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The Redhead Bedhead: Sex Educator JoEllen Notte
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01 October 2014

Let’s Talk About Sex And Depression, Really (Survey)

Update: The survey is closed to responses. Thank you to all who participated- the response was overwhelming and far beyond what I had even hoped for. If you volunteered to

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26 September 2014

Review: Doxy Wand Massager- The Dawn of A New Era

Doxy Wand

  Okay folks, it’s story time! On September 7th 2012 I walked out of the courthouse after my divorce hearing, boarded a Cleveland Circle-bound C line train, got off at

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17 September 2014

Sex When You’re Depressed- Don’t “Just Do It”

I’ve been so excited to see more mainstream conversations about depression happening lately. I’ve even been seeing more folks talking about how depression affects sexuality, which is amazing! However there is

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13 August 2014

The Death of Robin Williams, Why I Talk About Depression And What Comes Next

Since Robin Williams died on Monday I have written and scrapped three separate pieces inspired by his death. None of them quite felt right. Everything felt a bit forced. Here’s

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30 July 2014

Review: Liberator Wedge- Get Down On It

I’ve always been a little curious about Liberator products but when it came down to it I would just say “eh, why not use pillows instead?” I mean I harbor

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22 July 2014

F*ck Yeah! Talking About Consent

The topic of consent has been weighing heavy on my mind this last week. I’ve watched people wrestle with it, spring into action around it, snark about it, debate it,

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20 July 2014

Talking About Sex & Depression

A topic of great importance to me is depression and the impact it has on sexuality. I’ve been doing a ton of research lately (I’m working on something… we’ll talk

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03 July 2014

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

A large heart made out of sex toys on a wooden floor

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

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29 June 2014

Kink Shoppe, Philadelphia, PA- Superhero Sex Shop

A couple months back I did a little teaching tour back east. The first stop was a shop I had never set foot in before and whose name actually had

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23 June 2014

So, A School Happened… And It’s Awesome

Last week on Twitter I talked about the same thing so much I finally felt like I had to address it: My tweets have been all about @PDXAcademyofSex lately, this week will

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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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