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10 June 2014

3 Silicone Toy Companies You Should Be Checking Out

Oh folks, time marches on and with it we see the rise and fall of some great toys. That is all to say, the three companies I write about in

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05 June 2014

The Academy of Sex Education, Adult Sex Ed & a Giveaway!

Some of you may know that I am the Education Coordinator & Lead Sex Educator for the Portland Academy of Sex Education, but do you know what that is? Well, the Academy of

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26 May 2014

22 Things I’ve Thought About in the Days Since the UCSB Shootings

I’ve been shell-shocked in the wake of the UCSB shootings. The violence was horrific, yes, but I’ve found myself horrified as much by the internet response as by the shootings

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22 May 2014

You’re Doing It Wrong!!! 4 Ways to Mess Up Masturbation

It’s Masturbation May, a time to celebrate the wonder that is self-love. It has come to my attention that there are some fairly common practices can make masturbation not-so-fun so I

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01 May 2014

5 Ways to Stay Sex Positive When You’re Dealing With Depression

I’ve been having a hard time writing these last couple of weeks. New insurance led to a switch in which particular generic form of my antidepressant I received and lo

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21 April 2014

Review: Ursa Clear Glass Dildo With Handle

***NOTE: SADLY THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED*** As time goes on I am developing definite toy preferences. When it comes to dildos I have come to really like toys with

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14 April 2014

Bedhead’s Help A Great Person & Score Some Great Stuff Giveaway

Hello folks! So this week marks exactly a year since I landed in Portland— craziness. You’ve all followed me through this amazing, and at times terrifying, journey. Along the way

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03 April 2014

The How I Met Your Mother Finale Forgot the Rules About “The One”

If you are still, now, days later, trying to avoid finding out how the How I Met Your Mother finale went down, don’t read this. You’ve been warned.  On Monday

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01 April 2014

Review— The LELO DEXTRÜS or My New Security Blanket

Okay, so this was part of LELO’s April Fool’s joke! Sorry guys, no Left Handed Orgasms for you! The adult toy market is full of products claiming to be innovative

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24 March 2014

Love Is Art — Where Sex Meets Finger Painting in The Coolest Way Ever

I remember a day in pre-school when we were all enthusiastically finger painting — I was really going at it, I loved me some finger painting. When we were done

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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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