Jess Wilde

08/13/2023

Fashionably late (as usual 😛)

Last month I graduated from with a First Class Degree with Honours in Media and Communications Studies 🎓 I was even awarded an extra certificate for “outstanding performance” 🥰🤓 I’m so glad I waited until my 30s to go to uni: spending several years working full time and developing as a human definitely helped me achieve the grades I did and take the stress of uni (mostly) in my stride. For anyone thinking “it’s too late”: no it isn’t!

I couldn’t have done it without the support of my loved ones though: and .dare.phox, your continual cheerleading, chats and words of encouragement and pride gave me the stamina to keep going, you were always there with ideas, check-ins and sugary parcels to get me through essays (not to mention you helped get me to Swansea!), and of course there’s . I feel in many ways you have earned this degree almost as much as me! You witnessed my ups and downs and anxieties surrounding every assignment, listened to me say “this is NOT my best work” and “I’m definitely failing THIS one” so many times it became a running joke, but assured me every time that I was being daft and was sure to do well (and you were right!) You’ve been my muse, with many of our in-depth “put the world to rights” conversations being the inspiration several essays, my stress reliever and my champion. You were even a direct “expert source” for one of my essays! You cooked for me, kept me sane and and never mentioned how smelly I got after a week of doing nothing but writing. For all these things, and more, you are truly amazing. Thank you ❤️
Finally I want to thank my amazing lecturers who have been more than a source of knowledge, support and advice, but of whom many I consider to be friends. Thank you for everything! 🙏

Now, off to work I go!
Jess S, BA (Hons) 😉

07/03/2023

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07/03/2023

To break up the monotony of me constantly flogging my wares, here is a snap of me wrap-party-ready from a few weeks ago. The shoes broke within 3 hours.

But also, please buy my stuff. I need to move house 😅

06/19/2023

Throwback to last summer when I was all dolled up for an audition 💚💛💚

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06/05/2023

Working together has been awesome, but our free time together has been limited. Last week we had a rare evening off together so obvs we went on a lil date 💜💛🩷🩵🧡💚💙

06/03/2023

First TV job since uni and I couldn’t have asked to be in a cooler, nicer, brilliant-er team! What a bloody lovely bunch 💙💙💙

04/29/2023

Aquari-yaaasss 💅

Throwback to a time when I wasn’t sneezing my brains out and instead was partying at Spring Ball with 🪩

04/07/2023

The perfect restaurant name doesn’t exi… 😍

Mum and I went to and stuffed our faces with the best pizza and salad that Corsham (possibly Wiltshire?) has to offer.

De. Lish. Us. 🍕 🥗

Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(and be sure to book; they’re always busy!)

04/01/2023

Spring Ball y’all with my uni home slice and fellow Aquari-qween ♒️ 🎉 🪩

03/24/2023

Went to a networking event last night and got to wear one of those “Hello, my name is…” stickers. What an accomplishment.

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03/22/2023

Thanks for including me in this great article all about breast play 🍈🍈

Read the full article via the link in my highlights and go forth and tickle dem ti***es!

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03/12/2023

Back to green and yellow 💚💛

03/09/2023

One from the archives. Just a regular ordinary day working at Lovehoney circa. 2017

02/26/2023

This lil throwback just popped up on my Facebook memories. Those were bittersweet times indeed. Some of it I miss. Some of it I really (really) don’t.

This was taken during the height of my burlesque days. I was feeling more confident than I’d ever felt before and having the time of my life performing on stage and strutting my stuff in photoshoots as ‘Franki van Tassel’.

Running parallel, however, was the fact the real me was in an abusive relationship (not that the penny had fully dropped on that fact just yet) and I was working the worst job I’d ever had for terrible pay (and this s**tty job was compounded by the fact that my partner at the time also worked there so I had no escape from him.)

It’s weird. These photos bring about such a mix of emotions. I really wish I’d had the mental fortitude to keep dancing but unfortunately someone in the industry who I looked up to said some horrible things at just the wrong time, and I didn’t have the strength to brush it off.

Maybe I’ll do it again someday. I do miss the feeling of burlesque (well, all except for glitter under the fingernails… and everywhere else!!)

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02/24/2023

Pure hap-pea-ness in my new pea-pod boilersuit 😄

02/19/2023

This year is gonna be really tricky. Who else is with me? 😉💦🚫

02/08/2023

Hello friends!

As you may have noticed, I'm playing catch up here on Facebook and sharing a lot of work which I've failed to post here.

Apologies for the s*xy spam.

02/08/2023

Make that sunny holiday hotter than hot with my tips for a safe-yet-spicy vacation fling!

Read the entire piece over at Matador Network.

Ride that s*xy wave with the knowledge that your fling is a temporary thing.