JoEllen on Video

JoEllen and Eve Rickert from Thornapple Press

JoEllen Notte, author of In It Together: Navigating Depression with Partners, Friends, and Family joins publisher Eve Rickert to discuss how to support loved ones with depression, as well as her books

Sex and Depression with JoEllen Notte

JoEllen talks with Bianca Palmisano as part of Intimate Health Consulting’s 2017 Sex Ed-vent Calendar

The Origin Story of The Redhead Bedhead:
JoEllen Notte @ The Mystery Box Show

JoEllen takes the stage to talk about love, loss, learning, and how she came to be the Redhead Bedhead

Superhero Sex Shops and Choosing a Safe Sex Toy
JoEllen talks to Lauren Marie Fleming about toxic toys, bad lighting, creepy clerks and all the other things you won’t find in a Superhero Sex Shop

Improving Sexual Communication at Clark College

JoEllen talks to the students of Clark College about dating, sex, and the post-coital fist bump.

The Redhead Bedhead’s First Vibe
JoEllen talks to Good Vibrations’ My First Vibe project about her first sex toy purchase and the importance of not getting discouraged by bad toys.

Sex is Back – JoEllen on Her First Time
JoEllen’s first sexual experience was personally, if not, sexually satisfying. Sex is Back is a sex-positive storytelling campaign gathering video testimonials from people of all genders, orientations and walks of life.

Sex is Back – JoEllen on Her Hang-Ups
JoEllen has made peace with her body, but she still has one major hang-up. Sex is Back is a sex-positive storytelling campaign gathering video testimonials from people of all genders, orientations and walks of life.

Sex is Back- JoEllen on Advocating for Yourself
JoEllen encourages people to advocate for themselves sexually. Sex is Back is a sex-positive storytelling campaign gathering video testimonials from people of all genders, orientations and walks of life.

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.