Dr. Jess Parris Westbrook (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

2.2 Queer(ing) 2.2 Queer(ing) Design Research/Practice

OCT 31 deadline for the paper abstract. Glad to help. Reach out and we can chat. Design Research Society (DRS) 2026 – drs2026.thedrs.org/2-2-queering. Paper specs/template here: drs2026.thedrs.org/conference/p...

2.2 Queer(ing) 2.2 Queer(ing) Design Research/Practice

drs2026.thedrs.org/2-2-queering

Dear everybody, here we go! The DRS2026 (DesignResearchSociety)<blink>"Queer(ing) Design Research/Practice"</blink> paper theme track has come to life !!! Glad to answer Qs. Keywords: lived experience, embodiment, reflexivity, norm-breaking/norm-making

I walked around my childhood home in Squirrel Hill and lucky me it was being totally gut rehabbed and I was able to 'get in' and see the basement stairs I fell down in 1976. So fun bumping into you at the Mattress Factory! What are the chances??? Pittsburgh 2025.

almost!!!

still have about 10 deadlines before I can get back to studio mode gah

taking a few days off soon. need a few nothing days.

now where was i

its been a minute. peace and love USA peace and love. absurd horrifying theater.

offline May 31 – June 9 for the most part.

they look physically unhealthy. a lot of processed foods. cellular aging thing

when I was a kid I didnt overthink things, had no internal dialogue, trusted everyone

life is a strange gift

had a cool call, then oof botched a few things, delivered a project later than I wanted, lots to do still. note: I will be totally offline for about 10 days soon. detox by way of circumstances. will see what it does to my chemistry. remember 1995? that feel. slower, more mysterious, more social.

wow

he wins massive gov contracts, deregulation, and trillionaire status

mostly very busy. all good stuff. excellent call yesterday. met old friends at museum for much needed social interactions. def rec this. visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/... onto prepping for events. figuring. ideas and logistics. was rainy most of the day which suited the inside times. travel soon.

reflecting real quick. I love when folx have themes, ideas, practices, and I literally have no idea what gender they are/use, it doesn't matter, and I dont care. it's fantastic ambiguity untangled from all the assumptions, associations, impositions.

just walking tonight. slow. smells fantastic out here

early call tomorrow with some brilliant people. everyday im amazed by the smarties I get get to meet. blows my mind. what a time to be alive. best and worst.

my partner back later tonight from NY. could use a hug. its weird not touching any person or animal for days and days. im big on hugs. people at work DO NOT HUG.

did get my backup pump the other day. did get some old-timey long acting insulin in case my equipment double fails. this is how we travel. redundant systems.

I dont know where the day went but im happy with some amount of progress. this particular project is slow going and not sure if its b/c I care or if because im genuinely fried from multitasking. steady steady. did ride. did eat. did charge transmitter and change sensor.

oh no not this ugh yucky

I can’t read anymore research papers I’ve read a million bajillion research papers lately. Maybe I should read poetry!?

this book I just started kind of depressing and stressy. What else do we have… need something warm and empowering maybe collective imagination, love, magic. When I was a kid I used to read the old set of encyclopedias someone gave my family I loved them they were bound in white texture and smelled