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Seriously, Don’t Yuck Each Other’s Yums

Don’t yuck my yum. If you have spent any time in the sex positive world, odds are you have heard some variation of this phrase. The exact wording may vary

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When Crisis Brings Clarity: The Unexpected Way 2020 Changed My Life

I recently had a conversation with a reader in which he stated “crisis can bring clarity” and that hit me hard. I think a lot of us have been living

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2018 Best of Bedhead: Posts, Podcasts, Appearances & More!

Well, here we are, it’s time once again for my annual “Best of” list and, as has become the tradition with said list, my annual look at what I did

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There is No Reason to Gender Sex Toys Part 2: No, It won’t sound “weird”, “awkward”, or “confusing

Welcome to part 2 of my series “There is No Reason to Gender Sex Toys”. Last week we talked a bit about some of the reasons people apply gendered language

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There is No Reason to Gender Sex Toys Part 1: Seriously, It’s completely unnecessary

One of my favorite pieces of feedback I have ever gotten after teaching came from a student in a class I taught during the University of Tennessee’s Sex Week in

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Review: Sola Sync- Vibrators, Accessibility, and What Makes a “Wand”

Buckle up folks because while this is kind of a review, it’s also a lot of me having FEELINGS about vibrator terminology. Namely what makes a “wand”. Anyway, today we

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Social Media: Cant Buy The Love

In addition to writing and teaching about sex, one of the things I enjoy doing professionally is helping other develop their careers writing and teaching about sex. To this end

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Good Sex Shops: The “How” Is As Important As The “What”

It’s been just over 5 years since I first declared that good sex shops matter and hit the road to tour North America’s best adult retail establishments. Over the years I

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2017 Best of Bedhead: Posts, Podcasts, Appearances & More!

Welcome to my fifth annual Best of Bedhead post! I cannot believe it’s my fifth time doing this! For 3 years this was pretty straightforward: I would set out to

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Seriously, Don’t Yuck Each Other’s Yums

Don’t yuck my yum. If you have spent any time in the sex positive world, odds are you have heard some variation of this phrase. The exact wording may vary

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JoEllen Notte is a writer, speaker, and mental health advocate whose work explores the impact of depression on sex and relationships. Since 2012 she has written about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken here at The Redhead Bedhead.

JoEllen has led workshops nationwide on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and dating as an introvert. She has toured sex shops, spoken at length on dildos, and even started a sex school but she is happiest and most effective when writing and speaking on behalf of quiet people who have sex. Check out her video series on attending conferences as an introvert and her extensive writing on sex and depression.

JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, and the Playground Conference

JoEllen’s first book The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversation We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March 2020. Her new book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family was published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.

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