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10 March 2015

Self Care For When You’re Feeling Not At All Sexy

We’ve all been there, maybe you’re sick, maybe it’s a super-stressful time at work, maybe you’re going through a break up- there are a million and one (and probably more)

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05 March 2015

Let’s Talk About Text, Baby – Don’t Text Your Way Out of A Love Life

On December 3 1992 a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group used a personal computer to send what is said to be the first text message -“Merry Christmas”- to a

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27 February 2015

Mini Review Sampler featuring Crystal Delights, Je Joue & More!

Okay, I’m not going to lie to you – I’m way behind on toy reviewing. Some of this comes from being hit with a deluge of products when I reentered

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24 February 2015

Where Did I Go? Injury, Desexualization and Fear

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So those of you who have been following along at home already know that this has been a trying time for me. The second half of last year was marked

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23 February 2015

Bedhead Birthday Giveaway – The Pure Wand

  So here’s the deal folks – it’s my birthday and I’m giving away the subject of the most-read review on my site: the toy, the myth, the legend- the

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20 February 2015

An Open Letter to Folks in the Sex & Depression Conversation

  This post is the result of Crista Anne and my endless conversations about what we love and hate about the conversations coming out regarding sexuality and depression. After the glorious

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13 February 2015

This One Thing Will Make Your Valentine’s Day Extraordinary

Don’t worry, I’m not going to talk about that movie with the number and the color in the title… Last year I spent Valentine’s Day with a man who I was

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06 February 2015

Handling Hook Ups- Know These 5 Things For Drama-Free Flings

I know we’re coming up on Valentine’s day and that tends to make folks all couple-y but I’m going the other way. This week I’m doing a two part series

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03 February 2015

FWB without WTF – 5 Keys to Successful Friends With Benefits Relationships

I know we’re coming up on Valentine’s day and that tends to make folks all couple-y but I’m going the other way. This week I’m doing a two part series

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31 January 2015

5 Reasons I Love The Original Magic Wand

I realized that I have been remiss in sharing a piece of news with you folks. At the end of 2014 I came to a conclusion: I love big wand-style

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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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