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The Redhead Bedhead: Sex Educator JoEllen Notte
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JoEllen Notte

21 September 2017

The Toys I Actually Use or “Hey look, wands!”

The Toys I Actually Use or "Hey look, wands!" Background is a huge collection of sex toys

After five years as a sex writer, even though I don’t focus on toy reviewing, I’ve amassed quite a collection of sex toys. This often leads folks to make comments

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16 September 2017

Getting Really, Really Real About My Own Depression

For the last couple of years I’ve been doing a lot of writing about depression– how it can affect people, how to navigate it, ending the stigma around it… I

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01 August 2017

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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27 July 2017

Here’s The Thing About “Porn Sex” vs “Real Sex”

There are some headlines that come up over and over again in sex world and one that makes my skin crawl is “The Difference Between Porn Sex and Real Sex”

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13 July 2017

Getting Ready For Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit!

In less than 3 weeks I’ll be packing my bags and heading clear across the country to Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit. I love this event so much (seriously, it was on my

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08 July 2017

We Get to Be Where We Are: My Trip to the Guelph Sexuality Conference

So, as you may know, a couple of weeks back I attended the Guelph Sexuality Conference. I sat down today to write the traditional “I attended a wonderful conference, had

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06 July 2017

Announcing the Amplified Voices Sex Blogger Scholarship

Hey folks, did you know that I, along with Epiphora, teach a class called The Business of Blogging About Sex that teaches aspiring bloggers the skills they need to succeed online? And

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05 July 2017

Dildos, Depression,Touring, and Teaching: 5 Years of The Redhead Bedhead

As impossible as it is for me to believe my baby, The Redhead Bedhead turned 5 on July 4, 2017. If we want to get technical, my first post didn’t

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28 June 2017

3 Things Too Many People STILL Don’t Know About Lube

Sex educators LOVE lube! Seriously, my people tend to talk about it a lot. After 5 years in this industry, there are still a couple of things I’m surprised to

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16 June 2017

When It Comes To Sex, You’re Doing Great!

When I started writing about sex one of my big motivations was my lifelong belief that I was doing it wrong. After a coupe of months of writing I realized

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About JoEllen

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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