTheMidwife Christmas Specials, and CtM's continued commitment to #DisabilityRepresentation. No spoilers for this year: tinyurl.com/WordWheel7
This week's edition of my newsletter, #WordyAndWheely, "Professionally Personal Presentations", was written in grateful solidarity with many people - including the wonderful @stephenunwin.bsky.social & @sarasiobhan.bsky.social 💙 tinyurl.com/WordWheel6 #Theatre #RepresentationMatters #JusticeForLB
Professionally Personal Presentations… and Poetry #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays
On consultancy, collaborations, conferences, celebrating community... and representation and role models
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December 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
This week's edition of my newsletter, #WordyAndWheely, "Professionally Personal Presentations", was written in grateful solidarity with many people - including the wonderful @stephenunwin.bsky.social & @sarasiobhan.bsky.social 💙 tinyurl.com/WordWheel6 #Theatre #RepresentationMatters #JusticeForLB
Hi! I’m Jessi. A performer-academic, my PhD (on #DisabilityRepresentation & casting in #Theatre & #TV) examined @touretteshero.bsky.social Not I; #Wicked (topical!) & #CallTheMidwife. I now mix creative practice w/ arts research & consultancy, & write a newsletter about this: tinyurl.com/WordyWheely
Wordy and Wheely | Jessi Parrott | Substack
The whimsical wafflings of a wordsmith on wheels. A newsletter continuation of my previous blog, "Wordy and Wheely" charts the joys and struggles of navigating culture, creativity, and a career in bot...
tinyurl.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Hi! I’m Jessi. A performer-academic, my PhD (on #DisabilityRepresentation & casting in #Theatre & #TV) examined @touretteshero.bsky.social Not I; #Wicked (topical!) & #CallTheMidwife. I now mix creative practice w/ arts research & consultancy, & write a newsletter about this: tinyurl.com/WordyWheely