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2 Years of Bedhead: Pictures, Thank Yous and Mushy Stuff

I’ve had a bunch of milestones to celebrate lately. Last night was the one-year anniversary of Sex Geekdom Portland, the recent launch of the Portland Academy of Sex Education was amazing and now it’s time to celebrate two whole years of the Redhead Bedhead. That’s right, two years ago on July 3rd  I got the idea for this site during a personal training session (fun fact: I used to work as a personal trainer) and two years ago  I scrapped my 4th of July plans (it was rainy in Boston anyway) and stayed home, made popcorn and built a website.

I can hardly believe two years have passed- and this last one was a doozy! So much awesome stuff happened and  so many wonderful people entered my life (who I really can’t believe weren’t here just a year ago!). I didn’t want to get blubbery in today’s post so instead I have put together a set of pictures that showcases a bunch of the great stuff that has happened over the last year and a bunch of the great people (and dogs) who have been with me through it. I have to point out that there are no pictures here of two folks who are very dear to me so I’m just going to stop and say Epiphora and Queeraschino Cherry, I love you both and thank you so much for all the things. I’m not tearing up, you’re tearing up… shut up.

Thank you all for reading, sharing and supporting my work. Thank you for working with me, laughing with me and learning with me. Thank you for teaching me, helping me and mentoring me. And finally, in this year’s biggest turn of events, thank you for letting me teach you, it is a privilege and an honor.

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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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