Dr Jessi Parrott (they/them)

Representing and Re-Presenting On my word(s) for wheeling through 2026

Resurfacing here after not sharing much to re-present my newsletter, "Wordy and Wheely", and my word for 2026 (Representing) as well as what it means to me as a #Disabled, #Neurodivergent, #Queer and #Trans person, performer and writer - and why it matters: tinyurl.com/WAndW75 #RepresentationMatters

Fabulous! Thank you. Do you know if there will be a UK release as well? I think a lot of readers here (both academic and general audiences) would value your book (and I know I value your newsletter!).

Hi Kristen, I'd love to interview you and/or write a review, or both (whatever's most helpful!) for my newsletter, Wordy and Wheely, in which I write about disability representation and casting as a UK-based performer/academic/wheelchair user. Let me know if you'd be up for that. Thank you!

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.

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

Bunburying #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays On cripping and queering culture, and excitement with and for friends

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

Brain Space #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays On brains, bodies and gaps… and getting to know myself!?

This week's #WordyAndWheely, on brain space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel10 #Disabled #Neurodivergent #BrainInjury #CerebralPalsy #AmWriting #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays

Space #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays On my word for wheeling through 2025

Today's #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays entry, #NewYear'sDay musings on my word for 2025, space: tinyurl.com/WordWheel9 #Writing #AmWriting

Oh gosh, thank you! x That means so much as your writing was instrumental to my thesis.

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

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

Traditions, Sacred and Secular #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays On the comfort of “Call the Midwife” Christmas Specials, and continued disability representation in continuing – and period – drama

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

Thank you both for all you do and offer 🩵

Fab, thank you! Is email most accessible?

As someone who is a non-ambulatory powered wheelchair user and works in the arts (albeit in the UK), I’d love to chat in more detail about this, if you’d be up for that, Andrew? (Also huge thanks for everything you do!)

Professionally Personal Presentations… and Poetry #WordyAndWheelyWednesdays On consultancy, collaborations, conferences, celebrating community... and representation and role models

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

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...

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