JoEllen Notte

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Since 2012 JoEllen Notte has been known to the internet as The Redhead Bedhead. After getting her start as a blogger on a mission to learn everything she could about sex and share everything she learned with her audience JoEllen, known for her quick wit and unflinching honesty, grew into a respected writer, speaker, researcher and mental health advocate who also talks about sex toys. You can find her writings about sex, mental health, and how none of us are broken on the award-winning RedheadBedhead.com as well on xoJane, Bitch Media, Daily Dot, AlterNet and Kinkly.

JoEllen’s career has seen her travel North America touring the best sex shops in the US and Canada on the first-of-its-kind Superhero Sex Shop Tour, lead workshops on sexual communication, navigating consent, having casual sex kindly, and online dating, and speak at length on sex toys 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 extensive work on sex and depression.

JoEllen Notte has become a go-to source for honest discussion of sexuality and mental health and a favorite resource for those seeking expert input. JoEllen has been featured in The Huffington Post, Prevention, Salon, Alternet, The Toronto Sun, xoJane, Bustle, Dame, and Mashable to name a few. She has also appeared on popular sexuality podcasts Sex Out Loud With Tristan Taormino, Life On The Swingset, Sex Nerd Sandra, and The Queerie Bradshaw Podcast. Certified as a sex educator through Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts Sexuality Education Certification Series, JoEllen has spoken at Clark College, University of Chicago, Woodhull’s Sexual Freedom Summit, The University of Tennessee, Guelph Sexuality Conference, and Playground Conference.

JoEllen’s first book: The Monster Under the Bed: Sex, Depression & The Conversations We Aren’t Having was published by Thorntree Press in March, 2020 and her second book In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family will be published by Thornapple Press in March 2023.

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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.